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Now that we’ve gone over the basic features of the A75 chipset let’s see what Sapphire has brought to the table to sweeten the deal.
One of the greatest features of this board is that with the embedded graphics from the processor all you’d need for a Crossfire configuration is to add a single discrete graphics card. This is a really good feature for those that want to enhance their graphics performance beyond what the embedded graphics are capable of. So essentially this will give you the ability to further increase your performance over what the discrete graphics card will give you. AMD has made multi-graphics solutions very easy to implement. This has been a great way for users to boost their graphical performance and still remain within their budgets. If you are planning to use this in conjunction with an AMD HD 6000 series card you be very pleased with how much it can boost your performance.
Now the next feature I’d like to discuss with you is Sapphire’s implementation of a debug and CPU temperature LED display on the board itself. This is one of my favorite features to see on a motherboard. The main reason is that it really makes trouble-shooting boot errors and hardware issues very simple. You don’t need to waste time listening for beeps from a motherboard speaker; instead you just need to consult your motherboard for the code that’s displayed on the LED display. I really like this particular feature quite a lot and I wish more manufacturers would implement it on their boards. I really appreciated this feature the few times I’ve had to use it on my own rig. This has become one of the main features I look for when choosing a motherboard.
Another of these features that I’d like to go over with you is the Sapphire’s Trixx support. This is an application that allows you to monitor and tweak your motherboard settings within the Window’s environment. Trixx has a very nice graphical user interface that puts everything at a mouse click from being adjusted to your specific settings. At the top of the application you’ll find four different tabs to choose from. The first is the Info tab and this is pretty much self-explanatory. This gives you the ability to look at all of the information about your system. The second tab is Overclocking and from this tab you’ll have the ability to boost your performance through increasing the clock speed of your processor. It also gives you the ability to increase your voltages so that you can reach even greater clock speeds. The next tab is Fan Control and this lets you set your fans up operate the way you want them to. The last tab is Settings and this lets you choose how you want the Trixx application to operate. Overall this is a pretty nice feature if you plan on changing your settings from within Windows.
