ECS A790GXM-A Black Series

Written by Michael Larabel in Motherboards on 12 October 2008 at 07:48 AM EDT. Page 8 of 8. 5 Comments.

Conclusion:

While the Radeon HD 3300 graphics found with the AMD 790GX Chipset had an advantage over the 780G powered by the Radeon HD 3200 IGP, in other areas of testing there was a miniscule difference between these two motherboard chipsets. Aside from a few exceptions where the A790GXM-A was a bit slower than the A780GM-A, the performance was roughly the same.

The ECS A790GXM-A is a desirable low to mid-range motherboard that has integrated ATI graphics, six Serial ATA 2.0 ports, dual PCI Express x16 slots capable of supporting ATI CrossFire, and dual Gigabit Ethernet. This motherboard also has basic overclocking capabilities. It is a bit unfortunate this motherboard has no DVI connector for the integrated graphics, but at least there is HDMI. Best of all, this motherboard worked well with Linux.

Pricing information on this motherboard currently isn't available, but we would imagine it will sell for around $100 USD.

Reviews and shopping comparison information on AMD 790GX motherboards is available through TestFreaks.com.

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