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Gigabyte Announces F2A88X-D3HP FM2+ Motherboard
AMD’s upcoming Zen architecture is predicted to offer a very competitive alternative to enthusiast Intel CPUs and could instigate a pricing war. This is great news for the consumer, as Intel currently dominates the higher-end CPU market, and is in need of some strong competition. That’s not to say the…
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ASUS Crossblade Ranger (FM2+) Motherboard Review
Introduction and Closer Look The last time ASUS released a Republic of Gamers series motherboard for an AMD platform was way back in late 2011. The motherboard in question was the ASUS Crosshair V Formula which ASUS have since refurbished and re-released as the Crosshair V Formula-Z. The key theme…
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GIGABYTE Reveal A-Series ‘Kaveri’ Support For A88X, A78 & A55 FM2+ Motherboards
Gigabyte have announced official support for next generation AMD A-Series APUs based on the highly anticipated ‘Kaveri’ architecture. Gigabyte ‘Kaveri’ support includes current AMD A88X and A55 (rev3.0) platform motherboards plus forthcoming A78 platform motherboards. “By enabling support on current GIGABYTE AMD motherboards for these new AMD A-Series APUs, GIGABYTE…
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ASUS A88X-PRO (FM2+) Motherboard Review
Introduction With AMD’s fourth generation of AMD APUs, Kaveri, just around the corner it couldn’t be a better time to look at a brand spanking new FM2+ motherboard from ASUS. Today we have the ASUS A88X PRO motherboard on the test bench and this high-end motherboard will make the perfect…
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Gigabyte G1 Sniper A88X (FM2+) Motherboard Review
Introduction AMD are rumoured to be exiting the high end desktop market with the FX series of processors on the AM3+ socket expected to be AMD’s last range of standalone CPU products. Of course the main reason for that decision by AMD, if it does turn out to be true,…
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ASRock Reveal A88X FM2+ AMD Motherboards
ASRock have just unveiled their latest FM2+ socket motherboards based on the AMD A88X chipset according to TechPowerUp. These motherboards support the upcoming Kaveri APUs but are also backwards compatible with current AX-6XXX Richland series APUs as well as AX-5XXX Trinity series APUs, only Llano AX-3XXX APUs will not be…
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Gigabyte Announce A88X Series AMD FM2+ Motherboards
Gigabyte have just released their latest AMD motherboards for the upcoming FM2+ socket and Kaveri APUs. These new motherboards use a brand new A88X chipset and while AMD APUs are currently not available, these motherboards still support current generation Trinity and Richland APUs, though of course not Llano as this…
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AMD Kaveri Successor “Carrizo” Confirmed For 2015 Arrival
Reports suggest that the successor to AMD’s Kaveri platform will be codenamed “Carrizo” as we previously detailed before. Carrizo is the replacement for Kaveri, while Kaveri is the replacement for the current Richland APU. With ASUS having just released their A88XM-A FM2+ motherboard it is expected that both Kaveri and…
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AMD Could Delay Kaveri APUs to Q1 2014
According to a report by Digitimes AMD may delay the next series of APUs, codename Kaveri, until 2014 instead of releasing them in Q4 of this year. Apparently manufacturing is starting later than expected and so the Kaveri APUs will need some extra time to be developed. AMD’s Kaveri APUs…
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