With the AMD 690G and specifically the Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H motherboard, the first videocard has 16 PCI Express lanes while the second videocard only gets four. Yes you read that right, the budget platform can run two AMD videocards of the same GPU and memory size together for more 3D rendering power.ĬrossFire is set up a bit differently on the Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H motherboard than with the CrossFire Xpress 32 chipsets. One of the coolest features of the Gigabyte GA-MA69G-S3H motherboard is that it supports AMD's CrossFire technology. This is why the AMDĦ90G is the darling of the Home Theatre PC world right now. The motherboard doesn't have a single chipset cooling fan, so if you buildĬarefully you can create a computer which is nearly silent. The same jack as the HDMI and both cannot be used at the It has two onboard video output options, analog and digital DVI, but the DVI shares X1250 'RD580' graphics card support HDCP and are Windows VistaĬompatible. So to recap, the AMD 690G and its integrated ATi Radeon
This standard was spearheaded by the movie industry in an attempt toĬombat piracy, and well. Played, if the HDCP keys don't match or are missing content plays at a reduced Something like HDCP is to (rightly or wrongly) ensure that only legitimate High Definition content is