Intel said the D5400XS provides multiple simultaneous graphics card features including Nvidia’s SLI and ATI’s Crossfire. It said its eight processing cores can be used by 3-D animators, digital audio artists, and high-definition video editors.

Jeff McCrea, senior vice president and general manager of digital home group at Intel, said: The ground-breaking Intel Desktop Board D5400XS enables the flexibility to pair a variety of quad graphics solutions with two of our fastest desktop processors. The result is stunning PC performance.

The D5400XS is priced at $649.