AMD 790FX Phenom Chipset On Linux

Posted by phoronix on Dec 31, 2007 10:09 PM EDT
Phoronix; By Michael Larabel
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Back in November AMD had launched their "Spider platform", which is made up of AMD's first quad-core processor, ATI Radeon HD 3800 series graphics, and the AMD 7-Series chipsets. While we were quick to cover the ATI Radeon HD 3850 and 3870 graphics under Linux, today after much testing we are finally delivering our first Linux report from AMD's new 790FX Chipset. Is the chipset that's designed for PC enthusiasts and performance seeking overclockers worth anything under Linux? Does this chipset even work with the latest Linux desktop distributions? We'll be answering these questions and more, as we look at the Gigabyte MA790FX-DS5 motherboard.

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Weak 'linux' review erikb5 0 888 Jan 1, 2008 1:05 PM

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