Asus today launched a new AMD focused F1A75 motherboard series, which the company claims is designed to optimize the performance of AMD’s Llano APUs. Equipped with such Asus features as Dual Intelligent Processors 2 (DIP2), DIGI+ Voltage Regulator Modules, auto-overclocking features, and a UEFI BIOS the new motherboards are packed with features and ready to be paired with a socket FM1 AMD processor thanks to the A75 chipset.
The most noticeable end-user feature in the new motherboard series will be the UEFI BIOS which does away with the old-school DOS look in favor of a sleek graphical interface that can be navigated via a touchscreen or a mouse (in addition to the obligatory keyboard input). Further, beyond the EZ mode and auto-tuning functions, it will allow overclockers to enter an Advanced mode to tweak their settings to get the highest overclock possible, and then save screen captures to a thumb drive by pressing the F12 key.
More specifically, the F1A75-V EVO model features the FM1 processor socket as well as two PCI-Express x8 slots for CrossFireX support in addition to native support for USB 3.0 and SATA 6Gbps standards.
The new boards should be available shortly at your favorite retailer(s). Be sure to stay tuned to PC Perspective for Llano desktop APU benchmarks.
Looks like a nice board, but
Looks like a nice board, but no SLI?
Not to my knowledge, I’m sure
Not to my knowledge, I’m sure that Asus will release an SLI capable Llano board at some point though 🙂
Maybe they’ll put that
Maybe they’ll put that sticker on later? I can’t imagine that they wouldn’t offer SLI capability on at least some of their A75 mainboards.