AMD Fusion based mobo - Gigabyte GA-A75-D3H

Gigabyte GA-A75-D3H

The GA-A75-D3H is the latest in line of ATX form factor mobos based on the AMD A75 FCH (Hudson-D3) chipset. This uses the AMD Fusion Tech which is an amalgamation of a CPU and a GPU together on a single wafer/die. AMD refers to this unit as the APU ( accelerated processing unit). The mobo is based on the new AMD FM1 socket and is compatible with processors A8, A6 and A4. The mobo finds support for DDR3 1333(OC)/1066 MHz memory modules. Featuring 2 physical BIOS ROMs integrated onboard, there is support for quick and seamless recovery from BIOS damage or failure due to viruses or improper BIOS updating. This mobo supports 3TB+ HDD booting without the need for partitioning, and enables more data storage on a single hard drive. USB 3.0, SATA 6 Gbps ports are present as usual.

Test Bed: AMD A8-3850 processor, Seagate Barracuda XT 2TB hard disk, 2GB (1333MHz) Patriot DDR3 RAM, Windows 7 Ultimate (32 Bit), Corsair HX1050 PSU.

The motherboard scored 5490 in 3DMarks 06, which means a more than decent graphics performance, which can be attributed to the bult in graphical unit. In PCMark 05, the score was 5066, so it is a brilliant performer when it comes to basic office apps. In CineBench 11.5, the scores were 3.31 points, much more than anything yet received in the personal desktop segment.

Bottomline: Top of the line technology coupled with mindboggling performance render this board apt for
enthusiasts.