FRONTPAGE Sapphire Launches Pure Platinum A85XT Motherboard

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Now that the cat is out of the bag with Trinity, AMD's latest APU, motherboard manufacturers are announcing their product offerings geared towards the new platform. First up is a beefy board from Sapphire, the Pure Platinum A85XT motherboard. Though one of my personal favorite video card brands -- especially when overclocking said GPUs -- I have yet to take a Sapphire motherboard for a test drive. Let's see what this new board brings ...

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wagex

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did sapphire just start making motherboards? this is the first ive heard of them making them

 

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They had motherboards since... 700 Series IIRC.

 

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txus.palacios said:

They had motherboards since... 700 Series IIRC.

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Must have been an OEM supplier.

 

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trents said:

Must have been an OEM supplier.

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I don't know what you mean. I just checked and their first board was s.939

 

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There was many Sapphire boards but not so popular. Boards for almost every desktop platform since 939 http://www.sapphiretech.com/presentation/product/?cid=2&psn=000102&lid=7
They are not making 20 models for each chipset like Gigabyte or ASUS

 

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Sapphire has been making mobos for a long time. They used to be known for their "Pure White" mobos that were actually white (although the slots-etc were all circus clown colors) and now they have moved on to the "Pure Black" (Black PCB, blue slots)and now "Pure Platinum" names, although I have no idea what looks or is "Platinum" on them.

 

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wagex said:

did sapphire just start making motherboards? this is the first ive heard of them making them

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I agree never seen one on newegg or heard about them till now.

 

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OEM="Original Equipment of Manufacture". Boards that are not typically sold as retail aftermarket components but ship in mass-produced computers like HP and Dell and Gateway.