SAPPHIRE PI-A9RX480 PURE 'Grüper' Motherboard!

The name is long enough, eh?

http://img.hexus.net/v2/pipelines/ta...esentation.jpg

ph00r!

http://img.hexus.net/v2/pipelines/ta...uper/MoboS.jpg

More ph00r!

http://img.hexus.net/v2/pipelines/ta...Gruper/NBS.jpg

A little less ph00r!

What is the Gruper?

It's a chipset based on ATI's RX480 northbridge and SB450 southbridge, that's what. It certainly looks the business and, ATI/SAPPHIRE reckons, is the S939 motherboard for the enthusiast. It's meant to overclock rather well, too, but I'm getting ahead of myself.

We'll be comparing it against VIA and NVIDIA's finest.

Has the time come for ATI and one of its friendliest partners to finally produce a motherboard that the enthusiast has been waiting for?

I have a pentium 4 and i want this. It looks so good it makes me crave for white chocolate.

Gruper? I thought it was Grouper?

:Oops: *fwap*

Oh crap.

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Originally Posted by mike_w

Gruper? I thought it was Grouper?

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It's technically called Grouper, but informally known at SAPPHIRE as Gruper (sic), so we've stuck with that in the pipelines' section.

I keep thinking of Hans Gruber when I hear the board's name. Must watch Die Hard again.

Look right down the bottom.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/media/media.asp

The version we have is slightly different from the one shown on SAPPHIRE's 'site.

okay, that board is PRETTY

reminds me of my old albatron board

shame about the linux-unfriendly mobo chipset :/

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Originally Posted by directhex

okay, that board is PRETTY

reminds me of my old albatron board

shame about the linux-unfriendly mobo chipset :/

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The Silver Shuriken jobby?

Also looks like the SOYO DRAGON series.

Ja, ja, mein herr

mmm raspberry ripple :D

matt.

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Originally Posted by directhex

shame about the linux-unfriendly mobo chipset :/

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Just out of interest - what is the level of Linux support on this motherboard and, for the sake of comparison, on nForce4s?

Rofl

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Originally Posted by Tarinder

I keep thinking of Hans Gruber when I hear the board's name. Must watch Die Hard again.

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Whereas I keep thinking of Lieutenant Gruber from 'Allo Allo'... :)

http://allo.crudo.cz/images/postavy/gruber.jpg

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Originally Posted by PD HEXUS

heh - surely Lieütenant Grüber ? :D

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Hä hä, vëry gööd...

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Originally Posted by mike_w

Just out of interest - what is the level of Linux support on this motherboard and, for the sake of comparison, on nForce4s?

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prëtty cräp ön böth. nförcë4 häs ëthërnët änd söünd pröblëms, ätï chïpsëts rün thë systëm clöck ät ä cömplëtëly scrëwy spëëd ämöngst öthër ïssüës.

vïä chïpsëts (lïkë my k8t890) ärë pröblëm-frëë