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Sapphire Pure CrossFireX PC-AM2RD790

Published on 15th February 2008 by Richard Swinburne

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bubsterboo 15th February 2008, 09:07

Heatpipe looks surprisingly similar to my dfi:
http://www.ocxtreme.org/main/images/dfip35t2rpix/dfip35_1.jpg

OH, "
While previous Sapphire boards have been considerably, well... naff, the latest Pure CrossFireX 790FX has been backed by DFI - and just like other DFI boards, it's kitted to the teeth for enthusiasts!"
That's why :P

phuzz 15th February 2008, 10:25

But it's not white! And did the first board really get so hot that the PWM heat sink glowed? I guess it would save on LEDs in the case...

Amon 15th February 2008, 10:46

Quite an expensive board for so few measured advantages. The note about the omission of BIOS information from the manual gave me a chuckle :)

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Originally Posted by phuzz
And did the first board really get so hot that the PWM heat sink glowed?

Only a Prescott can do that.

Tim S 15th February 2008, 10:55

it didn't really glow, but it was hot enough to burn fingers. ;)

Daza 15th February 2008, 11:57

Just to let you know people have been flshing these with the dfi bios in amercia and they still work.

Tim S 15th February 2008, 12:06

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Originally Posted by Daza
Just to let you know people have been flshing these with the dfi bios in amercia and they still work.

Yep, I believe Rich mentioned the DFI BIOS works fine in the review (he definitely flashed it) ;)

lworbey 15th February 2008, 13:57

By the way, you've labeled items 3 and 4 the wrong way round on the picture of the board!

Amon 15th February 2008, 15:24

5 is also labeled wrong.

TreeDude 15th February 2008, 15:41

When do we get some Intel boards like this?

Tim S 15th February 2008, 16:48

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Originally Posted by Amon
5 is also labeled wrong.

Quote:

Originally Posted by lworbey
By the way, you've labeled items 3 and 4 the wrong way round on the picture of the board!

Blah, I'm not having a good day. :'(

Bindibadgi 15th February 2008, 20:18

5 is correct - it's a second additional floppy connector. 3 and 4 were just the wrong way round :o

SaII 16th February 2008, 04:27

looks like a dfi board

HourBeforeDawn 16th February 2008, 05:01

so would it be better then to flash this to the DFI bios for OCing?
I liked the DFI board just not the color theme so this Sapphire board would work better but Im still thinking about going with the MSI board...

jonnyGURU 9th March 2010, 19:23

So is it true that Sapphire is completely out of the motherboard business? Not their brand, but even acting as an OEM/ODM? According to AMD's website, this is the newest board they make and this review is two years old.