AMD 790GX Chipset

AMD 7-Series Chipsets

The AMD 790FX and AMD 790GX chipset-based motherboards form the backbone of the "Dragon" platform. Get ultimate performance and platform level efficiencies for an immersive gaming experience with speed, control and total exhiliration.

Best AMD Phenom™ overclocking

Personalize your PC experience more than ever before with advanced clock calibration, the newest overclocking feature of AMD OverDrive™ that allows you to push the limits of your Phenom™ processor⁵. With state-of-the art tuning options including temperature controls, system monitoring and stability testing; AMD OverDrive™ is designed to give you real-time control of your PC. Take advantage of a full suite of RAID options including RAID 5 for superior performance and data protection with AMD RAIDXpert®. Get all the control you crave.

Scalable performance for all your needs

Get the best out-of-box gaming experience with the world's fastest motherboard GPU with built-in ATI Radeon™ HD 3300. Or benefit from the performance boost that only ATI Hybrid Graphics¹ enables when you add an applicable ATI Radeon™ graphics card with the AMD 790GX chipset. Transform your game play with ATI CrossFireX™ powering two ATI Radeon™ graphics cards for fast, incredibly realistic gaming. It's scalable gaming action like never before.

Play the latest games without compromise

The AMD 790GX Chipset , with the world's fastest motherboard GPU - ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Graphics - redefines the 3D gaming experience. Enable ATI CrossFireX™ to enhance your gaming performance when playing the latest DirectX®10 games. Take advantage of AMD’s innovative performance cache for fast action when you need it most. Paired with the latest Phenom™ processors, the AMD 790GX chipset is a phenomenal gaming rig at an incredible price.

HD up-scaled beyond 1080p

The AMD 790GX chipset allows you to immerse yourself in a full HD cinematic experience² at home while enabling a quiet entertainment PC. Enjoy more vibrant colours and lifelike picture quality up-scaled beyond 1080p with ATI Avivo™ HD³. Watch the latest Blu-Ray® movies on your PC⁴ and easily connect it to your big screen TV. The AMD 790GX Chipset offers you a superior HD experiences that runs efficiently and at a price that won’t break your budget.

Innovative energy efficient technologies

The AMD 790GX Chipset powers an exceptionally energy efficient PC without compromising performance. New innovations in dynamic power management provide performance when you need it and power savings when using everyday applications. Build the ultimate in energy efficient PCs when you combine the AMD 790GX Chipset with the latest AMD Phenom™ processors.

AMD 790GX Chipset Specifications with ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 Graphics

Proven ATI Radeon™ Graphics Powering
DirectX® 10

Powered by ATI Radeon™ Graphics, DirectX®10 introduces neverbefore-seen detail-rich images and dynamic interactivity for playing the latest DirectX® 10 games

HyperTransport™ 3.0 Technology

HyperTransport™ 3.0 more than doubles your CPU communications bandwidth to graphics as compared to HT1

PCI Express® Generation 2.0

Double your graphics bandwidth over earlier PCI Express for improved performance

Backwards Compatibility

Ensures flexibility to build platforms with previous generation CPUs as well as the latest AMD Phenom™ processors

Performance Cache

Performance and power improvements with AMD’s unique side port technology

ATI Hybrid Graphics¹

Improve your system performance by enabling the ability for both discrete graphics and integrated graphics to render simultaneously

ATI CrossFireX™ Technology

Upgrade to even greater 3D performance quickly and easily with plug-and-play ATI CrossFireX™ technology when you use two discrete ATI Radeon™ Graphics cards

ATI Avivo™ HD²

ATI Avivo™ HD is the advanced image and video processing and display technology found in ATI Radeon™ graphics that enables:

brilliant colors, sharp images and smooth playback of Blu-ray™ and HD DVD content
performance that rivals high end HD DVD and Blu-ray™ players on difficult 1080i content
built-in HDMI® and DVI with HDCP

Low Power Design

Designed for power-efficient computing to help lower energy costs

AMD Cool’nQuiet™ 2.0

Benefit from power saving features that help reduce power consumption at idle or during low usage

Enhanced Digital Display Integration

Supports Display Port interface for the latest displays. Includes a TDMS interfacen that enables dual-link DVI or HDMI® 1.2 as well as HDCP 1.1

ATI SurroundView™

SurroundView™ feature allows support for up to four independent monitors for systems equipped with an additional Radeon™ discrete graphics card

ATI PowerPlay™

Flexible power saving technologies that ensure optimal power efficiency to help reduce your electricity costs

SB750 Southbridge

Support for up to 12 USB 2.0 connections and 6 SATA 2.0 devices, including eSATA devices. Also includes support for RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10

AMD OverDrive with Advanced Clock Calibration⁵

Shift your system performance into next gear with Advanced Clock Calibration that allows you to get the highest overclocking out of your AMD Phenom™ CPUs. AMD OverDrive™ also enables control of the AMD 790GX to easily configure system settings in Microsoft Windows® in real-time

AMD RAIDXpert™

Easily configure your RAID setup from remote locations to personalize your media for extra performance or enhanced reliability. Additional RAID 5 support with SB750

Some ATI Hybrid Graphics features are only available for use with the Microsoft Windows Vista® operating system. Visit amd.com for further details
HD-capable screen required for full HD resolution
ATI Avivo™ HD is a technology platform that includes a broad set of capabilities offered by certain ATI Radeon™ graphics processors. Full enablement of some capabilities may require complementary products
Blu-Ray drive required for playback
AMD’s product warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking, even when overclocking is enabled via AMD OverDrive™ software