AM3 motherboard shootout: DFI DK 790FXB-M3H5 vs MSI 790FX-GD70

Motherboards/AMD AM3 by massman @ 2009-04-26

Today, we have a look at two AMD AM3 motherboards, the first AMD DDR3 platform available for desktop users. Both DFI and MSI were kind enough to send us a sample of their most high-end product series, which will be tested both on performance and overclockability. We threw in a DDR2-based motherboard to find out whether or not the new memory support gives a true advantage.

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DFI Lanparty DK 790FXB-M3H5 - Bios

Usual bios options

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Overclocking options

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Bios: overclocking variables

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Comment from Massman @ 2009/05/13
For reference only: bios supports CPU multiplier upto 32,5x whereas AMD only supports upto 31,5x

 

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