Gigabyte Announces Support for AMD Kaveri APUs on FM2+ Motherboards
Gigabyte has announced official support for the recently launched AMD Kaveri APUs for its FM2+ motherboards. Consumers can choose from four different chipsets, from the top-end AMD A88X to the A55 that is suitable for entry-level PCs.
Gigabyte has announced official support for the recently launched AMD Kaveri APUs for its FM2+ motherboards. Consumers can choose from four different chipsets, from the top-end AMD A88X to the A55 that is suitable for entry-level PCs.
The G1.Sniper A88X. (Image Source: Gigabyte)
This official announcement from Gigabyte comes in the wake of similar ones from MSI and ASRock respectively. Currently, there a total of seventeen boards listed on the manufacturer’s site, and they are based on four different chipsets. They consist of the A88X, A78, A75, and A55; only the top-end A88X-based boards have support for AMD CrossFire configurations. The mid-tier A78 and A75 chipsets are meant for system builders who need to have native SATA 6Gbps and USB 3.0 support. The entry-level A55 are suitable for building office productivity PCs as they have no native support for the aforementioned computer bus interfaces.
The GA-F2A88X-UP4. (Image Source: Gigabyte)
Although we haven’t received the official word from ASUS, a quick check on their website revealed that their FM2+ boards are already compatible with the , pending an update to the board’s BIOS. To date, supporters of ECS would have to wait as they have yet to release any FM2+ boards.
(Source: Gigabtye, MSI, ASRock, ASUS, ECS)
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