Wow, it took me a while to find the heatsink for the 790fx. I am impressed with the reversal of the bigger, hotter noisier trend. I hope that they can bring some killer performance.

Hey- I Read all Over:"Nathan Broockwood, finds AMD 3 Core FASTER than amd quad core". So is this 790fx 3 core chipset? Maybe, ATI/AMD really isn't Generation ahead, more like one behind. Yet I find Prices at least Hopedul.

It seems SATA RAID Controller one that needs to Get Pregnant, with 1.2 ghz/sec add on controller being 250 million Transisitors, about size of dual core processor, THEN, Maybe Ultimate will have ability to sort itself out, I am sure low watt northbridge is good, yet i believe true problem is in hard drive, interface & memory/cpu rate of dialogue being too uneven.. As thats area thats most taking spec beating.

It is possible with good RAID add on board that gaming in ULTIMATE Got Whole Lot Faster, w/ fastest cpu & pcie2 & HT3 plus ddr3 & faster gaming cards w/crossfire yet 2b finalizing on horizon..

Signed:PHYSICIAN THOMAS STEWART VON DRASHEK M.D.


When are people going to learn???

The Northbridge on an AMD system is INSIDE the CPU!!!!

Call it what you want, but it can NOT be a northbridge :-)

So is someone saying that a AMD Quad CPU combined with 2 or 3 RV670s and 4GB of memory and a couple of HDs thrown in for good measure... WON'T use as much power as say a Dual AMD or Quad Intel and a single highend DX10 of the last interation (8800GTX/HD2900XT) and previous gen mobos? Starting to look that way....

WoW! So I guess we won't need all those 900+ Watt Power Supplies they've been pushing after all... for X-fire/SLI
(That was getting to be another sad state of affairs IMOO) After all who wanted to pay $300 for a 1300watt power supply or pay the electric bill for running it?

This is great for AMD! I'm goona buy me some AMD stock right now!

--KidA