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AMD launches 760G platform
NOTHING BEATS THE Monday morning blues better than a bargain, and AMD hopes the chipset it launched this morning, the 760G platform, will be one of the cheapest chipsets around capable of DirectX 10 and full OpenGL 2 graphics.
This latest mainboard chipset should make gaming possible even on low-cost systems by marrying the 760G platform to the Athlon X2 7000.
While trumpeting its energy efficiency, AMD also reckons its new chipset, complete with a Radeon HD 3000-era core, is significantly faster than Intel's GMA 4500 architecture. As a comparison, AMD shows its platform running World of Warcraft at 31 frames per second at 1280x1024, whilst Intel's Pentium E5200 + G41 only manages a paltry 19 frames a second, some 63 per cent slower.
As far as options go, the 760G supports both Displayport and HDMI video out. It also gives users the option to use Hybrid CrossFire, allowing the system to flip from a dedicated Radeon card to integrated video, which cuts back on energy when users aren't playing games or HD video.
The 760G with its clock speed of 350MHz, is similar to AMD's 780V, but cuts back on HD video acceleration. Having said that, the platform does allow for hardware acceleration of DVD video playback as well as 2D acceleration for scaling in visual applications like Acrobat, and Powerpoint.
AMD says it will distribute the 760G through its partners, including Asus, ECS, Gigabyte, Asrock, MSI, Foxconn and Biostar. The official US price is $79 and shipping is to start straight away. µ
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It is:
AMD is 63% faster (than Intel)
or
Intel is 39% slower (than AMD)
AMD could help the channel by lowering the tri/quad core entry point further
Granted the CPU's are not expensive but they are unattractive to buy as a package.
here we have 5 sku all within the same price bracket (£100 - £140)
on a new system build £40 is the difference between a X3 8750 and a X4 9950
the 9950 can't cost more or it will be uncompetitively priced with intel's equivelant CPU's.
a quadcore for ~£75 if AMD could make them, would sell like hotcakes (they have 1 X3 ~that price the 8450)
With a retail of only 79, you will likely see several boards running as low as $50 pretty quickly. Also I do not see the 7000 on NewEgg, but they do have the Athlon X2 6000 for $76 for the retail version (free shipping). This board though is targetted more towards the budget market like the Athlon X2 BE-2300 1.9GHz for $30. You could build a whole system for under $200 easy.
Hybrid Crossfire is equivalent to NVIDIA's GeForce Boost and NOT Hybrid SLI. It links onboard and discrete video card for improved performance. ATI currently cannot disable discrete video cards to run only onboard.
http://ati.amd.com/technology/hybridgraphics/index.html
"AMD shows its platform running World of Warcraft at 31 frames per second at 1280x1024, whilst Intel's Pentium E5200 + G41 only manages a paltry 19 frames a second, some 63 per cent slower."
What???? You better stick to your day job, and leave the math to somebody else! LOL
Either that or use a calculator with your spell checker. Course you have to know how to USE the calculator..... well never mind!!!
We get the point...... the AMD is faster... 31 frames is playable.... 19 is not!
Is this AM2 or AM3?
Where's the nVidia graphic chipset results? Did they kick AMD/ATI's butt so they were excluded from the comparison? Why did they use an E5200 when E7200+ has a higher FSB speed? Wouldn't this have an effect on FPS?
I guess amd are assuming that the 31 fps is 100%, then the intel is 19 fps which when worked out is roughly 63% difference.
The simple maths is 31 / 100 = 0.31
63 * 0.31 = 19.53
That is where they get their figures from.