ECS A790GXM-A Black Series Motherboard Review

**Hardware Secrets Team** · 09-10-2008, 08:22 PM

There has been a new article posted.

Title: ECS A790GXM-A Black Series Motherboard Review
URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/614

Here is a snippet:
"ECS A790GXM-A Black Series is a socket AM2+ motherboard based on the latest chipset from AMD, 790GX. Formerly known as RS780D, this chipset provides on-board video using a new graphics engine (Radeon ..."

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alan · 09-11-2008, 01:15 PM

Hard to understand why ECS would omit DVI from this board, since it has so many other features.

araheta · 09-12-2008, 03:26 AM

Where i can find VGA list that compatible with this 790GX?

**Gabriel Torres** · 09-12-2008, 09:05 AM

Any PCI Express video card should work.

Gabriel.

rolatyor · 09-27-2008, 07:43 AM

"....and also providing two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (running at x8 if both are used at the same time)"
Hi!

What's the difference between a Crossfire running at 16x or running at 8x? There is significant lost of performance?

Thanks!

**Cheetos** · 09-28-2008, 08:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rolatyor

"....and also providing two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (running at x8 if both are used at the same time)"
Hi!

What's the difference between a Crossfire running at 16x or running at 8x? There is significant lost of performance?

Thanks!

That's relative to the VGAs that will be installed.

For two HD 3870 or better maybe there is some performance loss. But I only saw one (old) test comparing PCI-E 1.1 and 2.0. Maybe Gabriel will clear this point for us.

**Gabriel Torres** · 09-30-2008, 04:13 PM

Here is a good example of the difference between teory and practice.

Even though theoretically there is difference, you should not see any difference.

Cheers,
Gabriel.

09-10-2008, 08:22 PM	#1
Hardware Secrets Team Administrator Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 2,952	ECS A790GXM-A Black Series Motherboard Review There has been a new article posted. Title: ECS A790GXM-A Black Series Motherboard Review URL: http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/614 Here is a snippet: "ECS A790GXM-A Black Series is a socket AM2+ motherboard based on the latest chipset from AMD, 790GX. Formerly known as RS780D, this chipset provides on-board video using a new graphics engine (Radeon ..." Comments on this article are welcome. Best regards, Hardware Secrets Team http://www.hardwaresecrets.com

09-11-2008, 01:15 PM	#2
alan Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1	ECS 790 Board Review Hard to understand why ECS would omit DVI from this board, since it has so many other features.

09-27-2008, 07:43 AM	#5
rolatyor Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Chile, Southamerica Posts: 1	"....and also providing two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (running at x8 if both are used at the same time)" Hi! What's the difference between a Crossfire running at 16x or running at 8x? There is significant lost of performance? Thanks! __________________ AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 4800+ 2xBrisbane@3125mhz+Thermaltatake MaxOrb CL-P0369 Cooler /Abit AX78 / Corsair Twin4X1024-6400C4DHX / Sapphire HD3850 GDDR3 512MB+Thermaltake Duorb / 2x160GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.9 SATA II / Thermaltake Aguila /Antec True Power 2.0 TP-II 480/Extractor Thermaltake TMG SL1 / ViewSonic VA912b 19" / Logitech Cordless Desktop® EX 110 / Logitech Cordless Rumblepad™ 2/ Pro Gamer Command Unit / Laser Gaming Mouse Creative Fatal1ty Professional Series 2020

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09-12-2008, 03:26 AM	#3
araheta Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1	Where i can find VGA list that compatible with this 790GX?

09-12-2008, 09:05 AM	#4
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Any PCI Express video card should work. Gabriel.

09-30-2008, 04:13 PM	#7
Gabriel Torres Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 USA Posts: 2,553	Here is a good example of the difference between teory and practice. Even though theoretically there is difference, you should not see any difference. Cheers, Gabriel.