Asus Reveals Two AMD AM1 Motherboards Ready for April

[exfileme]

Asus is releasing two AM1 motherboards in April.

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[brarboy]

ASUS motherboards are one of the best in term of performance and quality they provide. There is nothing to look beyond them.I love ASUS 😉

 

[the1kingbob]

Love to see some benchmarks for this new platform!

 

[CaptainTom]

Tomshardware, PLEASE benchmark one of these with the 1.6 GHz quadcore and a 270x. It be very interesting to see if this CPU would be a viable choice for super budget users, especially with Mantle...

 

[AnEwG]

It seems as if they have given up on the dedicated platforms.

 

[Shankovich]

Looking forward to this platform. I'd love to have a small cheap programming/ arduino support station in my basement that could also do more than a Rpi would.

 

[ta152h]

I have the A6-5200, and have been using it for roughly four months now, so I can tell you roughly what to expect.I am using Windows 8.1. I wouldn't recommend a slower OS like Windows 7, and you can't really use a faster OS like Windows XP, because it doesn't support the video. I got 8.1 because the retail professional version was 1/3 of the price of Windows 7. It's big failing is it doesn't have a 'turbo-boost' feature. Pretty much the only time it feels slow is when it can use only one processor; I rarely see all four pegged.You can't play games with it, unless they are quite old, or very much of the casual variety. Forget anything else, even with Windows 8. It's fine for playing videos on Netflix, even at HD. The previous version I had, the Bobcat E450 was too slow to do that. For everyday browsing, unless you are playing a Java game, it's indistinguishable from the Trinity I use at work. Make sure you get good memory. It's only single channel, and it maxes at DDR3 1600. It's something of a bottleneck, so if the next best memory is a few dollars more, it's worth it. All in all, I've been screaming to the clouds for AMD to do this for the past year (I'm heavily invested in the company), for the obvious reason is it's a very attractive product for the market. I'm very pleased with it overall, and my major complaints are the lack of a boost, and the maker of the motherboard (ECS). It's a very nice product for a large number of people.