I would like to thank Gigabyte for the opportunity to test this board.
GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Some quick board specs:
(taken from Gigabyte's website)
CPU
1. Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenomâ„¢ FX processor/ AMD Phenomâ„¢ X4 processor/ AMD Phenomâ„¢ X3 processor/ AMD Athlonâ„¢ X2 processor/ AMD Athlonâ„¢ processor/ AMD Sempronâ„¢ X2 processor/ AMD Sempronâ„¢ processor
Hyper Transport Bus
1. 5200/2000 MT/s
Chipset
1. North Bridge: AMD 790GX
2. South Bridge: AMD SB750
Memory
1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules
Integrated Memory
1. 128MB DDR3 SidePort memory
Audio
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby® Home Theater (Note 3)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In
LAN
1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1) (Note 4)
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1)
(The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX8_1 slots support ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology, ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. 2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
iTE IT8718 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB
Integrated in the South Bridge
1. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
Motherboard photos...
BIOS Shots...
GA-MA790GP-DS4H
Some quick board specs:
(taken from Gigabyte's website)
CPU
1. Support for Socket AM2+/ AM2 processors: AMD Phenomâ„¢ FX processor/ AMD Phenomâ„¢ X4 processor/ AMD Phenomâ„¢ X3 processor/ AMD Athlonâ„¢ X2 processor/ AMD Athlonâ„¢ processor/ AMD Sempronâ„¢ X2 processor/ AMD Sempronâ„¢ processor
Hyper Transport Bus
1. 5200/2000 MT/s
Chipset
1. North Bridge: AMD 790GX
2. South Bridge: AMD SB750
Memory
1. 4 x 1.8V DDR2 DIMM sockets supporting up to 16 GB of system memory
2. Dual channel memory architecture
3. Support for DDR2 1066 (Note 2)/800/667 MHz memory modules
Integrated Memory
1. 128MB DDR3 SidePort memory
Audio
1. Realtek ALC889A codec
2. High Definition Audio
3. 2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4. Support for Dolby® Home Theater (Note 3)
5. Support for S/PDIF In/Out
6. Support for CD In
LAN
1. Realtek 8111C chip (10/100/1000 Mbit)
Expansion Slots
1. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1) (Note 4)
2. 1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1)
(The PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX8_1 slots support ATI Hybrid CrossFireX technology, ATI CrossFireX technology and conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
3. 3 x PCI Express x1 slots
4. 2 x PCI slots
Storage Interface
South Bridge:
1. 1 x IDE connector supporting ATA-133/100/66/33 and up to 2 IDE devices
2. 6 x SATA 3Gb/s connectors supporting up to 6 SATA 3Gb/s devices
3. Support for SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID 10 and JBOD
iTE IT8718 chip:
1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive
USB
Integrated in the South Bridge
1. Up to 12 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (4 on the back panel, 8 via the USB brackets connected to the internal USB headers)
Motherboard photos...
BIOS Shots...