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Gigabyte MA69GM-S2H

Engineers at AMD have taken the 690 series chipset and optimized it further through some BIOS and software level enhancements that result in marked performance gains in a number of situations and also introduce some new features. AMD is touting the platform as an HD multimedia solution, now with overclocking capabilities and performance improvements.

Due to the fact that the GA-MA69GM-S2H adheres to the micro ATX form factor, the board is compact and every square centimeter of real estate is accounted for. All of the board's connectors are situated around the edge of the PCB and the chipset is passively cooled by a couple of aluminum heatsinks. The GA-MA69GM-S2H gives users the ability to alter the CPU multiplier, memory speeds and timings, and HyperTransport and IGP frequencies. It does not, however, have any voltage options available.

Biostar TF560 A2+

The nForce 560 is designed for the mainstream market with a motherboard price target in the $70~$80 range. The nForce 560 offers an expanded feature set over the nForce 520 and 550, including GPU Optimizations for the GeForce 7300GT, 7600GS and 8500GT cards, FirstPacket network technology, and the addition of RAID 5 capability. While the nForce 520 and 560 officially support the upcoming AM2+ processors, they will not provide HyperTransport 3.0 or split power-plane capabilities.

The Biostar TF560 A2+ does provide fairly impressive overclocking capabilities for under $80. In fact, its ability to maintain a stable HTT setting of 350 puts it in the same overclocking company as the majority of those nF590/570 SLi boards.

Izvor: HotHardWare i AnandTech