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HELP! I just received the brand-spanking new Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H ATX socket AM2 motherboard with onboard HDMI, the AMD 690G integrated graphics (ATI Radeon X1250) chipset, the Realtec ALC889A sound codec with DTS Connect and Dolby Digital Live encoder, 3 PCIe X1, 1 PCIe x4, 1 PCIe x16, 3...

Thanks for clearing some of this mess up for me. So, for video, Nvdia wins at this level. For audio processing, ATI's chipset wins, I guess (can anyone verify?).

I've just about had it. Just when I've thought I've figured it all out, I would read another conflicting internet report. I've spent countless hours trying to decide which integrated graphics chipset I'm going to stick with for the computers I build, and just when I thought my mind has been made...

Does anyone know whether or not the addition of a 6600 or 6800 GPU to a 6150 motherboard will work with the 6150 integrated graphics, like SLI, or would the two have independent displays (like ATI is claiming with their x200), or would the added GPU simply cancel out the onboard GPU?

Is this the only passively-cooled AMD-based PCI-e bus motherboard with Dolby Digital Live in existance? Has anyone seen it, or seen any reviews about it, or seen any merchants who have it?

Abit advertises on their site that the AT8 will come with Dolby Digital Live via the Realtek ALC882D. The board uses an ATI Crossfire chipset. Has anyone seen any reviews of it, or price for it?

I was wondering if anyone out there can tell me if it would be a good or disasterous if I built a machine with an Nvidia SLIx32 chipset motherboard, used one of the x16 PCI-e slots for an ATI Radeon x1600 card for its GPU, and used two PCI-e x1 slots for ATI Theater 550 Pro cards. The reason why...

Does anyone know where I could get a SPIF-in audio adapter for Asus boards? Thanks!

Really? Well, you're the lucky one!! I replaced my CPU fan with a heatsink and replaced my video card with a heatsink... thinking all was well, I turned on my computer and lo and behold it was still very loud! After close inspection, I found that the chipset fan (a small but NOISY little sucka)...

Does anyone know if this uses a heatsink, a fan, or some kind of hybrid? I can't tell from the picture. It looks like a good board. If it uses a fan, or heatsink-hybrid, how are its noise levels? Also, how's the spacing between PCI-E slots? I had to return the Abit AN*-SLI because my...

Here's my delema: I'm building an HTPC, so I need a silent motherboard. I was using the MSI K8N Neo 4 Ultra Platnum. After I replaced all the fans with heatsinks, my system STILL loud! The culprit? The small fan on the board's northbridge! Yes, that little fella was LOUD. So, I started...

I think I made a mistake by giving up on this and ording an Abit AN8-SLI. I haven't gotten it yet, but I took a close look at the specs, as published by the merchant I bought it from, and it is not the same board that motherboards.org had reviewed. It doesn't have HD audio or firewire B, so I'll...

I, myself, just ordered the Abit AN8 SLI. It's not an SLI-16 board, but it's priced great and has more features that other boards of its type. For example, it has high definition audio, firewire B, 2 PCI x1 slots, fiber and coax digital audio IN and out, and a silent heat pipe. It also has...

The Avermedia card is probably the one I was trying to remember. Do you have a link?

The manufacture of the parts has to go to a special Microsoft-approved lab for certification. I can not have Microsoft certify those parts for them. After I use all Microsoft MCE certified parts, then my product, the integrated system must be MCE certified, but they won't even look at it unless...