| Gigabyte Readies Core Duo Viiv Mobo |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 18, 2006 - 11:01 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Default.aspx |
Gigabyte will start shipping later this month a 945G Express motherboard aimed at socket 775 Core Duo processors. The Viiv-compliant GA-8I945GMMFY-RH promises to further reduce power consumption by as much as 28%. The card integrates Graphics Media Accelerator 950 video. Intel’s Viiv concept boasts low power consumption, quiet operation and expanded multimedia capability. Full specs are:
- 1,066 MHz FSB
- DDR2-667 memory
- 2x DIMM sockets (2 GB max.)
- 1x Ultra DMA 100 port
- 4x Serial ATA II ports
- 1x PCI-E x16 slot
- 1x PCI-E x1 slot
- 2x PCI slots
- GbE LAN (Vidalia 82573L)
- 8-channel high-def audio
- 8x USB 2.0 ports
- 3x FireWire ports
- Micro-ATX form factor
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| ATI Announces Turion 64 X2 Chipset |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: May 18, 2006 - 10:32 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.ati.com/products/radeonxpress1100mob/index.html |
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ATI has announced a new mobile chipset aimed at AMD’s recently released Turion 64 X2 lineup. The Radeon Xpress 1100 series features support for DDR2-667 memory, 1 GHz Hyper-Transport bus, seven PCI slots, four PCI Express x1 slots, two PATA and four SATA ports, eight USB ports and eight-channel audio (AC’97). Video is provided by an integrated Radeon X1300 graphics chip compatible with DirectX 9, but not with Shader Model 3.0. The GPU is clocked at 300 MHz in the 1100 model and at 400 MHz in the 1150. ATI has said that the Vista-ready chipset will be sported in notebooks from Fujitsu, Gateway and HP, among others.
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| Radeon Xpress 200 Chipset Renamed |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 11, 2006 - 5:32 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.ati.com/products/crossfirexpress1600/index.html |
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ATI has officially changed the name of its Radeon Xpress 200 CrossFire chipset to CrossFire Xpress 1600. The purpose is solely to relate the product to the recently launched CrossFire 3200 (RD580). The main difference between the two chipsets is the number of lanes available for the PCI Express graphics slots (16 or 32).
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| VIA Readies Single-Chip C7 Chipset |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: April 5, 2006 - 3:34 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/chipsets/c-series/cx700 |
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VIA will start shipping later this quarter a C7 and Eden chipset integrating the north and south bridges in a single chip. Developed for the embedded market, the CX700 is 34% smaller than a traditional two-chip solution, saving motherboard space. It supports 533 MHz FSB, 4 GB of DDR400 or DDR2-533 memory, Serial ATA 3 Gb/s, AGP 8x, six USB ports and four PCI slots. The chipset also includes VIA’s UniChrome Pro graphics core.
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| MSI announces nForce4 SLI XE mobo |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: March 30, 2006 - 7:03 PM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.msi.com.tw/program/newsrelease/news_page.php?UID=468 |
MSI today announced its first socket 775 motherboard based on Nvidia’s nForce4 SLI XE, which supports x16 bandwidth, but only x8 when operating with two graphics cards. The P4N SLI XE offers 1066 MHz FSB, four DIMM sockets for up to 4 GB of DDR2-667 memory, four Serial ATA 3 Gb/s ports, eight-channel HD audio and Gigabit LAN. The board also includes CoreCell tuning technology and a Communication PCI slot that can be used to connect MSI’s proprietary dual-band network card interface.
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| ASUS unveils Viiv-compliant board |
| Author: Rodrigo Chia |
Date: March 27, 2006 - 6:11 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.asus.com/news_show.aspx?id=2654 |
ASUS today unveiled a socket-479 motherboard, aimed at Core Duo processors, compliant with Intel’s Viiv platform and certified by Dolby. The N4L-VM DH, based on an i945GM chipset, promises low power consumption and quiet cooling while still supporting most home entertainment activities. ASUS also offers an add-in card (R-DVI-ADD2) to bring DVI output to the board. Graphics are supplied by Intel’s on-board GMA 950.
Complete specifications are:
- 667 MHz FSB
- DDR2-667 memory
- 2x DIMM sockets
- 2x Serial ATA ports
- 2x Serial ATA 3 Gb/s ports
- 1x PCI-E x16 slot
- 1x PCI-E x1 slot
- 2x PCI slots
- GbE LAN (Intel 82573L)
- 8-channel audio (ALC882M)
- 2x FireWire ports
- Micro-ATX form factor
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| VIA Releases EPIA EN15000 Motherboard Based On C7 CPU |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 14, 2006 - 7:41 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.via.com.tw/en/products/mainboards/mini_itx/epia_en/ |
VIA has just released a new model of their EPIA small form factor motherboard based on VIA’s C7 CPU, EPIA EN15000. This is the first EPIA motherboard to feature this processor. Another EPIA model with the same specs but using VIA Eden CPU was also released. Here are the main specs:
 VIA C7 1.5 GHz CPU (EN15000) or VIA Eden 1.2 GHz CPU (EN12000E).- Chipset: VIA CN700 north bridge and VIA VT8237R south bridge.
- Parallel IDE ports: Two ATA-133 ports.
- Serial ATA ports: Two, controlled by the south bridge chip.
- USB: Six USB 2.0 ports.
- Firewire: One port controlled by VIA VT6307S chip.
- On-board video: VIA UniChrome Pro engine with MPEG-2 decoder.
- On-board TV out: Yes, using VIA VT1625 HDTV Encoder.
- On-board LAN: Gigabit, VIA VT6122.
- On-board audio: Six-channel controlled by VIA VT1618.
- Slots: One PCI.
- Form factor: Mini-ITX (6.69“ x 6.69“, 17 cm x 17 cm)
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| NVIDIA to Demonstrate new nForce 500 Series During CeBit |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 8, 2006 - 8:57 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_30177.html |
During CeBit tradeshow, currently in progress in Hannover, Germany, NVIDIA will demonstrate their new nForce 500 family, which includes:
- nForce 590 SLI MCP for the enthusiast, dual GPU segment;
- nForce 570 SLI MCP for the performance, dual GPU segment;
- nForce 570 MCP for the single GPU performance segment;
- nForce 550 MCP for the mainstream segment.
These chipsets are expected to arrive on the market by mid-2006.
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| Sapphire Releases two CrossFire Xpress 3200 Motherboards |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 2, 2006 - 5:51 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/products/mainboards.php |
Sapphire released two socket 939 motherboards based on the new CrossFire Xpress 3200 from ATI: PC-A9RD580 and PC-A9RD580ADV. Both have two x16 PCI Express slots compatible with ATI’s CrossFire technology, four DDR400 sockets (4 GB max.), two ATA-133 ports, four Serial ATA ports, 8-channel audio, eight USB 2.0 ports and Gigabit Ethernet. PC-A9RD580 has one x1 PCI Express slot, one PCI slot, two SATA-300 ports and two Firewire (IEEE1394) ports, while PC-A9RD580ADV has two x1 PCI Express slots, two PCI slots, four SATA-300 ports and two LAN ports (one Gigabit and one 10/100).
PC-A9RD580 is targeted to overclockers (it brings several overclocking options) and its PCB is white, while PC-A9RD580ADV is targeted to mainstream users, using a standard brown PCB.
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Sapphire PC-A9RD580.
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Sapphire PC-A9RD580ADV.
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| ATI Launches CrossFire Xpress 3200 |
| Author: Gabriel Torres |
Date: March 1, 2006 - 5:37 AM PST |
| Category: Motherboard |
| More Info: http://www.ati.com/products/crossfirexpress3200/index.html |
ATI released today their new chipset for AMD platform, CrossFire Xpress 3200 (formerly known by its codename, RD580), supporting two x16 PCI Express slots for CrossFire dual-VGA configuration. This is a single-chip chipset and has all features found on Xpress 200 CrossFire (a.k.a. RD480) plus support for 8-channel audio, two Gigabit Ethernet, eight SATA-300 ports and two Firewire (IEEE1394) ports.
ATI launch partners on CrossFire Xpress 3200 include ABIT (AT8 32X), ASUS (A8R32-MVP DELUXE), DFI (LANPARTY UT CFX320-DR), PCPartner (RD580AK9-A75D) and Sapphire (PC-A9RD580Adv).
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