Jon Childs
03-05-2010, 07:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2360822,00.asp' target='_blank'>http://www.extremetech.com/article2...,2360822,00.asp</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"AMD isn't showing all the cards in its hand yet, but it's now giving us a better idea of the plays it's intending to make. The company officially announced today its new top-of-the-line 890GX chipset and Radeon HD 4290 integrated graphics, which together offer a broad range of support for speed- and visuals-enhancing technologies that may make properly equipped motherboards prime foundations for either home theater or high-end systems."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/wpt/auto/1267753764.usr486.jpg" style="border: 0;" /></p><p>With its built in Radeon HD 4290, Unified Video Decoder 2, and support for the latest AMD CPUs, these motherboards could be the basis for a nice home theater PC. SATA 3.0 is supported and USB 3.0 is an option for the motherboard manufacturers. If you need serious video performance 2 16 PCIe slots are included so you can pop in two higher end graphics cards. All in all, a nice option from anyone considering an AMD based system.</p>