GIGABYTE A88X Series Motherboards

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/17/2013 09:40 AM | source: | 7 comment(s)

Gigabyte announced its new FM2+ motherboard lineup supporting the forthcoming 'Keveri' AMD APUs with support for existing socket FM2 Trinity and Richland APUs. A88X motherboards feature a number of features and technologies and also include the first AMD G1-Killer gaming motherboard, the G1.Sniper A88X which includes GIGABYTE AMP-Up Audio, a range of advanced audio technologies that are designed to give audio enthusiasts and PC gamers more control over their motherboard audio than ever before.

GIGABYTE A88X series motherboards also offer unique GIGABYTE features, including UEFI DualBIOS, Digital Power delivery, as well Triple Display support.

Ready for Kaveri on AMD Socket FM2+

GIGABYTE A88X series motherboards feature the new FM2+ APU socket, and are designed to get the most from forthcoming Kaveri AMD APUs, while preserving compatibility for current AMD FM2 APUs. FM2+ AMD APUs offer native support for 8 GT/s PCI Express gen 3.0 as well as DX11.1 support integrating the high performance 'Steamroller' core. AMD socket FM2+ APUs also offer native support for 4K resolution displays on HDMI and DisplayPort.\

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Anarion
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#4638998 Posted on: 08/18/2013 12:34 AM

No ITX... :/ Oh, and Hilbert, small typo there in the first paragraph "Keveri".

would be a nice change for those using the motherboard integrated sound. The Realtek and VIA audio chipsets suck. Hell, it'd be nice to see them get away from Realtek altogether.

Actually, I'd rather take the top Realtek chip with Creative's latest software than Creative's Recon3D chip without external DAC.

sykozis
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#4639007 Posted on: 08/18/2013 12:53 AM

When comparing my Soundcard to the onboard codec on my motherboard.. I must say I was very amazed by the quality of the onboard audio : I

In the past I would have agreed with you though. I've had motherboards that gave all sorts of static for no reason with onboard codecs.

My current board has a Realtek 898 audio chipset. With my Logitech G330 headset, it's audio quality is almost acceptable... With my Superlux HD681's it's intolerable.... The VIA VT1718S that was on my ASRock H55DE3 was intolerable with any headset.... The better the headset/speakers you use, the more obvious the difference in quality becomes.

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