Anusha
12-12-2006, 04:21 PM
Source: DailyTech
...featuring ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 graphics
HKEPC has revealed further details on the upcoming AMD RS690 chipset. The new chipset has been named AMD 690G and falls in line with AMD’s new chipset naming scheme. RS690 was previously expected to be named Radeon Xpress 1200 before AMD and ATI merged. It appears the AMD 690G is nearly finished with the latest stepping being A12. Manufacturing of the AMD 690G will be done by TSMC on an 80nm fabrication process.
The upcoming AMD 690G is expected to feature a Radeon X700 derived graphics core that’s been renamed ATI Radeon X1250. Features of the integrated ATI Radeon X1250 include full support for DirectX9, shader model 2.0 support and AVIVO. The AVIVO video engine of the Radeon X1250 supports hardware accelerated H.264 and VC1 video processing for Blu-ray and HD DVD playback.
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Have the performance of X700 with integrated graphics is good, but I think they should have at least added DirectX 10 hardware support (at least shader model 3?). Because ATI's DX10 cards are around the corner, and this chipset will be released around the time when their discreet DX10 supported cards are also released, and Vista is also RTMed - taking all these things into consideration, the graphics chip should supported at least the up-to-date features, even though it's not on par with the latest and the greatest discreet graphics chips.
...featuring ATI Radeon Xpress 1250 graphics
HKEPC has revealed further details on the upcoming AMD RS690 chipset. The new chipset has been named AMD 690G and falls in line with AMD’s new chipset naming scheme. RS690 was previously expected to be named Radeon Xpress 1200 before AMD and ATI merged. It appears the AMD 690G is nearly finished with the latest stepping being A12. Manufacturing of the AMD 690G will be done by TSMC on an 80nm fabrication process.
The upcoming AMD 690G is expected to feature a Radeon X700 derived graphics core that’s been renamed ATI Radeon X1250. Features of the integrated ATI Radeon X1250 include full support for DirectX9, shader model 2.0 support and AVIVO. The AVIVO video engine of the Radeon X1250 supports hardware accelerated H.264 and VC1 video processing for Blu-ray and HD DVD playback.
Read the rest of it here. (http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5307)
Have the performance of X700 with integrated graphics is good, but I think they should have at least added DirectX 10 hardware support (at least shader model 3?). Because ATI's DX10 cards are around the corner, and this chipset will be released around the time when their discreet DX10 supported cards are also released, and Vista is also RTMed - taking all these things into consideration, the graphics chip should supported at least the up-to-date features, even though it's not on par with the latest and the greatest discreet graphics chips.