In our previous review we praised Asus Crosshair V Formula mainboard, because it was beyond comparison with the participating competitors. Of course, the question we ask today is: is Asus Sabertooth 990FX better or worse? The correct answer will be: this board is different, but it is just as good.

Although the AMD 990FX is primarily a simple rebadging of the previous 890FX chipset, ASUS has taken this opportunity to make a number of new features available to AMD users. One is the addition of their UEFI specification BIOS interface, which simplifies the user experience, making setup and minor...

ASUS hit the mark with the Sabertooth 990FX! The Sabertooth 990FX was able to dig its teeth into everything we threw at it and be the dominant force in the charts! If you're in the market for a motherboard the ASUS Sabertooth 990FX should be at the top of your short list!

Well, as our testing has demonstrated this new board from Asus compares well with others in this class and the only competition thus far has been the UD7 from Gigabyte. The thing to keep in mind is that the Sabertooth does come in at a lower price point than the Gigabyte offering.

So allow me to split up this conclusion into two segments, the AMD chipset and the ASUS motherboard. We'll start off with the chipset. To be totally honest I expected more features and innovation in the 99FX chipset, pretty much this a petit overhaul of the 890FX chipset with very subtle yet small...

I have really enjoyed my time with the Asus Sabertooth 990FX R2.0 , the board has a well laid out design with 4 chassis fan headers and two CPU fan headers all of which feature PWM Control.

We've seen a flurry of activity from manufacturers for the release of 990FX chipset motherboards in advance of the highly-anticipated CPU launch called Bulldozer from AMD. One of those companies that's been busy is ASUS.

The ASUS TUF SABERTOOTH range was arguably an instant hit with its military themed camo colours of golden, greeny browns and the TUF promise of an extra rugged, extra strong design backed by a 5 year warranty.

+ Awesome aesthetics (It's like a ninja wearing Christmas lights; + Solid performance (standard and overclocked; + ASUS safeslot; + 4x USB 3.1 ports; + Supports CrossFireX and SLI; + M.2 slot; + Easy to use BIOS; + A load of ASUS exclusive technologies; + 5 year warranty

The top-of-the-range AMD 990FX chipset in the Asus Sabertooth 990FX motherboard is all about adding support for AMD's formidably titled and mysterious Bulldozer CPUs . Those eight-core, quad-mod Bulldozer chips should at the very least match the Intel i7 2600K pace for pace.

By now everyone reading this article should know that AMD is on the cusp of releasing their eagerly anticipated Bulldozer architecture. On the desktop side of things, Buldozer will be released as processors with the Zambezi designation.

- AM3+ support; - Great performance; - Four mechanical PCI-E x16 slots; - 3-Way CrossFireX & 3-Way SLI capability; - Excellent manual overclocking capabilities; - Very capable automatic overclocking feature; - Superior monitoring capabilities; - Dual CPU fan headers are a nice touch; - Impressive...

- Only one BIOS chip; - Large CPU coolers + tall memory heatspreaders will cause installation issues; - No onboard power and reset buttons