Looks great! Nice that Nvidia seem dedicated to the AMD platform. Stuff like this make for great budget systems and HTPCs. :)

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yeah, i really wish they took out those printer ports and even the keyboard/mice PS/2 ports. The DVI port is great but the other ports I can do without. If it really necessary to have those PS/2 ports ill pay an extra $3-5 bux for those add-on USB to PS/2 ports. Actually i preferred ALL future boards to go this route. Dont see why they cant make legacy ports an addon based either by charging a little more or making it a separate add-on to buy separately. Both works for me.

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about time nVidia implemented HD audio. :)

two questions:
> "mATX only"?
> will there be triple screen support like the Xpress200 + ATI GPU combination?

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nVidia says that installing a PCIe video card will NOT automatically disable on-board video. That sounds like the 3 monitor setup is an available option.

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fantastic news. :D

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now lets see who produces a board with a DVI vga output................

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Article summary says it all... this has potential for being the all inclusive HTPC mainboard of choice. Anyone have info on what the HD audio will offer? Dolby Digital Live yes/no? If the integrated video has as good HDTV support as ATI (in my experience, nvidia cards on HDTV = suckage) then im sold on one.

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No soudnstorm or Dolby Digital Encoding support. I hope nforce5 has it. :(

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This is essentially nForce5 then? Or still using nForce4 for the southbridge chip?

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This is essentially nForce5 then? Or still using nForce4 for the southbridge chip?

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No, not at all. This is like nForce4 for the mainstream/integrated GPU market, with no SLI support and the like.

This Nvidia integrated GPU platform does definitely look much better than ATI's Radeon Xpress 200 (RS480), which I have and use for gaming on integrated video. I'm getting a 6600 GT soon, though.

Man, Nvidia is absolutey crushing ATI in almost every department these days.

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