Back in February of this year, we took a look at the AMD 690G chipset and praised it for its affordability, power efficiency, and strong performance relative to its competition. Now, this chipset is back with an update. AMD optimized this chipset further through some BIOS and software level enhancements that result in marked performance gains in a number of situations and also introduce some new features.
AMD claims the new 690G chipset is now capable of smooth HD DVD and Blu-ray playback at 1080p. Unfortunately, you won't find AMD's Universal Video Decoder in it. Instead, AMD says it's been able to smooth high definition video playback through "driver streamlining". To ensure smooth playback with all HD DVD and Bluray movies at their maximum resolution, you will need at least an Athlon X2 4600+. Not only that, AMD recommends dual-channel memory configurations of at least DDR2-667, and a minimum of 1GB of memory for playback in Windows XP, and 2GB for Vista.
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