MSI Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard

An Almost Perfect Gaming Motherboard With Multi-Vendor Video Card Support

The MSI Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard

Running multiple video cards in a computer is one of several ways that gamers can tweak their frame rates to achieve the highest possible gaming experience.  Until now however, users wanting to do this were limited to using identical video cards and connecting them together using the proprietary technology used by NVIDIA or ATI.  With the new MSI Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard however, users have a new option.  Thanks to a very special new chipset on the board known as the Lucid Hydra chip multiple video cards from different vendors can be used in the same system.

The Hydra chip literally looks at the graphic rendering tasks being sent by the game and distributes different portions of those rendering tasks to the different cards.  Those completed images are then put back together by the Hydra and sent out to the monitor.  While this is perhaps the most innovative aspect of the Big Bang Fuzion motherboard the mobo has a great number of additional benefits and tweaks that make it one of the year’s most intriguing pieces of PC hardware and the preliminary reviews seem to reflect that statement.

MSI Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard Specifications

As Ryan Shrout of PC Perspective points out in an interview and walk through video, the MSI Big Bang Fuzion motherboard is packed with features, enough that it will fill the needs of even the most demanding computer user:

• 3 PCI Express x16 2.0 Slots
• 2 PCI Express Slots
• 2 Standard PCI Slots
• ATX Form factor
• Up to 16 GB RAM
• 6 SATA connectors plus on board RAID support
• 8 Channel Realtek Audio
• Gigabit LAN
• 12 USB 2.0 ports, 1 Firewire port, and 2 eSATA ports
• Ability to use Intel Core i3, i5, and i7 processors (LGA 1156 Socket)

The only significant power user features missing from the Big Bang Fuzion are the lack of USB 3.0 support and the lack of a front panel eSATA port.

Conclusions About The MSI Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard

In terms of features and convenience the MSI Big Bang Fuzion truly provides everything in one beautifully crafted motherboard, but these conveniences come with a price tag that places it out of range for all but the most die hard gamers.  At the time of its release the Big Bang Fuzion Motherboard was listing for nearly $400.  Once the price starts to drop though, grab it!