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AMD to put NVIDIA's DX10 IGPs to the sword: 790GX on the horizon

by Tarinder Sandhu on 16 April 2008, 14:12

Tags: AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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HEXUS was genuinely impressed with the advances that AMD made with respect to integrated graphics.on its 780G chipset we reviewed last month.

Integrating what practically amounted to a Radeon HD 3450 core in to the IGP, gaming performance was an order of magnitude higher than we'd previously seen.

However, our IGP overclocking tests showed that AMD had been conservative with the core frequency, set to 500MHz. Indeed, we were able to raise the sample Gigabyte board's to 850MHz with consummate ease.

Now, with NVIDIA playing DX10 IGP catch-up with the soon-to-be-released, high-end nForce 780a and lowest-cost boards for both AMD and Intel CPUs, AMD is ratcheting up the 7-series family with, it is claimed, a 790GX variant that introduces multi-card Hybrid CrossFire support and higher IGP core speeds, amongst other benefits.

Think of 790GX as 780G on a healthy dose of steroids. Interesting times ahead in the IGP market, that's for sure.

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Posted by DeSean - Wed 16 Apr 2008 16:09
It makes sense, having graphics on board even high end motherboards. Having my G80 based 8800GTS sitting idle while i'm browsing the internets is a huge waste of power - my system is drawing 243 watts as I write this. If the powerful graphics cards can be turned off when not in use it seems like a sensible thing to do. And hopefully the onboard chip can help out when playing games too.
Posted by Brewster0101 - Wed 16 Apr 2008 17:27
Now thats dam smart. So while AMD as making clever stuff and make graphics cards that do what we need them to do, even playing games. Nvidia just keep adding more horse power to their cards and nothing really more…
Posted by this_is_gav - Wed 16 Apr 2008 18:00
Hang on… am I missing something? Where does it say you can run off of the IGP graphics and then run the discreet card when needed?
Posted by mattw - Wed 16 Apr 2008 18:24
Wo, read the news. NVIDIA is introducing HybridPower on their NF 780a board, it allows you to shut completely shut down your 9800 GX2 or GTX. ATI doesn't have this capability.
Posted by Methanoid - Thu 24 Apr 2008 11:18
mattw
Wo, read the news. NVIDIA is introducing HybridPower on their NF 780a board, it allows you to shut completely shut down your 9800 GX2 or GTX. ATI doesn't have this capability.

you only NEED to switch off Nvidia VGA cards cos they draw such a load of power at idle. Compare that to the 10W AMD/ATI's cards draw at idle and you see why they dont NEED this feature.

What I wanna see if the 790GX in mATX form factor. The only board we've seen pics of is a full ATX.

Also 790GX has the new SB750 which according to reports has a “secret” overclocking feature that actually works!

Roll on 790GX, it's got me holding off that 780G mATX board!!