Wednesday, April 16th 2008
First AMD 790GX Motherboard Pictured
Pictures of the first prototype AMD 790GX motherboard with integrated Radeon HD 3300 IGP started sufracing yesterday. The upcoming AMD 790GX chipset not only supports CrossFire X and Hybrid CrossFire, but it also adds 3-way Hybrid CrossFire in the loop. 3-way Hybrid CrossFire combines an integrated graphics with two PCI-E 2.0 x8 slots that can be used in CrossFire mode. Just an example, imagine two HD 3870 X2 cards working in CrossFire X helped by an AMD Radeon HD3300 IGP graphics. When in 2D mode only the integrated graphics will be used and thus save power, but if the system is running at full throttle all three cards will be operating. Yes, the HD3300 IGP graphics won't give any significant boost in games and 3D apps, but at least it'll be built into the motherboard and will be working without requiring any additional interventions, so why don't use it? The AMD 790GX based products are expected to go on sale in May.
Source:
ComputerBase.de
24 Comments on First AMD 790GX Motherboard Pictured
In other words, HD 3300 IGP + HD 3470 + HD 3470 for the max.
i do wanna see some benches just to see how much the igp actually helps when gaming at full throttle
Edit:
wait a min i thought you could only use 4 gpus with crossfire x? am i wrong?
i hope they eventually are able to put better igp on boards like a 3850 or 70
I actually thought IGPs with their own ram were fairly common (perhaps not in desktops, though).
This board will cater for a WIDE range of consumers, from mainstream, enthusiasts, to budget consumers
On the subject of hybrid crossfire. If crossfire down throttles to the lowest common denominator of two or more gpus/memory, how does this actually help?
What i love about this is that you get two more monitor ports-you dont have to plug the monitor onto the GPUs, instead the motherboard!