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The editors liked
A85X
Ultra Durable 5
Digital Power Engine
3D BIOS
Dual UEFI BIOS
Gigabit LAN
Lucid Virtu MVP Support
Extra USB 3.0 Ports (4 Available
6 Capable)
On/Off Charge Technology
Crossfire Capable
ESATA On Rear Panel
Clean Layout
Debug LED
Excellent power componentry and control
Attractive
Understated color scheme
Loads of I/O expansion capability
Four video-output types afford triple-display capability
Priced right and offers choices from the single on die GPU to an added 6670 in Crossire or a discrete higher end graphics card.
Very high quality components
Plenty of USB 3.0 ports
Full spectrum of onboard video ports
Onboard power and clear CMOS buttons
Easy Tune 6 overclocking software
3X Power to USB ports
On/Off Charging capability
VirtuMVP
VRM ready to rock watercooling
Many overclocking-specific features
Too many to list
Good audio rendering
Full-ATX Expansion capabilities
Simple color-scheme that can easily match any other components well
Fully functional AMI UEFI BIOS including mou
The editors didn't like
Software Needs a Makeover
No WiFi features
The usual A85X limitations (PCIe 2.0
Et al)
No one-touch overclocking button
Some confusion over two- and three-way CrossFireX support
Black and grey will flow with any hardware but look is a bit bland
Small MOSFET heatsink
UEFI is a little difficult to navigate
Overclock-designs on APU platform leads to limited performance gains
Same price as A10-5800K
And I would have liked to see a $109.99 price point (cheaper than the CPU)
Excellent power componentry and control, Attractive, understated color scheme, Loads of I/O expansion capability, Four video-output types afford triple-display capability
The usual A85X limitations (PCIe 2.0, et al), No one-touch overclocking button, Some confusion over two- and three-way CrossFireX support
The GA-F2A85X-UP4 won't stun you with a load of in-box extras or onboard bling, but if you want solid power performance for overclocking with the A85X chipset, this may be your board. ...
Testing out the AMD A10-5800K was interesting for me since this is the first time i tested an APU. The A10-5800K tuned out to be a great processor with just enough power to fulfill any users needs.The new Piledriver architecture brought new technologies s...
I have to admit that I really like this board. It is a unique design with that (overly) beefy power deliver system for the CPU. It overclocks as well as any other board and has many of the same features of products in its price range. It is an enthusia...
Abstract: We have had a few weeks with three A85X motherboards and AMD’s top of the line Trinity APU, the A10-5800K, which combines 4 unlocked Piledriver CPU cores (stock 3.8GHz, turbo 4.2GHz) with an integrated Radeon HD 7600D GPU with 384 Radeon Cores at 800MH...
Published: 2013-02-04, Author: James , review by: futurelooks.com
Abstract: AMD brought their newest Piledriver architecture to their APU chips first with the release of Trinity. We have already looked at the Trinity chips themselves, so lets take a better look at the motherboards designed to support them. Today, our AMD A10-5800...
Abstract: Over the past several months we did quite a bit of work and published reviews of almost two dozen LGA 1155 mainboards. Of course, our interest in these products is quite logical, because it is the newest and most current, interesting and universal plat...
Abstract: Since Computex back in June, Gigabyte has been pushing a new power delivery system across parts of its motherboard range. This involves an integrated circuit to combine power delivery MOSFETs into a small form factor with great heat dissipation, hig...
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Published: 2012-11-29, Author: Dan , review by: legitreviews.com
The GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 may be on the higher side of the price range for FM2 motherboards, but the old adage you get what you pay for holds true today. The GIGABYTE F2A85X-UP4 is packed with features and performance to spare! ...
The Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 is a good mainstream motherboard for the new socket FM2 processors, presenting one additional PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot, two additional USB 3.0 ports, a POST diagnostics display, and two BIOS chips in comparison with competing produ...
Published: 2012-11-25, Author: Thomas , review by: tomshardware.com
Abstract: After just one generation, Socket FM1 is dead. We test six Socket FM2-based motherboards able to take AMD's newest APUs built using the Trinity architecture. Can any of these platforms, armed with AMD A85X Fusion Controller Hubs, get us to upgrade? Once...
