There have been a few AMD motherboards released in recent times since the introduction of the 890 chipset. We've recently looked at a couple that come with the Lucid Hydra chip on board. Today we're going back to basics with a non-Lucid AM3 motherboard.That doesn't mean that this is a standard AMD motherboard though. By virtue of its perception as the value option for a system, AMD motherboards tend to be lacking some of the more high-end features that we've seen upon its Intel counterparts.With the recent release of the six core 10xx series of AMD processors being such good performers it was about time that a company took up the mantle and brought out a motherboard that did it justice.One of the highest quality Intel motherboards around are Gigabytes UD7 series and so it is pleasing to see them apply this methodology to the AMD 890 chipset in the form of the Gigabyte 890FX-A UD7 motherboard.