kaveri is shaping up to be a VERY solid cpu/apu. Crosshairs should no longer be at a standstill, rather a platform change to Fm2+. It would be unwise to consider this offering from Gigabyte a "joke" . This is serious competition.

If Asus doesnt release what appears to be a "gamer" Oriented motherboard for this platform, many "gamers" Will be forced to consider other motherboards with an outward appearance that appeals to them. Global PC sales has been falling steadily, but the gaming market has still been "growing"
http://techreport.com/news/25197/as-overall-pc-market-declines-growth-expected-in-gaming-hardware
These gamers apeal to flashy hardware with features oriented towards overclocking/gaming and more importantly, marketing. Without an ROG flavored board, how can Asus expect to sell more mainstream boards to gamers than say Gigabyte who markets a gamer oriented board with shiny features?

I would suggest that they do not rival what is already available .. we all have high hopes for the
next gen AMD .. I am first in line among 'we' .. The AM2's are very impressive, but as to what is
already available .. et. As in not yet ... gigabyte provides nothing above what is already available in
the blue wrappered Asus .. imho. Not even close. Add a 7900 Series and what ??? Be serious bro.
Trust me. I would love to see, and have said so on many occasions that I think the FM2's deserve
the black and red .. would love to see it .. think it should be so .. but from a marketing standpoint ..
and a gamer/oc'r standpoint the money is better spent on the next gen AMD ... and for now ..
~sigh~ the intels .... Asus has the market on the FM2's ... and they indeed have 'Game'. again imho.
No offense bro, or argument. just a perspective eh? ...

Don't be fooled by marketed, bright and shiny ... hahhaha .. 'lipstick on a pig' still dont take the
ribbon !!!! lol.c.

ROG is a very specific brand. It is the best of the best and only the best should be considered for inclusion to that elite and exclusive brand label.


As it stands now, the APU motherboards and processors do not fit the profile. So like Chris and like you I wish that AMD will up there game significantly and start producing a new Chipset/processor range that can rule once more. APU is not such a processor.

Personally, i'm gonna wait until CES next year when AMD finally announces the release date of Kaveri, it was supposed to be this year, but hell if i know what happened, but it's coming next year now, even though Lisa Su said Kaveri was coming this year at her address at Computex this year 😕 I have seen one ASUS FM2+ A88X board in the new black and gold coloring, interesting to see if anything else comes to pass @ CES 2014.

Lets just hope that this kaveri will kick some booty....

We want it but we are evaluating the internal capacity to do it. This year has been very busy for the team, and first designs for the next-gen Intel chipset is already in flight too.

I will bring it up in the next team meeting.

What do you want on a Kaveri board? Let me know and I'll share your reasons.