I hate to admit it but I haven't been in the AMD game for a long time.  The last AMD I owned was a Barton 2500.  Don't get me wrong, this isn't going to be an Intel Fanboy writing an AMD motherboard review.  I've been a long time fan of AMD dating back to the K5 series. But the truth is outside of some exceptional video cards, AMD hasn't given us a whole lot to get excited about lately.  However. when one of my favorite video card companies tells me they have gotten together with DFI to create a sweet AMD motherboard, it's time to get excited about AMD again.  Let's take a look at what Sapphire has created with a little help from DFI.

Features

- Fastest AMD CrossFireX(TM) 790FX Chipset

- AMD 65nm Processor CPU AM2+ ready

- DDR2 1066 memory support

- AMD CrossFireX technology support

- New HT3 to 2000MHz

- Dual Gigabit LAN and Berstein 8CH Audio

- 6 Phase Vcore + 1 phase NB digital PWM design

Specifications