MSI 890 motherboard | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Wed, 11 Aug 2010 07:16:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png MSI 890 motherboard | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 MSI N460GTX 1GD5 Cyclone 1GB Review https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-n460gtx-1gd5-cyclone-1gb-review/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/graphic-cards/zardon/msi-n460gtx-1gd5-cyclone-1gb-review/#comments Mon, 09 Aug 2010 08:31:35 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=11042 The nVidia GTX460 has been well received both by the enthusiast community and hard to please critics. It is the first card in the Fermi range that everyone seems to agree is a fantastic buy, even when against competition from ATI. We have already looked at the excellent GTX460 Superclocked Edition from eVGA and today …

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The nVidia GTX460 has been well received both by the enthusiast community and hard to please critics. It is the first card in the Fermi range that everyone seems to agree is a fantastic buy, even when against competition from ATI.

We have already looked at the excellent GTX460 Superclocked Edition from eVGA and today we are going to analyse the newest offering from MSI, the N460GTX Cyclone which features 1GB of ram on a 256 bit memory interface (768mb version is 192 bit).

This Cyclone edition comes with a 51mhz overclock on the core (726mhz) with memory running at 900mhz (3600mhz effective).

The card features a rather eye catching circular ‘Cyclone' cooler, very reminiscent of a Zalman design. On a positive note you will be pleased to hear that all this modded goodness still hits a sweet spot of £200 including VAT. Actually just as we were going to press with this review the price dropped even further and you can pick it up now in the UK for just over £190 inc vat. Wozzers.

First, let us have a quick recap as to how this particular product compares with other cards in the nVidia line up.

Model Geforce GTX 460 768MB MSI N460 GTX Cyclone 1GD5 Geforce GTX 465 Geforce GTX 470 Geforce GTX 480
Graphics Processing Clusters 2 2 3 4 4
Streaming Multiprocessors 7 7 11 14 15
CUDA Cores 336 336 352 448 480
Texture Units 56 56 44 56 50
ROP Units 24 32 32 40 48
Graphics Clock (Fixed Function Units) 675mhz 726mhz 607mhz 607mhz 700mhz
Processor Clock (CUDA Cores) 1350mhz 1451mhz 1215mhz 1215mhz 1401mhz
Memory Clock (Clock Rate/Data Rate) 900mhz/3600mhz 900mhz/3600mhz 802mhz/3206mhz 837mhz/3348 mhz 924 mhz/3696mhz
Total Video Memory 768MB 1024MB 1024MB 1280MB 1536MB
Memory Interface 192-bit 256-bit 256-bit 320-bit 384-bit
Total Memory Bandwidth 86.4GB/s 115.2GB/s 102.6 GB/s 133.9 GB/s 177.4 GB/s
Texture Filtering Rate (Bilinear) 37.8 Gigatexels/sec 37.8 Gigatexels/sec 26.7 Gigatexels/sec 34.0 GigaTexels/sec 42.0 GigaTexels/sec
Fabrication process 40nm 40nm 40nm 40nm 40nm
Connectors 2x Dual Link DVI-I1x Mini HDMI 2x Dual Link DVI-I1x Mini HDMI 2x Dual Link DVI-I1x Mini HDMI 2x Dual Link DVI-I1x Mini HDMI 2x Dual Link DVI-I1x Mini HDMI
Form Factor Dual Slot Dual Slot Dual Slot Dual Slot Dual Slot
Power Connectors 2x6pin 2x6pin 2x6pin 2x6pin 1x6pin, 1x8pin
Recommended Power Supply 450 watts 450 watts 550 watts 550 watts 650 watts
Thermal Design Power 150 watts 150 watts 200 watts 215 watts 250 watts
Thermal Threshold 104c 104c 105c 105c 105c
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MSI 890FXA GD70 Motherboard review https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/zardon/msi-890fxa-gd70-motherboard/ https://www.kitguru.net/components/motherboard/zardon/msi-890fxa-gd70-motherboard/#comments Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:31:27 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=3639 MSI have a reputation for making great motherboards and their previous 790FX GD70 board received much critical acclaim. Not willing to rest on their laurels however, they went back to the drawing board and made some changes with the 890FXA GD70 in regards to board layout. With the new AMD 890FX chipset and SB850 Southbridge …

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MSI have a reputation for making great motherboards and their previous 790FX GD70 board received much critical acclaim. Not willing to rest on their laurels however, they went back to the drawing board and made some changes with the 890FXA GD70 in regards to board layout. With the new AMD 890FX chipset and SB850 Southbridge complimenting the USB 3.0 and SATA 6gbps ports this board looks to be fully locked n' loaded.

This socket AM3 motherboard has been designed with the demanding enthusiast in mind – it is able to deliver increased PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth for ATI video cards in four way Crossfire and also supports AMD processors with up to 140W TDP, which also includes 6 core Phenom II X6 processors.

This motherboard supports all socket AM3 CPU's – Phenom II X6/X4/X3/X2, Athlon II X4/X3/X2 and AM3 based Sempron processors. Obviously with AM3 support the motherboard will ONLY support DDR3 memory. It can cope with up to 16GB of memory in 1066/1333 and 1600 (OC) flavours. The AMD 890FX chipset is based around Hypertransport 3 at 5.2GT/s bandwidth and is matched with the AMD SB850 southbridge.

Product overview:

Chipset: AMD 890 FX
CPU Support: Socket AMD3 Phenom II, Athlon II, Sempron 100
Memory Support: 4 slots: max 16GB DDR3
Expansion slots: Four 16x PCI-E 2.0 slots (two 16x or four 8x), one 16x PCI-E 1.1 (4x), one PCI, one 1x PCI-E
Network support: Realtek RTL8111DL Gigabit Ethernet
Sound: Intel HD Audio via ALC892 with 8 channel support
Overclocking: CPU Clock 100 – 600mhz, max voltages, CPU 2.025v, CPU/NB 1.6V, DRAM 2.9V, NB 2V, SB 1.8V, HT 2V
Connectivity: 6x SATA 6Gbps, 2xSATA 3Gbps, 1 x IDE, 2 x PS/2, 2 x USB 3.0, 12 x USB 2.0, 2x FireWire, LAN, 4x Surround audio out, line in, mic, optical and coaxial S/PDIF out, eSATA 3Gbps
Dimensions: ATX (305mm x 244mm)

Are you already drooling? good, lets have a closer look …

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