MSI reveals DX10 secrets from AMD and Nvidia

But, MSI didn't stop there. The company is openly showing Nvidia GeForce 8600GT and 8500GT, so MSI is the only one on the block that is showing every board that will hit the streets in April and May.

The MSI show did not stop there - company reps showed G84M and G86M, or the mobile parts and AMD's mobile mainstream part, the RV630M. You can clearly see that the G86M chip is using different package than the desktop one, while the G84M chip looked suspiciously similar to the desktop one.

In this article, we will show you both desktop and mobile parts from both AMD and ATI, so hang on, a lot of pictures below. We have to warn you that neither of the designs you are seeing are MSI own designs, not reference ones.

AMD RV610 HDMI

As you can see for yourself, this RV610 with HDMI connection comes with 64-bit memory interface

Nvidia GF8600 Overclocked

MSI overclocked regular G84 card to a bit higher clock than usual, and the board features dual-BIOS protection for continuous operation, even if overclock fails.

Nvidia GeForce 8600GT with HDMI connector

Black PCB, a little bit longer than the reference one

If you thought we are over and done with, think again. We were also shown gaming series of notebooks, which are sharing one important thing: they all feature mobile DirectX 10 parts from both AMD and Nvidia. Yes, AMD will be bringing a mobile DirectX10 part to the market as well.

Nvidia GeForce Go 8500 (G86M)

Based on G86 chip, this baby comes with DDR2 memory

AMD RV630M

MSI notebook for gaming crowd combines AMD's Turion 64 X2 CPU and DX10 mainstream mobile chip

Nvidia G84M

This one, on the other hand - features Nvidia's GeForce Go 8600 in MXM package, neatly teamed up with Merom CPUs (Core 2 Duo T7x00)

All gaming notebooks come with HDMI interface. All in all, this spring will be marked with only one thing: DirectX 10 graphics wherever you turn. Only problem is, hardware-intensive applications are far from being ready. µ