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The Asus Sabertooth 990FX is certainly going to be well received by the AMD audience when it hits retail in the very near future. Over the course of a weeks testing the board proved to be rock solid, even when pushed to the limits … the ‘TUF' design clearly indicative of Asus' exacting engineering standards and not just another buzz word failing to deliver tangible real world benefits.
The PCB has a proven, logical layout with easy access to many troubleshooting sections and there are also a plethora of fan headers populating the board to ensure wide support for the most demanding gaming chassis. As an enthusiast platform it is not only great to see a formidable 8+2 digital architecture providing high power efficiency, but also the ASUS tuned UEFI bios is just as intuitive as those utilised on the latest Sandybridge boards we have used. Overclocking the 1100T proved to be as simple as we hoped, requiring only a moderate voltage increase to achieve stability at 4.3ghz. In fact 4.4ghz+ would be a possibility with higher grade water cooling, or even phase change.
AMD purists are finally getting treated to QUAD SLI and QUAD CrossfireX system support and we feel this portfolio expansion it is a good business move from Nvidia. While the Phenom II X6 1100T doesn't deliver the same level of grunt as the latest Intel Sandybridge designs it is certainly no slouch and under most conditions seems just as responsive.
UK pricing has not been confirmed at time of writing and we will update this page when we have more information.
Pros:
- Fantastic build quality
- good bundle
- Overclocks well
- SLI and Crossfire support
Cons:
- AMD processors can't compete against the latest Intel Sandybridge designs
KitGuru says: This is as good as it gets for AMD. A fantastic motherboard from Asus.
Funky colour scheme…. looks very similar to the ‘army’ MSI boards ive noticed in the last few months.
I really like the new bios systems. my bud bought a sandybridge board and they are leaps ahead of the older bios systems. This is a nice option for AMD lovers, but I wonder what percentage of sales these boards really get on the market against Sandybridge
Good boards, but the new cpus are the main thing im waiting on. id say SLI and CFx are small markets. a new range of CPUs might make AMD competitive again. If they can match the 2600k they are onto a winner, but its a tall order.
A lot of detail in this. I really do rate the X6 processors. I thought they would be pretty poor and my friend bought the 1090T and I wouldnt even know it wasn’t an intel chip. I suppose benchmarks highlight it more, but for gaming? I doubt anyone would know if someone changed their system without them looking.
Im excited to see the new CPU’s. Its a nice start, but its pretty uninspiring, apart from SLI support. and most people who want SLI will already have intel chipsets.
I bet this took some behind the scenes negotiations. Nvidia allowing AMD to use SLI.
Good move however and nice new range of boards. Will be looking forward to the new range of processors.
AMD have such a tough job really. Intel are dominating the CPU market. I do agree, the 1100T and 1090T are great products. for gaming they are perfect.
Asus make great boards, this is one of them. Sorry but im waiting for the new cpus before I even contemplate a new board. The current phenom X4 and X6 range doesnt appeal to me. im not a power user, but I dont see any reason yet to move to intel.
Finally a modern board that can do X16 sli, Intel can stick their thousand different socket types where they belong