Today we take a look at the latest AMD AM3 motherboard based upon the 990FX Chipset, the ASUS Crosshair V Formula.
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OC3D Review Asus Crosshair V 990FX Review
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SmoulderingCircuits
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Today we take a look at the latest AMD AM3 motherboard based upon the 990FX Chipset, the ASUS Crosshair V Formula.
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Nice to see Asus incorperating a new heatsink design - reminds me of the Gigabyte UD series
MorbiousStone
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Marvelous !! Thanks Tom
silenthill
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very nice M/B I just hope that the FX series is going to be capable of competing with Intel's new Sandy Bridge and the upcoming X79 series but I really doubt it because AMD have been playing catch-up with no real competition with Intel for some time now.
edgari0kas
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hard to make review without the new cpus , but looks good my new board
dugdiamond
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nice NB/FSB clocks.
were the benchmarks for the C4F the old ones'??? - because, correct me if i am wrong, the 1095T did not exist when those benches were taken.
if so, then the comparison between the C5F and C4F only lay on the extras on the board itself! they will not be truly realised until zambezi is RTM'd.
with this said, the ROG is a ROG at heart, and if you are looking for some raw power from an AMD chip then you cannot go wrong with this line of mobos.
this mobo would be perfect for people wanting to upgrade NOW to a speedy AMD rig, and still have the options for early bulldozers.
it looks good, but i am going to wait for the next generation = FULL BULLDOZER
were the benchmarks for the C4F the old ones'??? - because, correct me if i am wrong, the 1095T did not exist when those benches were taken.
if so, then the comparison between the C5F and C4F only lay on the extras on the board itself! they will not be truly realised until zambezi is RTM'd.
with this said, the ROG is a ROG at heart, and if you are looking for some raw power from an AMD chip then you cannot go wrong with this line of mobos.
this mobo would be perfect for people wanting to upgrade NOW to a speedy AMD rig, and still have the options for early bulldozers.
it looks good, but i am going to wait for the next generation = FULL BULLDOZER
nice NB/FSB clocks.
were the benchmarks for the C4F the old ones'??? - because, correct me if i am wrong, the 1095T did not exist when those benches were taken.
if so, then the comparison between the C5F and C4F only lay on the extras on the board itself! they will not be truly realised until zambezi is RTM'd.
with this said, the ROG is a ROG at heart, and if you are looking for some raw power from an AMD chip then you cannot go wrong with this line of mobos.
this mobo would be perfect for people wanting to upgrade NOW to a speedy AMD rig, and still have the options for early bulldozers.
it looks good, but i am going to wait for the next generation = FULL BULLDOZER
Ive had quite a few of the CH4's lately.....
badtaylorx
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oh no....looks like im gonna hafta max my discover out again......damn i just paid it off too!!!!
mrDMxtreme
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does the D-14 fit on this mobo. and if it does, did you have to spin it to blow out the top or did it fit normally? thanks
Rastalovich
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What's upsetting to me, when I think back to using AMD cpus/mobos and their comparisons with Intel, is the focus could be purely on the cpu's performance cos the rest of the mobo's features would ~more or less~ be equal in terms of connectivity/expansion etc.
For far too long the AMD equiv have been lacking what Intel would soon enough be regarding as basic. And I don't like seeing this.
Yes the mobo is great, it's an Asus mobo so I'd never buy it myself (that's a personal preference), if you game or whatever, there's definitely excuses to go AMD - cost and upgrade-ability continuing to be some good ones.
But, Intel are about to feature mobos with PCIe 3.0 and 'quad' channel memory, and I just get the impression that as soon as AMD mobos make these things standard, Intel will be pushing something else new that AMD don't do.
(I do grant them the sata and usb advance, but it's taken time and £11 cards can do these things)
Don't get me wrong, the AMD choice in cpus is definitely there, just not for me. And it certainly doesn't qualify, in my eyes, spending any 'big' money on them. If you're going to do that, get the Intel equiv.
For crying out loud, they're well aware of PCIe 3.0 cos they're obviously testing with it with their gfxcards for a while. Memory - gah ! They employ memory management on their gfxcards too.
I want to see them come out with something that combines the use of their cpus, their gfxcards, their innovations, something perhaps only they can do. They have the means.
I don't understand the Gold award, unless it's for being gold inside the AMD zone alone, cos for mobos in general it's all a bit meh for me.
For far too long the AMD equiv have been lacking what Intel would soon enough be regarding as basic. And I don't like seeing this.
Yes the mobo is great, it's an Asus mobo so I'd never buy it myself (that's a personal preference), if you game or whatever, there's definitely excuses to go AMD - cost and upgrade-ability continuing to be some good ones.
But, Intel are about to feature mobos with PCIe 3.0 and 'quad' channel memory, and I just get the impression that as soon as AMD mobos make these things standard, Intel will be pushing something else new that AMD don't do.
(I do grant them the sata and usb advance, but it's taken time and £11 cards can do these things)
Don't get me wrong, the AMD choice in cpus is definitely there, just not for me. And it certainly doesn't qualify, in my eyes, spending any 'big' money on them. If you're going to do that, get the Intel equiv.
For crying out loud, they're well aware of PCIe 3.0 cos they're obviously testing with it with their gfxcards for a while. Memory - gah ! They employ memory management on their gfxcards too.
I want to see them come out with something that combines the use of their cpus, their gfxcards, their innovations, something perhaps only they can do. They have the means.
I don't understand the Gold award, unless it's for being gold inside the AMD zone alone, cos for mobos in general it's all a bit meh for me.
murphy7801
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Oh ASUS you so rarely let us down.
rastalovich you make some very good points, and just seems to be bringing out entry level cpu's and mono features now days and there is hype over these new cpu's but from memory their last cores got the same hype and and saying they will be 20% faster than intel cpu's, that's no big wow for me 20% will be the best thing it's good at god knows what that is. But I can see intel being on top once again. Probably with some new 1155's soon as well as 2011 socket
SmoulderingCircuits
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I'm guessing AMD will catch up to Intel, but still fail to overtake them
metaaltebbes
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Love it!
And now,can I please have a octacore FX to go with it?
And now,can I please have a octacore FX to go with it?
