Abit launches hybrid gamer mobo
Integrated graphics ahoy
YET ANOTHER KICK in the pants for those trying to sell separate processing and graphics solutions has tipped up in the form of a new motherboard from Abit.
The Taiwan-based outfit's new AN78GS board is based on AMD AM2+/AM2 processors running HT3.0 up to 5200MT/s and a Geforce 8200 graphics chipset.
There are four slots for a maximum of 8GB of 240-pin Dimmage and a total of six PCI slots in various flavours.
The cards have been tweaked to run DX10 and handle Vista with all the bells and whistles turned up to 11.
You can get the rest of the yada yada yada about 'power consumption' and the 'great gaming experience' here.
L'Inq
Abit
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I guess...
If you're talking about entry level gaming this is a good, probably low cost system. This is no threat whatsoever to mid-to-enthusiast level cards though.Lazy Author
This has got to be the most LAZILY put together, half ass approached article I've seen on The Inquirer. WTF! Was this actually written by an adult? My 12 year old son could do better than this, and English is his 3rd language![SM writes: Why thank you sir. Your grammar is, of course, perfection itself. I bow to your superior knowledge of the English language.]
Hybrid SLI
Yeah, nice feature for those unwilling to spend the $20 difference between a 8500GT (works in hybrid sli with integrated) and the 8600GT (about how much performance the 8500 and 8200 together give you).Hybrid POWER on the other hand is good, throw in a 9800GTX and have the vid card automatically turn off when just puttering around windows, but kick into high gear for gaming.
Downsides with all this is the on-board vid only supports single channel DVI at best, so limited to 1920x1200.
Damage