The guys at Hexus have already got their hands on an MSI nforce 780a SLi motherboard, the K9N2 Diamond. They give a quick run down of what 780a offers (hybrid SLi) along with plenty of shots of the K9N2 & its bundled PCIe 1x X-Fi sound solution.

"Though Hybrid Power only functions when compatible NVIDIA cards such as the GeForce 9600 GT or 9800 GX2 are in use, it allows users to save power by disabling any compatible discrete graphics cards when they're not required."

Some sneak peek shots of upcoming motherboards floating around the intarwebs today. First we've got shots of Foxconn's Quantum Force Avenger over at TweakTown. This will be Foxconns' enthusiast class P45-based motherboard, & is chock-full of goodies like easy access voltage measurement points.

The second sneaky-peek is over at Fudzilla, where they've snapped a shot of an AMD 790GX engineering sample. This will be the fastest IGP around when the boards hit the streets. The new boarsd will also bring AMD's newest SB750 southbridge to the table.

Expect to see both of these in early June. Computex, anyone?

The 2^nd generation of ASUS' EeePC has been officially launched and brings a bigger screen and solid state drive to the table. There are two SSD options:

"The 20GB model will come with Linux, Asus said, while the 12GB version will be pre-loaded with Windows XP Home Edition."

ExpReview's got an english summary along with three photos lifted from PCOnline of the upcoming integrated graphics board from AMD. The 790GX has its own on-board memory module for what they're reporting is the HD3300 graphics core.

Meanwhile, the HardwareSecrets crew have posted a five-page in-depth preview of the ASUS take on the nForce 780a, the M3N-HT Deluxe. The board even sports an integrated heatpipe memory cooling attachment.