What title says. FM2+ Motherboards are coming closer, and no one seems to have a clear idea about A88X features. You have already 3 ASUS Motherboards whose full specs were released, and 7 announced Gigabyte Motherboards.
ASUS A55M-E
ASUS A55BM-A/USB3
ASUS A88XM-A
Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI
Gigabyte F2A85XM-DS2
Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H
Gigabyte F2A88X-HD3
Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H
Gigabyte F2A88X-UP4
Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X
What it does NOT brings:
* It is not needed to have a Kaveri actually working, as ASUS has claim FM2+ support with the first generation Llano-era A55 Chipset.
* It does NOT have PCIe 3.0 support. If you check carefully ASUS Motherboards specifications, in order to use PCIe 3.0 in the 16x Slot, you specifically need a Kaveri, if not it uses 2.0, and the Lane coming from the Chipset itself to the single PCIe 1x slot is 2.0.
This is because like in LGA 1155/1150, in FM2 the Processor got an integrated, independent 16 lanes PCIe Controller, and it can use a newer PCIe version if supported by it. The same happened when Ivy Bridge was released: It has PCIe 3.0 support, and you could actually use it even on Motherboards with Sandy Bridge Chipsets, like Gigabyte did.
So basically, I haven't hear anyone saying anything convincing about what feature does A88X really brings. Additionally, A88X was to have some two lesser models, A68 and A78, which were reported in January, and they seems to be missing in action. I don't recall having seen before Desktop Motherboards with Chipsets that no one really has a clue about, what is going on here?
ASUS A55M-E
ASUS A55BM-A/USB3
ASUS A88XM-A
Gigabyte F2A88XN-WIFI
Gigabyte F2A85XM-DS2
Gigabyte F2A88XM-D3H
Gigabyte F2A88X-HD3
Gigabyte F2A88X-D3H
Gigabyte F2A88X-UP4
Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X
What it does NOT brings:
* It is not needed to have a Kaveri actually working, as ASUS has claim FM2+ support with the first generation Llano-era A55 Chipset.
* It does NOT have PCIe 3.0 support. If you check carefully ASUS Motherboards specifications, in order to use PCIe 3.0 in the 16x Slot, you specifically need a Kaveri, if not it uses 2.0, and the Lane coming from the Chipset itself to the single PCIe 1x slot is 2.0.
This is because like in LGA 1155/1150, in FM2 the Processor got an integrated, independent 16 lanes PCIe Controller, and it can use a newer PCIe version if supported by it. The same happened when Ivy Bridge was released: It has PCIe 3.0 support, and you could actually use it even on Motherboards with Sandy Bridge Chipsets, like Gigabyte did.
So basically, I haven't hear anyone saying anything convincing about what feature does A88X really brings. Additionally, A88X was to have some two lesser models, A68 and A78, which were reported in January, and they seems to be missing in action. I don't recall having seen before Desktop Motherboards with Chipsets that no one really has a clue about, what is going on here?
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