World's First PCI-Express 3.0 Motherboard for AMD

[Lil' ½ Dead]

ASUS did the unthinkable yet simple, by innovating the first AMD platform motherboard that features PCI-Express 3.0 x16 slots, the Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3.0 R2.0. Long naming aside, the board provides you a couple of gen 3.0 slots by using PLX-made 48-lane PCI-Express Gen 3.0 bridge chip.

While the board features four PCI-Express x16 slots, only two similarly-colored slots can be used at a time, of which two are PCI-Express 2.0 x16, wired to the 990FX northbridge, and two slots being x16/NC or x8/x8-capable, being wired to a PLX 48-lane PCI-Express Gen 3.0 switch, which in turn takes two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 links from the northbridge.

Apart from this unique feature the socket AM3+ Sabertooth 990FX/GEN3.0 R2.0 features AMD SB950 southbridge, eight SATA 6 Gb/s ports, two eSATA 6 Gb/s, 8-channel HD audio, six USB 3.0 ports, and a zesty ASUS-exclusive feature-set. The new board could be released to the market very soon.

http://www.techpowerup.com/178545/AS...rocessors.html

[Doctor_Death]

Kenny reached Vegas last night, so hopefully we will be posting our own CES photos very soon

[calemus]

ooo oah oh oooo oah MOAR!
more boardz like this pleas!!!!!!

[realneil]

Like to see a review of this to see if PCI-E 3.0 is worth it.

[calemus]

dude this is killing me
i can not find this board for sale ANYWHERE

[realneil]

It's not at any of the usual places yet.