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It still wouldn't enable am2 cpus on the board, only cheaper ram with an AM3 proc. This technology supports the connection of multiple monitors. Asus are the only other ones I believe naturally Asrock is a division of Asus! Since my box is running "idle" most time writing text, surfing, watching DVD and maybe having simple desktop effects the consumes power. Help Contact Us Go to top. These cards also contain dedicated memory, preventing video processing from eating into system RAM. As far as I understood though there is support for hybrid graphics in the 7xx chipsets - but there is no implementation for dynamic switching between IGP, discrete card like a Radeon HD e.

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Discrete graphics do have some downsides as well: Views Read Edit View history. Will the socket AM3 boards afaik there are about 5 on the market yet? All current laptops with Intel processors come with Intel's integrated graphics hardware, currently marketed as Intel HD Graphics and formerly known as Intel Graphics Media Accelerator.

This technology supports the connection of multiple monitors. And a 3rd one: Archived from the original on July 27, At most four monitors with a discrete graphics card can be connected onto the supported video output ports one through LVDSthat is either HDMI or DVI-D port and one D-Sub portin "extended desktop mode" or "duplicate mode", for better desktop utilization and to provide more flexibility.

Most business use situations, including word processing, Web browsing and emailing don't require an ATI card nor do they benefit from one. It still wouldn't enable am2 cpus on the board, only cheaper ram with an AM3 proc. Login or Sign Up. So is there anything like this already available? Archived from the original on How Does It Perform?

Anyone practical experiences with the 7xx chipsets in general with Linux and what about power consumption?

Llano Rocks Entry-Level Desktops". Therefore, it is different from Hybrid CrossFireX. Would be nice if it could be switched off totally since I only need it for gaming. I hope it's the right Phoronix category since it would also fit into graphics section.

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I want to keep that CPU cause it just rocks and I have passively cooled nearly everything in my box a. When will PowerXPress be implemented in desktop chipsets?

Integrated graphics also rely on the system's RAM for memory, taking away some of that powrexpress from other uses such as running programs. Llano Hits the Desktop - Page 7".

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I'd love to finally see this feature brought to my desktop. The new G chipset has solved this issue however and supports DirectX You can put a socket am3 processor on a Socket AM2 motherboard providing the vendor has supplied a bios update.

It's important for me since I long for that feature for years and I'm about to buy a new board. This hardware performs adequately for the vast majority of business uses, but in situations requiring 3-D rendering a discrete graphics card, such as AMD's ATI Mobility Radeon series, will improve performance.

This article needs to be updated. On computers without an additional graphics processor, this hardware will process monitor output, video decompression and 3-D rendering on your PC.

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Last edited by Saist ; To alleviate the heat and power usage of running a discrete graphics processor all the time, AMD uses the ATI PowerXpress feature to switch back to the integrated graphics processor when you run the laptop on battery.

Aaron Parson has been writing about electronics, software and games sincecontributing to several technology websites and working with NewsHour Productions. Oh, and of course, it should work with Linux kernel based OS.