Now that I'm doing a bit more math with it, it looks like the 12.1" screen is framed on each corner by about 1.4 inches of bezel. That seems a bit .. hokey to me. Is the dimensions of the G32 off, then? Has anyone actually seen it? It looks more like a 14" screen laptop. At least then, you'd have about 1/2 inch wide bezel corner to corner.
I notice on the 785 there's an SLI/Crossfire switch PCB.
Is that them being cheap by using the same sort of thing to switch on NV and AMD/Intel boards, or does it imply that the motherboard could support SLI and Crossfire?
i was wondering the same thing. what exactly does that board sticking out do? at first i thought it was a slot for an SO-DIMM with one in it, but then i noticed the pins on the other side of the PCB as well and i axed that idea. anyone care to explain?
I believe it's just a signal routing board, to configure the slots. It's got gold fingers on both edges. Insert it one way and you get single board configured slots...flip it around and they are ready for SLI.
for example...
If PCIE1 and PCIE3 are x1 slots, then PCIE2 and PCIE4 are x16 slots for the GPUs. In the default (single card) orientation, slot 2 would be x16 and slot 4 would be unused. Flip it around and both slots 2 and 4 become x8 slots, for SLI.
"The M15 is a standard notebook design with a 15.6" screen featuring 1366x768 resolution, Intel T1400 Dual Core cpu, GL40/ICH9M chipsets, 160GB 2.5" SATA drive, 6 cell battery, DVD optical drive, Gigabit LAN, 802.11b/g/n wireless capabilities, 1.3M Webcam, and comes in any color imaginable as long as it is black."
The T1400 would be the ULV processors mentioned in a fairly recent article ? the 25W/1.3Ghz equivalent to the current T3100 processor ? If so I recently purchased a very similar laptop with the T3100 of course. It is not a desktop replacement per se, but that is the purpose it serves for me. Anyways, if Asrock can match the ~$400 price range that I paid for this very similar Toshiba satellite, then they will have a winner on their hands. This Toshiba however does nto have a web cam, and only uses fast Ethernet (100Mbit wired network).Very low power consumption (17W idle, and 45W maxed, or playing games), and a great price per performance ratio. Sounds like it is something that they are already striving for.
Between the 785G and 790GX, the 785G will probably edge it out slightly. It all depends on clock speeds, the early samples are running at 500MHz but that could change before final release. The core easily overclocked to 850MHz.
AMD has not committed to a final shipping date, we heard anywhere from August to October from the motherboard manufacturers.
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PylonMD80 - Saturday, June 6, 2009 - link
What's with the Molex connector next to the PCI-E X1 slot on the 785G board?deputc26 - Friday, June 5, 2009 - link
Will this board (and the 780g for that matter) run dual monitors?erple2 - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
Is it really 1" to 1.5" thick? That seems to be really bulky to me, particularly for a 12.1" screen...erple2 - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
Now that I'm doing a bit more math with it, it looks like the 12.1" screen is framed on each corner by about 1.4 inches of bezel. That seems a bit .. hokey to me. Is the dimensions of the G32 off, then? Has anyone actually seen it? It looks more like a 14" screen laptop. At least then, you'd have about 1/2 inch wide bezel corner to corner.strikeback03 - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
looks like there are 2 sets of holes for CPU coolers, LGA 775 and 1156?Creig - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
I think somebody missed a very important "not" in that sentence.Gary Key - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
Yes, I did, wishful thinking from my subconscious. :)Kobaljov - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
And where is the MultiBook G12 from the CeBIT? (dual core 12" netbook with optical drive)Lonyo - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
I notice on the 785 there's an SLI/Crossfire switch PCB.Is that them being cheap by using the same sort of thing to switch on NV and AMD/Intel boards, or does it imply that the motherboard could support SLI and Crossfire?
Gary Key - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
The motherboard supports CrossFire. The switch is there to change the single PCIe x16 (2.0) lane to a dual PCIe x8 configuration.faxon - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
i was wondering the same thing. what exactly does that board sticking out do? at first i thought it was a slot for an SO-DIMM with one in it, but then i noticed the pins on the other side of the PCB as well and i axed that idea. anyone care to explain?GrizzlyT - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
I believe it's just a signal routing board, to configure the slots. It's got gold fingers on both edges. Insert it one way and you get single board configured slots...flip it around and they are ready for SLI.GrizzlyT - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
for example...If PCIE1 and PCIE3 are x1 slots, then PCIE2 and PCIE4 are x16 slots for the GPUs. In the default (single card) orientation, slot 2 would be x16 and slot 4 would be unused. Flip it around and both slots 2 and 4 become x8 slots, for SLI.
GrizzlyT - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
And yes....I know. My example is based on their N7AD-SLI mobo, not the one pictured, but I'm betting the functionality is the same.yyrkoon - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
"The M15 is a standard notebook design with a 15.6" screen featuring 1366x768 resolution, Intel T1400 Dual Core cpu, GL40/ICH9M chipsets, 160GB 2.5" SATA drive, 6 cell battery, DVD optical drive, Gigabit LAN, 802.11b/g/n wireless capabilities, 1.3M Webcam, and comes in any color imaginable as long as it is black."The T1400 would be the ULV processors mentioned in a fairly recent article ? the 25W/1.3Ghz equivalent to the current T3100 processor ? If so I recently purchased a very similar laptop with the T3100 of course. It is not a desktop replacement per se, but that is the purpose it serves for me. Anyways, if Asrock can match the ~$400 price range that I paid for this very similar Toshiba satellite, then they will have a winner on their hands. This Toshiba however does nto have a web cam, and only uses fast Ethernet (100Mbit wired network).Very low power consumption (17W idle, and 45W maxed, or playing games), and a great price per performance ratio. Sounds like it is something that they are already striving for.
chucky2 - Wednesday, June 3, 2009 - link
So between the 785G and the 790GX, which is faster?Also, what does "coming months" mean? Is there any real guesstimate on when 785G will be hitting sites like NewEgg?
Chuck
Gary Key - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
Between the 785G and 790GX, the 785G will probably edge it out slightly. It all depends on clock speeds, the early samples are running at 500MHz but that could change before final release. The core easily overclocked to 850MHz.AMD has not committed to a final shipping date, we heard anywhere from August to October from the motherboard manufacturers.
chucky2 - Thursday, June 4, 2009 - link
Cool Gary, thanks for that!