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AMD quietly rolls out value-conscious 760G chipset

by Parm Mann on 19 January 2009, 10:22

Tags: 760G Chipset, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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AMD is today ploughing forward with its value-package promise by launching its latest IGP-based chipset, the AM2-compatible 760G.

760G, a value-conscious alternative to the impressive 780G, is paired with AMD's SB700 southbridge and offers integrated Radeon 3000-series graphics clocked at 350MHz.

Touting better value than Intel's G41, 760G offers support for RAID and Hybrid CrossFireX when paired with a discrete Radeon HD 3450 graphics card. It sounds a useful package, but fans of the 780G will notice a few minor quirks - most notably that 760G offers hardware acceleration for DVDs and standard-def material, but not for high-definition sources. Consequently, most partner boards are expected to ship without HDMI or DisplayPort connectivity.

A deal breaker for some media users, perhaps, but at around $80, it's an interesting prospect for a budget system. AMD expects partner boards to be available in the coming days from ASUS, ECS, Gigabyte, Asrock, MSI, Foxconn and Biostar. ASUS' board, the M3A76-CM, is pictured below.

Official press release: AMD Extends Desktop Platform Advantage for Value PCs

Official product page: www.amd.com/760G

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Posted by Funkstar - Mon 19 Jan 2009 10:30
780G boards can be had for about £55. 740G boards are about £45.

So I would assume 760G boards would fall between those two, or will they just replace the 740G boards? Either way you are loosing out on HD acceleration and HDMI for a saving of less than £10. Doesn't seem worth it to me.
Posted by Fraz - Mon 19 Jan 2009 11:03
Funkstar
780G boards can be had for about £55. 740G boards are about £45.

So I would assume 760G boards would fall between those two, or will they just replace the 740G boards? Either way you are loosing out on HD acceleration and HDMI for a saving of less than £10. Doesn't seem worth it to me.

Not if you don't need HDMI or HD acceleration and would rather spend that tenner down the pub, but yeah, I do see your point. £10 isn't a lot to quibble over.
Posted by kingpotnoodle - Mon 19 Jan 2009 11:20
Fraz
Not if you don't need HDMI or HD acceleration and would rather spend that tenner down the pub, but yeah, I do see your point. £10 isn't a lot to quibble over.

OEMs trying to hit price points on bargain bucket and business desktops will quibble over a lot less than a tenner… that's where a lot of these will go.
Posted by Funkstar - Mon 19 Jan 2009 11:58
Thats a good point kingpotnoodle, i was thinking about self builds rather than OEMs.
Posted by GaryRW - Mon 19 Jan 2009 13:43
but even for a self build, I'm probably not going to spend that £10 extra. I'm looking at 740g/780g boards for a NAS/file server build. There's a large part of me that says, go on, spend the extra £10-15 for 780g and the HD stuff even though I know the chances of it ever being used are virtually, if not entirely, nil. (this box will probably only ever have a monitor attached to it when it's being set up, then it'll be in the loft)

I keep repeating to myself “must be sensible, must be sensible…”

slightly more on topic, I'd be interested whether this is actually a 740g replacement, or is meant to sit in between the current offerings

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