ASUS F1A75-V Pro
bluetooth 22 Feb 2012

The AMD Fusion platform has been released for some time. Not every board is made the same. This is definitely true for the ASUS F1A75-V Pro which excels in its design for this Socket FM1 board.

Based on the AMD A75 FCH (hudson D3) chipset supports the AMD Socket FM1 A series/E series APUs. These APUs comes with an DX11 integrated graphics core Radeon HD 6550 series that provides resoultion of up to 1920×1200@60Hz for HDMI, DVI or RGB. On DisplayPort it can support up to 2560×1600@60Hz.

The chipset A75 FCH supports 6 SATA 6Gbps ports with RAID 0,1,10, JBOD. It also supports 4 USB 3.0 and 10 USB 2.0 ports.

The F1A75 V-Pro comes with 2 PCIe 2.0 x16 (x16,x4 – CrossFireX), 2 PCIe 2.0×1 and 3 PCI slots. It has Realtek 8111E GbE, Realtek ALC 892  8 channel audio. In addition to the support by the chipset, the on board ASMedia PCIe SATA controller supports 1 SATA 6bps and 1 eSATA 6bps connector. There is also another ASMedia USB 3.0 controller which supports 2 USB 3.0 connectors (blue connectors at the back of the board).

On top of the standard features available from the chipset. The board’s ASMedia USB 3.0 supports a faster USB 3.0 UASP mode, it delivers a 170% performance compared to other USB 3.0 solutions.

The board features Dual Intelligent Processor 2 with DIGI+ VRM – the TPU (TurboV Processing Unit) and EPU (Energy Processing Unit). The DIGI+ VRM allows power phase performance and system voltages adjustments to maximise overall performance and overclocking potential while the EPU to server power signal and eliminating digital to analog conversion lag.

The board also supporst auto tuning and ASUS TurboV for real time OC tuning.

Other features of this board include a GUI based UEFI BIOS, AI Suite II, MEMOK and Anti Surge Protection.

The APU we are going to use is the A8-3850. This APU is 32nm DX11 3D graphics capable. It also supports OpenGL 4.1 and OpenCL 1.1 standards. It has 4 Core 4 threads and the embedded video is a Radeon HD6550D class video capable of doing 4000 marks in 3DMark Vantage Performance test.

ASRock A75 Extreme6 Motherboard Review with AMD LIano APU A8-3850
Bluetooth 25 Jul 2011

Not everyone makes the same boards. The features, overclocking, design differs from manufacturer to manufacturer. In fact, to us, innovation is more than anything else.

Say Hello to ASRock A75 Extreme6 where you meet the amazing feature set.

The ASRock A75 Extreme6 is a board based on the AMD A75 Hudson D3 chipset and support for Socket FM1 100W processors. It supporst native 6 x SATA3, 4 x USB 3.0 Ports. For memory, it can achieve up to dual Channel DDR3 2400+(OC).

Although the processor has an integrated video, users who wants to use external graphics cards can do AMD Quad CrossFireX™ , 3-Way CrossFireX™ , CrossFireX™ and Dual Graphics. There is also multi VGA Output : D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI.

For users who doesn’t want to spend a fortune on graphics cards, the graphics within the APU supports AMD Steady Video™ : New video post processing capability for automatic jutter reduction on home/online video. The board also also has 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec), Supports THX TruStudio™.

Important features only available on ASRock board are XFast USB Technology, Graphical UEFI BIOS, Supports On/Off Play Technology, Instant Boot, Instant Flash, APP Charger, SmartView.

The APU we are going to use is the A8-3850. This APU is 32nm DX11 3D graphics capable. It also supports OpenGL 4.1 and OpenCL 1.1 standards. It has 4 Core 4 threads and the embedded video is a Radeon HD6550D class video capable of doing 4000 marks in 3DMark Vantage Performance test.

On page 2, we will take a look at the motherboard layout.

Although most A75 boards support multiple output ports, D-SUB will not work once you increase your CPU CLK to 133MHz when overclocking the system.

So, if you are thinking of overclocking your brand new A75 board with a APU, you must get ready to pair the system up with a monitor with DVI-D connector.

While browsing through the web, I came across a Chinese website that posted CPU-Z screen shot of A8-3850 at a whopping speed of 5.6GHz (100×56) on AIR.

Unfortunately, the editor has been fooled. With the new APUs, at least from our own internal test, it shows that the APU can be multiplier overclocked beyond the default of 29x but there won’t be any performance difference at all from 29x.

Try it out if you have an A8-3850 on hand and see if you do a 6 GHz on AIR

AMD AMD, A6, 3650, 2.6GHz, 4 Cores, 4MB L2, 100W, 32nm, FM1, AD3650WNGXBOX $990
AMD AMD, A8, 3850, 2.9GHz, 4 Cores, 4MB L2, 100W, 32nm, FM1, AD3850WNGXBOX $1190

Looks like it is a pretty cheap APU to get that includes a mid range graphics to pair up with a good A75 board.

Gigabyte A75-UD4H AMD A75 Motherboard with AMD A8-3850 Review – Intro
Bluetooth 2 Jul 2011

The wait is over as AMD launches it’s APU – the accelerated processor unit which integrates graphics into the traditional processor just like Intel’s Core i5-2500K. With this new APU, a new generation of motherboards are making it inroads to various market segments.

Today, we are going to take a look at the Gigabyte A75-UD4H, one of the higher end board available for the new Socket FM1 supporting the A75 Hudson chipset for the 32nm DX11 capable APU like A8-3850.

The APU we are going to use is the A8-3850. This APU is 32nm DX11 3D graphics capable. It also supports OpenGL 4.1 and OpenCL 1.1 standards. It has 4 Core 4 threads and the embedded video is a Radeon HD6550D class video capable of doing 4000 marks in 3DMark Vantage Performance test.

In addition, the chipset supports Dual Graphics, allowing you to pair up another Radeon HD 6000 series graphics card to boost up the 3D graphics performance.

Unboxing the A75-UD4H

If you look at the box of the motherboard, you would have noticed the SUPER 4. Basically, Gigabyte’s proposition is

Super Safe

．DualBIOS™ 3TB+ HDD Support (Hybrid EFI Technology)
．One Fuse per USB Port
．50,000 hr. Solid Capacitors

to ensure durability of the board.

Super Speed

．Ultra Durable™ design
．3 x USB Power Boost + On/Off Charge

GIGABYTE Super Speed ensures that you’re always on the cusp of PC performance, data transfer and device charging speeds. GIGABYTE 3x USB power means better device compatibility and faster charging on USB connected devices like portable storage devices without needing to use two USB ports. The additional power provided by 3 x USB Power allows iPad, iPhone and iPod devices to charge up to 40% faster compared to standard USB implementations, while On/Off charge allows fast device charging even when your PC is on standby or turned off.

Super Savings

．Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs
．Lower CPU Zone Temperature
．High Power-Efficiency

All GIGABYTE Super4™ motherboards are equipped with the very best quality components that ensure that you PC is running at maximum power efficiency. Lower RDS(on) MOSFETs reduce energy wastage through unnecessary residual heat dissipation. This amounts to tangible energy savings which are beneficial for both end-users and the environment without impacting system performance.

Super Sound

．High-end 108dB HD Audio (3.5x better audio quality than standard PC audio solutions) offer excellent 7.1 surround sound audio backed by a proprietary converter that is able to achieve 108dB noise ratio (SNR) playback quality. This means that users will enjoy a better audio experience with lower levels of noise and hiss when enjoying the latest HD content.

In the next few pages, we take a detail look at the motherboard, it’s chipsets and BIOS followed by benchmarks.

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Digitimes reports that AMD has announced it will start selling its new A8-3850 and A6-3650 APUs on July 3, challenging Intel’s Core i3-2120 and Core i3-2100 with quad-core A8-3800 and A6-3600 CPUs set to launch at a later time. There will be about 20 new A, FX and E series CPUs to be launched in the second half of 2011.

The A8-3850 and A6-3650 APUs both feature quad-core designs and discrete graphics-level integrated GPUs, and support AMD’s exclusive software such as Catalyst driver, OpenCL as well as Vision Engine Control Center to allow upgrades and improvements in performance and stability.

Motherboard makers also revealed that AMD will release eight more APUs including A8-3870, A6-3500 and E2-3200 in the fourth quarter with four high-end APUs including FX-8150 set for September, and another four high-end APUs including FX-8170 for the first quarter of 2012.

Following the launch of its Llano APUs in 2011, AMD plans to release 32nm Trinity-series APUs in 2012, which will support DirectX 11 graphics technology and target mainstream and high-performance desktop and notebook segments.

AMD Desktop APUs A6 and A8 series specs have been leaked on the net prior to Computex. Boards were also on display at Computex Taipei 2011. To date, there seems to be a lack of processors to satisfy the market.

To our surprise, our HK correspondent told us that he came across the retail box of the processors on a Hong Kong site. Apparently, the boxes are at one of the retail shops. It means stocks are ready for sale awaiting for an early July launch. Pricing is not provided.

AMD APU A6-3650 and A8-3850  The speeds are rated at 2.6GHZ (A6-3650) and 2.9GHZ (A8-3850).

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