Reviewers Liked
- Solid performance, Decent expansionslot layout, Overclocks well
Reviewers Didn't Like
- £100 AMD FM2 boards don't make a lot of implicit sense, BIOS is bettered by competing boards
Sapphire Pure Platinum A85XT
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AMD can be cautiously optimistic about the potential success of its second-generation 'Trinity' APUs. They offer a decent all-round package for users looking to build an inexpensive, feature-rich PC. But these APUs ship with a new form factor, FM2,...
By HEXUS.net onOur first taste of AMD's new Trinity platform came in the shape of the Asus F2A85-V Pro . Sapphire must hope we're sticking to the playground rule of metrics though, making this second one the best, and whatever ASRock board is sitting in the wings the...
By TechRadar onAMD released their A10 5800K at the beginning of October and we analysed the processor when paired up with Asus F2A85-V Pro and Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4 motherboards. Sapphire recently sent us their PURE Platinum A85XT motherboard which incorporates a...
By Kitguru.net onAfter just one generation, Socket FM1 is dead. We test six Socket FM2-based motherboards able to take AMD's newest APUs built using the Trinity architecture. Can any of these platforms, armed with AMD A85X Fusion Controller Hubs, get us to upgrade? ...
By Tom's Hardware onWhen we reviewed the other three Socket FM2 boards we almost had the feeling that we tested the same board three times in a row. This Sapphire Pure Platinum A85XT motherboard is also very similar to those three, but it has a couple of unique aspects....
By uk.hardware.info onLast month saw the release of AMD's latest platform; FM2 which features a whole new range of APU processors, codenamed Trinity and offers a nice upgrade from the original FM1 Llano range of products.With a new platform or socket, we see a barrage of...
By eTeknix onSapphire tells us the PURE Platinum A85XT will carry a MSRP of approximately $139.00. At this price, it's $10 more than the Gigabyte F2A85X-UP4, and the same price as the ASUS F2A85-V Pro. The advantage over the Gigabyte board is obvious on an...
By overclockers.com onSapphire siempre nos deja conformes con sus motherboards, realmente este Pure Platinum A85XT es un motherboard excelente tanto por su rendimiento y capacidad de OC como así también por lo completo que es el mismo incluyendo todas las tecnologías...
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In passato abbiamo già parlato dell'architettura AMD Trinity, e scoperto che i moduli Piledriver di AMD sono più veloci rispetto ai precedenti Bulldozer. AMD tuttavia non ha mai presentato una APU basata su architettura Bulldozer , quindi abbiamo dovuto...
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Nach nur einer Prozessorgeneration tritt Sockel FM1 ab. Wir haben sechs Motherboards mit dem neuen Sockel FM2 und Fusion Controller Hub A85X getestet. Lohnt sich ein Upgrade von der FM1-Plattform? Früher war das mit den CPU-Tests viel einfacher, weil...
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