Last year, in Jan 2007, AMD/ATi has a successful launch of their integrated DX9 graphics core, the RS690. The chipset performed well and had a good head start against it's competitor the NVIDIA MCP68 series. In fact, the RS690 or AMD 690G has created a miracle in 2007 as one of the most successful integrated chipsets for the AM2 platform.

In 2008, the same is about to repeat with the introduction of the AMD RS780 or AMD 780G in China on the 23rd of January (other regions will be in March). Although it will be introduced earlier, drivers won't be ready till February to support Hybrid CrossFire.

At this moment, we can see that the RS780 is an improvement over the RS690 (AMD 690G) in a few ways. First, it supports DX10 and runs at a higher clock. Secondly, it will support Hybrid CrossFire, allowing the integrated core to work in tandem with an add on graphics card to speed up graphical performance.

The J&W RS780UVD-AM2+ supports Socket-AM2/AM2+ (940 pin) based AMD Athlon-AM2 2GTs/5.2GTs 16X16 Hyper Transport processors. It support up to 2.0GTs for AM2 and up to 5.2GTs for Phenom processors with HT3 bus. (Current Phenom 9600 supports up to 9x or 3.6GTs only).

The IGP supports integrated ATi Radon HD 3200 level DirectX 10 with Shader Model 4.0 graphic processor. It is Windows Vista approved and support Aero Display. It has a maximum DAC frequency of 400 MHz Resolution up to 2560x1600 (Under condition), refresh rate up to 85MHz. J&W RS780UVD-AM2+ supports the Sideport feature. When enabled, it brings the integrated performance to another level.

The J&W board comes with multiple Display configuration: D-SUB+ DVI-D + HDMI on rear panel , Frame buffer option from 32MB to 256MB. There is also a Debug LED located at the back of the panel. The integrated chipset RS780 supports playback of H.264, VC1, MPEG2 using the UVD architecture. Other features include AVIVO and AMD Hybrid CrossFire Technology. Incorporate ATi’s innovative AVIVO display architecture. It also support AMD hybrid crossfire technology.

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