Gigabyte intros 'Dragon' motherboard

MUMBAI, INDIA: Gigabyte has announced the availability of GA-MA790FXT-UD5P, their first AMD 'Dragon Platform' qualified motherboard, with AMD AM3 Phenom II processors support.

Sporting the AMD AM3 socket, the Gigabyte GA-MA790FXT-UD5P supports 45nm AMD Phenom II processors, featuring HyperTransport 3.0 and integrated DDR3 memory controller.

It has a memory speed up to 1666+MHz for fast memory access. The motherboard features 8+2 CPU VRM power phase design, and is able to handle the power demands from 140W CPUs.

Equipped with the AMD 790FX North Bridge, the GA-MA790FXT-UD5P offers Dual x16 PCI-E 2.0 graphics interfaces to deliver up the latest ATI CrossFireX support for the gaming platform. Plugging in dual graphics cards also enables support for up to four monitors.

It delivers AMD OverDrive support and possess EC AOD-ACC embedded controller, which allows AMD Phenom II Black Edition CPUs, that uses the AMD OverDrive utility further.

Gigabyte Ultra Durable 3 motherboards also feature Japanese Solid Capacitors boasting 50,000 hours of operation, Ferrite core chokes and Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs.

This Gigabyte product is available through Avnet (India), Ingram Micro and Redington, and is priced at Rs14,990.