- The first integrated VGA MB supports Playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs with HDCP compliant
- Support Dual-VGA output(DVI-D&RGB) and SurroundView
- Support AMD Socket AM2 CPU
- AMD 690G Chipset
- Integrated ATI Radeon X1250-based graphics
- PCI Express architecture
- Gb LAN
- DDR2 800
- 4*SATA 300MB/s RAID 0,RAID 1, RAID10

Does this mean that everyone running an NVIDIA or even Intel chipset under their hoods should run out and pick up one of these as soon as they hit the shelves? Not really. But anyone looking to put together a great budget desktop or HTPC needs to keep this, and other RS690 motherboards in mind, as they're certainly the best of the crop as far as mATX goes. Plus, with a price range of $70-90, these boards are priced to put pressure on all the competition. To see an amd board that supports raid 10 again is great and in this price range outstanding.

The motherboard supports AMD socket AM2 single-core Athlon 64/ Sempron and dual-core Athlon 64 X2/ Athlon 64 FX processors with 2MB / 1MB / 512KB L2 cache, which is based on 64-bit architecture. It features 2000 / 1600 MT/s HyperTransport Bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800 memory support and AMD Cool 'n' Quiet! Technology.

Enjoy the extraordinary CPU power from the latest dual-core CPU. The advanced processing technology contains two physical CPU cores with individually dedicated L2 cache to satisfy the rising demand for more powerful processing capability. Asus Info