|
Page 2 of 2
S p e c i f i c a t i o n s M S I K 9 A 2 P l a t i n u m
|
| N° sockets, max memory |
4 x DDR2 (max 8GB)
|
| Chipset |
AMD 790FX SB600 |
| Sound |
Realtek® ALC888/ALC888T 8+2 Channel HD Audio |
SATA support, N° connectors
|
6 x SATA2, 1x PATA |
| LAN |
1 x Realtek 8111B Onboard LAN Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/s |
| RAID |
0,1,0+1,5 |
| Connectors |
4 x PCI Express 16x 2.0, (Cross Fire 8x) 1 x PCI Express x1,
2 x PCI, 7 x USB, 4xUSB 2.0, 2 x e-SATA,
IEEE1394, optional VoIP i Serial ports |
| T e s t R e s u l t s M S I K 9 A 2 P l a t i n u m |
| Wolfram Mathematica 6.0 |
2.54 |
| ScienceMark 2.0 |
1.507 |
| Divx 6.8 compresion |
172 fps |
| x264 compresion |
191 sec
|
| WinRAR 3.7 |
1.574 KB/s
|
| 3D Mark03 CPU |
1.569 |
| 3D Mark06 default |
9.448 |
| Crysis (low) 800x600 |
115 fps |
| WIC (low) [Min / Avg / Max] |
42/93/210 fps
|
| Sandra 2008 |
|
| Memory Bandwith Int / FP |
9.412/9.386 MB/s
|
| Latency Random |
87 ns
|
Test Configuration: AMD Triple-Core X3 8750, 2x1GB Kingston HyperX 800 DDR2 4-4-4-12-1T,
ATI HD3850, Win XP PRO SP2
Tests
|
Results
|
Scaling perf. OC vs. Default |
| Overclock Percentage |
|
+19,2% |
Wolfram Mathematica 6.0
|
2.98 |
+17.3% |
| Divx 6.8compresion |
198 fps
|
+14.9% |
| WinRAR 3.7 |
1.727 KB/s
|
+10.3% |
Conclusion
However, by investing in K9A2 Platinum, you will have with high quality platform for later upgrade, as well as solid base for good performances and moderate overclock. AMD 790FX is stable and reliable chipset, that is capable of extracting maximum from Phenom processors, and on top of it, this chipset supports AMD’s quad-fire. If you are a hard-core player, with four PCI-e 16x slots available for upgrades that this MB provides, you can even add some PPU (Physics Processing Unit) like Ageia or Xilleon. First of all, this motherboard is the one of the cheapest 790FX motherboards on the market and it offers a lot for the amount of money you invested in it. Think about that…
Product Homepage
 Discuss this article on the forums. (0 posts)
|
MotherBoards 
