abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD Motherboard
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Published: 2nd May 2007 | Source: abit | Price: |
AMD/ATI needed to get a set of boards out there to rival Intel's "G" series integrated graphics chipsets and nVidia's 61XX series of integrated graphics. The Intel version of the 690G chipset, the Radeon X1250 is looking pretty good.
As we have seen the board performs admirably against some of it's larger and far more expensive competition. As a motherboard alone the abit fatal1ty F-I90HD stands up to the leaders of the pack well, let alone the extras that make the board somewhat of a Gem.
So the board does well in normal motherboard tests, lagging only slightly behind. Now what the abit F-I90HD is really about is getting your high-def onto your TV well. After testing the board at what it is supposed to be doing you have to admire the thinking behind a board like this.
Gaming is another fairly strong point of the abit F-I90HD. I was actually pretty impressed with what I played on the board and the fact I could play any modern games at all on it. Integrated graphics have a very bad reputation and this is certainly a step in the right direction.
At £70.11 the abit fatal1ty F-I90HD is looking pretty damn nice for the money. With a decent onboard GPU, HDCP HDMI (audio-visual) and VGA out, decent speed and some headroom for overclocking the board is a great buy for those wanting something to stick in a slick media centre.
After living with the board for a couple of weeks I can safely give the abit Fatal1ty F-I90HD an "Editors Choice" Award and "Value For Money" Award from OC3D, highly recommended.
Pro's
+ Keeps up with the best
+ Great looking board
+ Packed with features
+ Great small form factor
+ Decent gaming
+ Awesome for an HTPC
Con's
- Could overclock more
- Not for a hardcore gamer
- Not 12 hours stress test stable
Thanks to abit for providing the review sample
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Anyway - many thanks for additional comment.
Aye your right and this board does support 1080i so you should be good to go.
720p doesn't look that bad on a 1080p TV, but if you have a 1080p TV then you want to make the most of it.
So anyway, the F-I90HD does 1080i (1920 x 1200 actually I had it on on my Dell) and plays movies at 1080i
Hope that helps? :)
720p doesn't look that bad on a 1080p TV, but if you have a 1080p TV then you want to make the most of it.
So anyway, the F-I90HD does 1080i (1920 x 1200 actually I had it on on my Dell) and plays movies at 1080i
Hope that helps? :)
Witch Core 2 Duo cpu would you think I need to play 1080p movies smooth with this one?
Im thinking of buying this motherboard fore my HPPC seence my TV only suports 1080i and the motherboard have pci-ex I my buy an other grafik card later so I can play 1080p if i change my TV.
But a lot of movies Hd DVD and Blu-ray are 1080p and I need an fast hardware to play that, so witch core 2 duo cpu would you guys think I need to play 1080p with this motherboard?
Anyone have somthing bad to say about it as an HTPC motherboard?
Sincerely ITW
Im thinking of buying this motherboard fore my HPPC seence my TV only suports 1080i and the motherboard have pci-ex I my buy an other grafik card later so I can play 1080p if i change my TV.
But a lot of movies Hd DVD and Blu-ray are 1080p and I need an fast hardware to play that, so witch core 2 duo cpu would you guys think I need to play 1080p with this motherboard?
Anyone have somthing bad to say about it as an HTPC motherboard?
Sincerely ITW
First of all this chipset WILL NOT play 1080p movies, only 1080i or 720p
Secondly I think you'd be safe with most C2D CPU's as they're all pretty powerful
If you want to play 1080p with no hassles I would suggest either an 8800 or a 2900XT graphics card
Or just get a PS3 - easier and cheaprr ;)
Secondly I think you'd be safe with most C2D CPU's as they're all pretty powerful
If you want to play 1080p with no hassles I would suggest either an 8800 or a 2900XT graphics card
Or just get a PS3 - easier and cheaprr ;)
Ok but that answers my question, I was wondering witch Core 2 Duo that was needed.
I know the motherboard doesnt suport 1080p, but I still need the hardware to play 1080p HD DVD and Blu-ray movies, but the motherboard will only send out 1080i.
And that's ok seence my TV only suport 1080i.
Thank you a lot fore the answer, now I can start put to gether an upgrade to my HTPC.
Do you have any Core 2 Duo to recomend?
That have an good price to performance?
Sincerely ITW
I know the motherboard doesnt suport 1080p, but I still need the hardware to play 1080p HD DVD and Blu-ray movies, but the motherboard will only send out 1080i.
And that's ok seence my TV only suport 1080i.
Thank you a lot fore the answer, now I can start put to gether an upgrade to my HTPC.
Do you have any Core 2 Duo to recomend?
That have an good price to performance?
Sincerely ITW
Well for great price>performance the e4300 is a great little CPU, although it's not a fully fledged C2D. Other than that an e6600?
Ok thx fore an quick answer.
I was thinking of an E6320 than with in my price range.
The E6600 is a little more expensive than I wanted to use on my HTPC.
Id there any point in an E6320 than an E6300?
The only thing that points me to the E6320 is that it's in the shop Im planing to buy the Fatal1ty F-I90HD, so I save some on shipping.
But is it overkill to get an E6300 fore an HTPC that im only using fore Divx and HD movies?
One more thing, how much memory can you set the Graphic to use?
I was thinking of an E6320 than with in my price range.
The E6600 is a little more expensive than I wanted to use on my HTPC.
Id there any point in an E6320 than an E6300?
The only thing that points me to the E6320 is that it's in the shop Im planing to buy the Fatal1ty F-I90HD, so I save some on shipping.
But is it overkill to get an E6300 fore an HTPC that im only using fore Divx and HD movies?
One more thing, how much memory can you set the Graphic to use?
I would say the 6320 would be fine to run your media centre
And the specs of the GPU are [URL="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_14603_14624%5E14627,00.html"]here[/URL]
Looks like it's an 128 bit interface but it's not too clear on what you set the memory for
And the specs of the GPU are [URL="http://www.amd.com/us-en/Processors/ProductInformation/0,,30_118_14603_14624%5E14627,00.html"]here[/URL]
Looks like it's an 128 bit interface but it's not too clear on what you set the memory for
Superb!
Thank you so much fore the help!
Now I know what to pick out fore the upgrade;)
Sincerely Isak
Thank you so much fore the help!
Now I know what to pick out fore the upgrade;)
Sincerely Isak
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My concern is much more simple... Why I should buy HD TV and monitor (and pay twice for the same products) when I can have big, nice, stylish monitor aka TV with really good resolution - 1920*1080?
TV's with 1920*1080 are very common now. 1356*768 looks absolutely horrible on them. And it looks like HDMI is going to be only one way to connect HD TV to PC and have hi res.