Friday, March 5, 2010
AMD Announces 890GX Chipset, New Integrated Graphics
Posted by Jon Childs in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 11:00 AM
"AMD isn't showing all the cards in its hand yet, but it's now giving us a better idea of the plays it's intending to make. The company officially announced today its new top-of-the-line 890GX chipset and Radeon HD 4290 integrated graphics, which together offer a broad range of support for speed- and visuals-enhancing technologies that may make properly equipped motherboards prime foundations for either home theater or high-end systems."
With its built in Radeon HD 4290, Unified Video Decoder 2, and support for the latest AMD CPUs, these motherboards could be the basis for a nice home theater PC. SATA 3.0 is supported and USB 3.0 is an option for the motherboard manufacturers. If you need serious video performance 2 16 PCIe slots are included so you can pop in two higher end graphics cards. All in all, a nice option from anyone considering an AMD based system.
