AMD 690G - Anyone know when and where ?

kevpuk · 9 Feb 2007 at 16:42

Kinda thinking that these may be the (next

) Holy Grail for HTPC use.....anyone got any reliable info on release dates, models, prices ?

Mista.Gee · 9 Feb 2007 at 16:50

I have read somewhere that AMD's new platform has changed to socket F (1209).

I have read about the nVidia nForce 680a, it features 2x Socket F for 4x4 operation meaning 2 Quad Core CPUs on one Motherboards and 8 DIMM sockets for DDR2 also on one Motherboards. Details are coming slowly.

kevpuk · 9 Feb 2007 at 18:03

Mista.Gee said:
I have read somewhere that AMD's new platform has changed to socket F (1209).

I have read about the nVidia nForce 680a, it features 2x Socket F for 4x4 operation meaning 2 Quad Core CPUs on one Motherboards and 8 DIMM sockets for DDR2 also on one Motherboards. Details are coming slowly.

Not sure about the SocketF thing.....my understanding is that the AMD 690G chipset will be utilising AM2 for the time being......besides, let's be honest, SocketF thing is all well and good from a proof-of-concept standpoint, but still doesn't really compare to a top-end C2D ! I have been a AMD guy for years, but nothing can currently match Conroe

Still, for my HTPC, the AMD offerings are ideal

Mista.Gee · 9 Feb 2007 at 18:22

There is possible two chipset offering the one i've been reading about is the nVidia nForce 690a flavour. I have read about the 690G version apparently ASUS has a Motherboard using the X1250 Graphics with shared memory.

There are currently reviews on the net (Google) is the key.

While Intel is continuously ramping the Merom CPUs, AMD prepares a controlled offensive with its new 690G mobile chipset.

Asus is among the first companies to pre-launch AMD's RS690 (Mobility Radeon X2300) and R630 (Mobility Radeon X2600) mobile parts earlier this week, and today, it finally released all the details of long-delayed AMD 690G chipset. Thus, Asus presents the M2A-VM motherboard, which integrates the 690G North Bridge and features the all-new "ATi Radeon X1250” integrated graphics chipset, supporting the sharing of max. 256MB of system memory. This mobile motherboard supports a maximum of 8GB of system RAM, but be sure to include low latency modules if you really want to get the most out of that integrated graphics chip.

Graphically speaking, the mobile motherboard supports both DVI-D and analogue D-SUB connectors, making multi-monitor configurations easy to set up. However, the included DVI-D connector cannot be converted to analogue, so no DVI-to-D-SUB transformers can be of any help.

The M2A-VM motherboard expansion array includes one PCIe x16 and x1 slot, followed by two simple PCI ones. As far as storage options are concerned, there are S-ATA II connectors (RAID0, 1 and 10 are supported) and a single parallel UATA-100/133 connector. Gigabit LAN is one of those mandatory options that have to be featured by mobile motherboards these days, and Asus chose a PCIe based chip. The audio component is based on RealTek ALC883 HD codec and is fully compatible with Windows Vista. Up to 10 USB 2.0 devices can be connected: four on the rear end of the board and the other six through three additional headers.

AMD claimed that the external frame buffer of dedicated graphics RAM included in the 690G chipset can provide nice performance increases, but now that it has emerged that the performance boost isn't that huge. However, the main advantage of the 690G chipset is that it efficiently boosts the notebook’s battery life.