April 7 2010, Taipei, TaiwanBIOSTAR MICROTECH INT’L CORP., a professional manufacturer of motherboards today talks about new AMD 880G chipset market position and introducing BIOSTAR 880G based motherboard line up, including two T-Series “TA880G HD”, “TA880GB HD” and “A880G HD” motherboards.


TA880G HD


TA880GB HD


A880G HD

At first, we all know that AMD 880G chipset is used to replace 785G. We’ve known that 890GX will replace 790GX become the most high-end integrated chipset, while mainstream product 785G will be replaced by 880G. This product will become AMDs main force of chipset in this year.

From technical specifications, AMD 880G pairs up with South Bridge SB850; it supports HT3.0, integrated Radeon HD 4250 graphics core supports DirectX 10.1, UVD2 and other specifications, core frequency is 560MHz just between 785G and 890GX. The motherboard also supports PCI 16X mode PCI-E 2.0 graphics card and Asymmetric Hybrid CrossFire by AMD DX10.1 graphics card.

Most users are familiar with BIOSTAR’s specialty in offering compact, all-in-one, powerful, and cost effective motherboards. On top of it, there are three key elements we’d like to high light on TA880G HD, TA880GB HD and A880G HD motherboards – “GTO 63, “BIO-unlocKING”, and “BIO-Remote”.

“GTO 63, an exclusive development from BIOSTAR that enhances system performance up to 60% and more; supporting true SATA 6Gbps; and fully compatible with Phenom II x 6 processors.

“BIO-unlocKING”, provides the flexibility to unlock extra core(s) and achieving much greater performance with lower cost.

“BIO-Remote”, with on-board Consumer IR header and optional “remote controller” certified by Microsoft makes a perfect combination for your in-home entertainments.

Model name TA880G HD  TA880GB HD A880G HD
Chipset 880G+SB850 880G+SB850 880G+SB850
Form factor mATX mATX mATX
PWM 5 Phase (140W) 4 Phase (125W) 4 Phase (125W)
GTO 63 GT60
AMD Phenom II X6
SATA6Gbps
GT60
AMD Phenom II X6
SATA6Gbps
AMD Phenom II X6
SATA6Gbps
Unlock CPU BIO-Unlocking BIO-Unlocking BIO-Unlocking
Solid Cap 100% X.D.C X.D.C X.D.C
DDR3 4 DDR3-1600(OC) 4 DDR3-1600(OC) 2 DDR3-1333
Digital Video DVI + HDMI DVI + HDMI DVI + HDMI
Graphic HD4250 @ 560MHz HD4250 @ 560MHz HD4250 @ 560MHz
SidePort Memory 128M DDR3
1394a
LAN GbE GbE GbE
Audio 8Ch(ALC892) 6Ch 6Ch
PCI-Express (X16) 1 1 1
Expansion slot 1 x PCIEx1
2 x PCI
2 x PCI 2 x PCI
Storage 6 x SATA6Gbps
RAID 0,1,5,10
6 x SATA6Gbps
RAID 0,1,5,10
4 x SATA6Gbps
RAID 0,1,5,10
I/O 2 x PS/2, 1 x HDMI,
1 x DVI, 1 x D-Sub,
4 x USB,  1 x RJ45,
   8Ch Audio
1 x PS/2, 1 x HDMI,
1 x DVI, 1 x D-Sub,
4 x USB,  1 x RJ45,
6Ch Audio
1 x PS/2, 1 x HDMI,
1 x DVI, 1 x D-Sub,
4 x USB,  1 x RJ45,
6Ch Audio

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