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We already talked about NVIDIA intentions to present in the third quarter in the present year the integrated chipsets MCP73 for intel platform ; however, only yesterday the corresponding chipsets were announced officially.
The chipset MCP73 were originally positioned as products with more attractive relationship of price and functionality in comparison with low-end intel integrated chipsets . It is necessary to say that NVIDIA forego the support Of directX 10 in the benefit Of directX 9.0c, and memory support only single-channel. In this case the chipset series MCP73 have single-crystal layout, which allow to reduce the prime cost of motherboard production and to decrease its overall sizes. The Characteristics of chipsets geForce 7xxx are available in official NVIDIA site :
All those chipsets support PCI express x16 interface , which allow at any moment to install additional graphic card. The high end chipsets HDMI, HDCP and DVI. All motherboards on base of these chipsets are prepared for work with 45 nm intel processors penryn generation .
The cost of motherboard on base of chipsets geForce 7xxx will be arranged in the range from $99 to $129, if we examine the producers recommendations . During November this year NVIDIA company will present new chipsets for intel and AMD platforms . The chipset should be nForce 780i (C72XE) and nForce 750i (C72P), and also plan to announce in the first quarter of the following year nForce 790i with DDR- 3 support . During November the chipsets NVIDIA for socket AM2/AM2+ platform will be supplemented by the models nForce 780a and nForce 750a, which was been already mentioned by MSI company . The first will ensure the support to three slots PCI express 2.0, and the second will be limited to only two .
During January 2008 NVIDIA will present the integrated chipsets for AMD platform with directX 10 support , they are known under the code designation MCP78. These chipsets provide the support Of hyperTransport 3.0 and PCI express 2.0, and also hybrid SLI technology , which allow to unite the computational resources of discrete video card and integrated core chipset . The technology hybrid power will allow to disconnect the discrete video card and to pass to the use of integrated core in low load periods. The prime cost of motherboard on base OF chipsets MCP78 will lie within the limits from $55 to $80. Related Products :
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