AMD's holding a big bash for faithful costumers with its much-delayed next-generation desktop processor and graphics products hitting the retail shelves. Of course, you will want a top-end platform to support the latest hardware, and until recently, that has meant choosing an SLI rather than Crossfire supporting chipset. Getting ahead of demand for its latest central and graphics processors, the new AMD 790FX chipset is ready to fill the void, and Gigabyte's GA-MA790FX-DQ6 is carrying the flag.

Big claims concerning ATI's past chipsets aside, will working under AMD's guidance finally give the partnership a winning product? And will this potentially high-market part still provide a good value for those who can afford it?