It has only been a few weeks since AMD introduced their Llano APU and things are finally starting to come together. Today Sapphire is joining the mix with an addition from their Pure line, the Pure Platinum A75. Sapphire has had a big push to become a name to be reckoned with in the motherboard market and their Pure line has thus far done a good job. Paired up with an AMD A8-3800, today we will be taking a look at both Sapphires new board and the A-Series platform as a whole.
Product Name: Sapphire Pure Platinum A75 & AMD A8-3800
Review Sample Provided by: Sapphire
Pictures by: Wes
Specifications
Motherboard
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Chipset |
AMD A75 (Hudson-D3) |
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Memory |
Dual channel, total 4 DIMMs 32 GB, DDR3 1866 Mhz |
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Display output |
DVI, 1920x1600 @60Hz HDMI, 1.4a 1920x1080, 1080i @60Hz DO 1.1a 2560x1600 @60 Supports Microsoft DirectX 11, UVD3 Hardware Decode Acceleration for H.264, VC-1, and MPEG-2 |
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Hard Disk |
5 ports SATA 6G, AHCI; one at rear for E-SATA support |
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On-Board LAN |
Single 10/100/1000 LAN |
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Interface |
1 PCI-E x16 slot, 1 PCI-E x4, 2 PCI-E x1, 1 mini-PCI-E x1, 2 PCI 2.3 slots. 4 USB 3.0 ports (2 on rear) and 8 USB 2.0 ports (4 on rear) 7.1 HD Audio E-SATA (rear I/O) Integrated Bluetooth module DVI, HDMI and DP output |
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Dimensions |
12” x 9.6” |
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Included |
I/O shield, CD, Manual, 4 SATA cables, USB 3.0 front panel bezel |
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OS Support |
Windows 7 |
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Color |
Black PCB |
APU
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AMD A-Series APU Desktop SKU Information |
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Model |
AMD Radeon Graphics Brand |
TDP |
Core |
CPU Clock (Base/Turbo CORE) |
L2 Cache |
Max DDR3 |
PKG |
AMD Turbo CORE |
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A8-3850 |
HD 6550D |
100W |
4 |
2.9 GHz |
4MB |
1866 |
FM1 |
No |
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A6-3650 |
HD 6530D |
100W |
4 |
2.6 GHz |
4MB |
1866 |
FM1 |
No |
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A8-3800 |
HD 6550D |
65W |
4 |
2.4/2.7 GHz |
4MB |
1866 |
FM1 |
Yes |
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A6-3600 |
HD 6530D |
65W |
4 |
2.1/2.4 GHz |
4MB |
1866 |
FM1 |
Yes |
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Graphics Capability’s |
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A8 |
A6 |
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Discrete-Class GPU |
AMD Radeon HD 6550D |
AMD Radeon HD 6530D |
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Radeon Cores |
400 |
320 |
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SIMDs |
5 |
4 |
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Texture Units |
20 |
16 |
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Render Back Ends |
2 |
2 |
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Z/Stencil ROPs |
32 |
32 |
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Color ROPs |
8 |
8 |
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CPU Clock Speed |
600 MHz |
443 MHz |
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GPU Peak Compute |
480 GFLOPS |
284 GFLOPS |
