AMD has just officially announced two new IGPs: the 780G and 740G which now join the 790FX and 770.
The 780G mainly sets itself apart by its integrated graphic circuit baptized the Radeon HD 3200 which supports DirectX 10. In addition, it is the first AMD chipset compatible with Hybrid Graphics. Furthermore, it supports PCI-Express 2.0 and HyperTransport 3.0, enabling it to optimally function with the Phenom.
While waiting for our first tests, we were already able to carry out a few benchmarks. If the Radeon HD 3200 is apparently not enough for gaming, Hybrid Graphics, without being revolutionary, still enables the 780G - Radeon HD 3450 combo to surpass the GeForce 8500 GT in some cases.
As for the 740G, it has a DirectX 9.0 graphic core, which however should offer higher performances than those of its predecessor, the 690G. This is nothing too dramatic because it’s not very likely that we will be able to play games with an IGP in DirectX 10 in the near future.
For the Southbridge, without surprise we find the SB700 which is rather classic because it can support up to 6 SATA-II ports, RAID 0, 1 and 0+1, an IDE Ultra ATA/133 and 12 USB 2.0 ports
Finally, count on spending around 85€ for a 780G motherboard and 65€ for a 740G in France.
