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ECS Elitegroup A890GXM-A (V1.0) Pro Reviews

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hardwaresecrets‘s review Edit Like Unlike

This motherboard should please all sorts of users, like the user building an HTPC and the user that wants a system with the latest technologies and doesn’t mind having a low-end gaming performance or wants to try the on-board graphics from AMD 890GX before deciding if he or she will need an add-on video card, and also the user that wants to install three video cards to improve gaming performance or to have tons of video monitors connected to his or her PC.

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Mar 02, 2010

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overclockersclub‘s review Edit Like Unlike

When taking a look at the ECS A890GXM-A as a whole, you can see that it really does have a lot going for it. It is oozing with features and expandability, and even though I was not able to overclock this board it still had some very decent gaming performance. The 890GXM-A might not perform quite as well as some of the other 890GX offerings, but small performance decreases in benchmarks rarely translate into a noticeably slower PC . So, I would say that this board is a good choice for mainstream users that just want a stable product and not much else.

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Mar 03, 2010

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www.legitreviews.com‘s review Edit Like Unlike

With the price being right $120, it is hard to really knock anything on this board. It performs well, has a great feature set and will allow some mild overclocking. A little more effort in the BIOS for overclocking and this could have been a great board. For now, let's just say that this is a board that is worth a glance if you see it at a great price at an online etailer!

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Sep 02, 2010

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motherboards‘s review Edit Like Unlike

The ECS A890GXM-A Black Edition is a fine example of an 890GX motherboard. The performance of the board was right up there with other 890GX boards and the board overclocked well. One issue with the ECS board was the lack of USB 3.0 support in terms of features of the board. USB 3.0 is rapidly becoming the standard for motherboards, along with SATA 6 Gb/second ports. This board has all of the connections necessary to build a HTPC including DP, DVI, HDMI and VGA ports. The only other negative is the lack of a core unlock method to unlock the 4th core of the Triple core CPUs that many other boards feature.

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Mar 20, 2010

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HardwareZone‘s review Edit Like Unlike

Meanwhile, the ECS A890GXM-A is a very decent board which even performed slightly above its rivals in our benchmarks. It may not have that many features but at US$120, it's priced accordingly. ECS has managed to get the hardware and layout polished to a certain extent, but there is still work on the software side, with its BIOS found lacking. If a functional and standard AMD 890GX board is all you crave, then the ECS does a reasonably fine job.

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Apr 16, 2010

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www.pcper.com‘s review Edit Like Unlike

With the unlocked core feature set aside, the A890GXM-A was a very stable performer with good overclocking abilities. We are content with the amount of voltage options for the CPU, memory, and Sideport memory as well. The dual PCIe x16 slots also gives users the option to run CrossFireX graphics card configurations, which should be very useful when the new HD 6XXX series is unveiled in November. The $120 price tag is also very attractive considering the board's overclocking capabilities and native SATA 3.0 support.

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Oct 13, 2010

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