MSI K9A Platinum is a AM2 board based on the ATi Express 3200 platform. It uses the new SB600 which is an improvement and replacement of NV-ULI M1575 (which is no longer available). The board also comes with 8 ch HD Azalia audio using Realtek ALC 883, Dual LAN jack with one PCIe based GbE and one PCI based GbE. The board also comes with IEEE1394 supported by VIA® VT6308P. How will it perform against other boards based on other chipsets. Check out the review