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Contrary to what some believe, the MSI (Microstar) boards are not all that bad. As a matter of fact, there are a number of instances where they have taken quite a beating and continued to work without a flaw.

So with the news of the 975X Platinum being reviewed came across my aggregator, you had better believe it had my ears perking upward…

About a month ago, we took a good look at the Gigabyte GA-GI975X motherboard, boasting an elaborate cooling solution. More importantly, it was one of the first motherboards out in volume to feature Intel’s 975X Express chipset. Although the chipset was more or less clandestinely launched, it marked Intel’s official foray into the world of dual graphics technology and awarded Intel fans who have waited long and hard for such chipset support. For those requiring a little recap, the Intel 975X Express is a minor refresh of the enthusiast-level 955X Express chipset that enables configurable PCI Express lanes so that it can properly work in dual PCI Express x8 mode. However, since NVIDIA refuses to allow SLI operation on all but their own chipsets, this is good news for ATI fans as they now more or less have an exclusive chipset for the CrossFire platform with system performance that can be banked on. [Read the rest]

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