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Questions about GIGABYTE products => Motherboards with AMD processors => Topic started by: Antikapitalista1 on October 07, 2011, 10:13:39 pm
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Do you have any idea about how to get this fantastic mainboard now... and if so, where?
I have been asking everywhere... but it seems that it is out of stock everywhere... worse yet, it seems to be out of production.
It is such a pity because it is such a wonderful mainboard, the best one, really...!
It has an AM3+ (AM3b) socket, so it is Bulldozer (Zambezi)-ready, it has all the nifty features: a PATA port, an LPT port and an IOMMU, as it has an AMD 890FX chipset. I know that the 900-series chipsets do have an IOMMU, but they do not have the above-mentioned goodies (esp. not that LPT port).
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http://www.systo.co.uk/components/motherboards/ga-890fxa-ud5-ga-890fxa-ud5.html
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/gigabyte-ga-890fxa-ud5-amd-890fx-atx-motherboard-am3-socket-07685684-pdt.html?srcid=867&cmpid=comp~Google~Computing%20accessories~07685684&istCompanyId=bec25c7e-cbcd-460d-81d5-a25372d2e3d7&istItemId=qrpiipq&istBid=t
http://www.pcfood.co.uk/890-sam3-ddr3-1866-2xgbe-4xpcx-usbsata3-5525-p.asp
http://www.comeuro.net/webshop/product.php?productid=120662
Don't know where you're looking, ..... is that enough? ;)
Aussie Allan
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Oh, you are awesome, Aussie Allan, thank you very much, that must have taken a lot of work! I do appreciate it!
However, it seems that they are revisions 2.0 or 2.1, unfortunately. In fact, I have written a local distributor here in Slovakia and its product manager answered me that he had a couple of revision 2.0 and 2.1 mainboards, but no revision 3.1 ones!
I have written some of my Slavic brethren who still have this revision in their catalogues; however, I doubt that those Polish ones could have it, as no Polish Gigabyte distributor (and I have checked them all according to the links on Gigabyte's website) lists it any longer; I have also asked some Russian ones about it, but I wonder how things will be when ordering something from outside the EU...
It is strange that the older revisions are still hanging around, while the newer ones have almost mysteriously disappeared...!
I have even asked Gigabyte about it, but their reply has not been particularly helpful, to put it mildly...
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Antikapitalista1 .... your welcome
I had another look-around the globe .... no new ones to speak of .....the 3.1 are like Pterodactyl teeth , they is!...... besides what you're doing already .... persistence will eventually pay ..... keep bugging every outlet you can think of.
If you ring enough people, all the time, they will eventually find you one,...... just to get rid of you ...hahahahahahahahah!
Keep tabs on Ebay aswell .... Everything eventually comes up .... when it does, .... don't quibble, just buy it or you'll kick yourself!
Aussie Allan
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Why don't you just go with GA-990FXA-UD3/UD5 ?
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Good point and worth checking out .... but I think he's got his heart and mind set on the other board!
Aussie allan
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Well that's a bit silly, cause 890FXA-UD5 is more expensive than 990FXA-UD5. And the most important thing is that the 9 Series AMD chipsets have SLI ability.
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maybe if we're patient he will give us a reason why he seems to have his blinkers on in your view
I suspect he has a good reason, Valid or not....Hell, I'm still running an X58A ..... but I have my reasons!
Aussie Allan
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Seems fair enough. :)
And I maybe know one of your reasons why you still have an X58.
It has 2x PCI-e x16 lanes and 2x x8 lanes, while the others don't. That would be my first main reason.
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Partly! ..... PCI-E based drives do like bandwidth ... and less chance of IRQ conflicts to boot with all the toys I have connected up
But the main reason?........... it's only every 3rd or 4th chipset generation do you get a real kick in performance for your money spent
Guess what's next ;) .... 6 months ago I was a tad worried whether I did the right thing missing Z68 ...... not anymore with what Ive read in the last couple of weeks ... it may take a version or two to get really clean but it will destroy .......well.... the other one ;)
Aussie Allan
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Well that's a bit silly, cause 890FXA-UD5 is more expensive than 990FXA-UD5. And the most important thing is that the 9 Series AMD chipsets have SLI ability.
Well, it seems to me that the GA-890FXA-UD5 is still cheaper than the GA-990FXA-UD5. And as for "the most important thing"—well, I would call it the most significant thing—that they come with the "SLI tax". I fact, I believe that this is the reason why they are more expensive.
SLI has no utility for me, I would not put an NVIDIA graphics card into my computer simply for ethical reasons—do you remember their disabling it in the presence of an ATI graphics card? Some people wanted to use a NVIDIA card as, ahem, a FizzX :-) accelerator, while using an ATI card as a graphical card—but this was impossible, because of NVIDIA's policy. In fact, I remember that it was only possible with "faulty" NVIDIA drivers (http://www.anandtech.com/show/3744/nvidia-forceware-257-heterogeneous-gpu-physx-its-a-bug-not-a-feature), as you certainly remember. And I also hate the very concept of the SLI tax, although I suppose that it is much lower than the quoted 50 $ some 6 years ago.
Besides, I have no interest in either a SLI setup, or a Crossfire setup, mainly because it is needlessly expensive, it doubles the power draw, it would require 1 more full-cover waterblock (otherwise it would be rather noisy), etc.
And no, online auction sites (eBay and such) do not look like a viable option, simply because nobody would like to get rid of such a perfect mainboard, at least not at this time, certainly.
I need it for the things mentioned in the original post. I need the PATA port for my DVD burners—I have almost a stockpile of them (3), they are almost new (or almost unused), and I would hate to throw them away and I would like to save myself the hassle of another add-on controller card. I was buying the PATA burners simply because they were always better than their SATA counterparts, simply because SATA drives look like SCSI drives to Windows and older games have had problems with them, I assume you know why (because of the suspected presence of Daemon Tools). So, why not choose a PATA one, right? (Especially when I am such a zealous Intel hater and very conservative when it comes to choosing media for burning.)
However, then there is a bigger problem: all the AMD 900-series mainboards lack an LPT port. And I really need one, at least from time to time, for my EEPROM programmer. Having built it myself, I have something of an emotional attachment to it. Most people bashing me for requiring an LPT port usually have no idea what it is really good for. While they often suggest me an USB replacement, they forget that it is an order of a magnitude harder, I have seen a book on it and its thickness alone made me scared of all such considerations. Not that it would be impossible... but as I am getting older, lazier, less skilful and more stupid, I am more and more reluctant to do such otherwise unnecessary things... Programming for the LPT port is really easy and the cost of its inclusion is very low, as the super I/O chip already provides the functionality, so it is mostly a matter of including the respective header. And with the insane number of USB ports or headers for them, I cannot see a reason why an LPT port could not make it way into the mainboard. E.g. I cannot possibly imagine how a sane person could need more than, say, 8 USB port, let alone 14...! I know that I could get an LPT add-on card, but that costs about 20 € more and comes with the additional nuisance of an otherwise unnecessary add-on card.
Unfortunately, the GA-990FXA-UD5 has neither of these features.
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And there you go! ,.... good, sound reason why he wants the board he wants .... who are we to argue with such personal logic!
Don't discredit Ebay too quickly ..... some people just don't understand what there selling and can't spell ...... I purchased an old beatup computer on ebay last year (deceased estate) that had a GTX-480 card in it ;) ..... £16 ....Thankyou God!
Aussie Allan
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Allan, are you sticking with your current MB and not getting a X79 MB?
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Now I know your on drugs! :D
No , you may have misunderstood ..... I didn't mind missing the Z68 so much with the setup I currently have with the X58A, .... but all my resources will be going into the X79 coming soon ....all ready started the build box actually ..... not much in it yet except pieces of paper that have the toys written on it ..... as I buy them I replace them with the real thing ..... Havent even decided on what brand of motherboard yet! :o
The box so far!
2 x PSUs ... IC Diamond ... 2x400W Peltiers (TEC Blocks) and 2 fluid heat exchangers ...3 x 2TB Magnet drives for storage and lots of paper :D
Aussie Allan
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..... as I buy them I replace them with the real thing ..... Havent even decided on what brand of motherboard yet! :o
Maybe Gigabyte would like to help you out there in appreciation of all your hard work on the forum! It would be a nice gesture.
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Ah! shucks! ... that would be fantastic but I,m aiming for some pretty cutting edge kit/build this time round as I want to have a crack at a chilled water record (CPU only chilled) so will mean a high end board unfortunately ....
My accountant reckons I spent more on cameras and PCs last year then in the last 5 ..... so I need to start planning on Dying before 2018 :o
Every penny is going to count this time round ..... any and all charity welcome to continue my work and technical support...... ;D
P.S ....How does -17 to-20C on the CPU loop sound? ;)
Aussie Allan
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COOL ? ;)
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YES! VERY! 8) .... Might call it a Polar cooling!
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Hi Al mate........nah......not on drugs.......mate!!! :D
Wow, all that expenditure just to format a few photographs!!!! ;D
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Ah but what photographs they are.......
I didn't know that ladies did that kind of thing! :P
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Nothing like combining business with pleasure .... my mates can do a Helicon (Software ) focal stack of 30x24MP RAW images .... they take from18 to 33mins per photo.....
You would not believe how long it takes me ;D
Aussie Allan
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Absic.....as long as your INTERNET is ultra secure ..... I post some 512 encrypted links :o
Aussie Allan
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Wow Al.....that's some operation your got going there buddy!!! :D
Impressive stats mate!!! :D
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OK dudes. What am I missing? It all sounds interesting there.
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Sorry for the delay DM .... if I read it right ..... Technology9 was commenting on the Photo stacking I think!
you know when you get right in really close (Macro) and you end up with a really shallow depth of field (what's in sharp focus) and the rest is a bit/lot blurred ...... this software allows you to take a series of shots 3, 5, 20, 30, what ever it takes to get the entire subject in sharp focus at several points,.....stack them and take out just what's in sharp focus.....and combine them into a single image.....check this out....
Aussie Allan
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Hi,
Yes I was commentating on the photostacking, have you got the link to that software Allan? Sincerely, that would be very useful.
Teknology 9
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There's a stack of them out there ...some free, .... they come with all different features ..... some you can control from your PC or Mac tethered .... Pretty cool pressing the enter key to take Photos ....some will even do focus shift......
http://www.heliconsoft.com/ ..... this is the one most of the pros use .... very full featured with heaps of add-ons including 3D modelling from Photos
Aussie Allan
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Thanks Allan, I'll look into that.
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Thanks for that Allan. Very interesting. I have seen the process before but I didn't know it was called that. It is handy for increasing the depth of field especially when taking macro shots because sometimes it can be difficult to keep it all in focus.