In addition to the 780G IGP, there's yet another (desktop) version of the RV62X floating about; in fairness, it actually preceded the 780G to market.

It's the core of AMD's Radeon HD34xx GPU, which, while known nowadays primarily as a portable chipset, didn't start there. The same things that made the RV620 (especially in IGP/Mobility Radeon trim) such a star also are winners in the budget PCIe space, especially for HTPC use. It originally shipped in both 256 MB and 512 MB trim from AMD's various AIBs (especially ASUS and HIS; however, only ASUS retails it today, primarily in a fanless 512 MB version aimed at the HTPC market); I have the 256 MB HIS dual-output version with standard VGA and DVI-D outputs, convertible to etiher dual-DVI or DVI-D and HDMI-out (via a swappable output plug on the PCB, instead of a dongle).

The HD34xx has proven to be surprisingly useful as a card for low or mid-level gaming in Windows (especially Vista or even Windows 7), as it supports DirectX 10.1, which few entry-level chipsets, none of which are from nVidia, do. When teamed with either the open-source or proprietary Linux drivers, it's also useful in Linux (which makes this card a good fit for a budget multi-OS budget box).

The 780g/HD3200 also supports sideport memory as my 780g mobo has it :) As far as I know the 790gx/HD3300 was just a 200mhz speed increase over the 780g putting the IGP at 700mhz up from 500mhz. No other gpu differences afaik.

I'm in one right one, wifiing away with my laptop. Some might say it's a tad early to get drunk but to them I say "wha' 'e f*ck u shtalkin' abou'"

Physics bars are great because girls are constantly working out in them, wearing nothing but bikinis.

How things have changed ...
Nobody interested in the high-end no more, must be a crisis side effect. (no relation with crysis the game)

Why concentrating on the GPU?
The chipset should have some extra power features for the AM3 CPU's etc.
Anyone has a list?

Isn't the 780g and the 790g targetting different markets?

You are dead wrong and should make another addemdum. The 780g is last years trash. The best on the market is the 790g, also known as the HD3300 with the side port memory. The 780g IGP is known as the HD3200 and does not have sideport and is beat soundly by the HD3300 in the 790g.

What's a physics bar? Is it an addon for compiz-fusion? If so, where can I get it?

@willis
"Compiz is prettier than osx too"
No kidding, especially if you install the physics bar at the bottom.

Sure, the 780G is a good IGP, but it's based on pretty old tech, now. A RV710-derived IGP would be much appreciated, and about twice as fast as the 780G, while being barely bigger.

And since the 880G isn't likely to launch any day soon (as far as I know, anyway) they might as well make it in 40 nm.

Apple swapped the logic board in my six month old macbook and within a day it's fried again. Black display, backlight on.

Good thing my primary workstation is a 780G/7850 ubuntu workstation. Compiz is prettier than osx too :P

Hey Gerald what app is it that needs over 120fps in 2D, and then what monitor is actually supporting it?

Glad to see that GMA at the top, proving just how valuable that metric is, it's surprising Beyond3D, Anand, Tom's & [H] don't use it exclusively. X~P

2Dmark2009 the standard by which everything is judged !! S3 Chrome Exclaibur get 1,200 fps it wins !!

While the 780G doesn't explode, it offers very bad 2D performance :-(

http://www.planet3dnow.de/photoplog/file.php?n=4668&w=l
(From Article http://www.planet3dnow.de/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=355982#content_start, German only)

Not really sure which is better, at least if you need 2D for WinXP (Vista uses 3D for the Desktop so it doesn't matter)

Did I just get mentioned?

But what about a three-some of 880's and a bucket of butter in an hourly motel bed? Would that rick overheating? What if a top GTX285 joined them?

Evn ignoring Nvidia chipsets for a moment, there's also the 790gx with the hd3300 igp that trumps the 780g.