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19-11-2007, 10:10 PM
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AMD pushes out Spider platform
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday is expected to launch the ‘Spider’ platform, which combines the company’s next-generation quad-core processors, graphics cards and chipsets in one platform to deliver better graphics, performance-per-watt and improved high-definition video. Targeted at gamers and multimedia enthusiasts, desktop PCs with the Spider platform include the quad-core Phenom processors and can hold multiple ATI graphics cards to give users the “ultimate visual experience,” according to AMD. The quad-core Phenom processor, also expected to be launched on Monday, will provide the processing power to the platform, and will be initially available in speeds of 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz (priced at $251 and $283). Processor speeds will crank up to 2.4GHz to 2.6GHz in the first quarter of 2008.
PCs based on the Spider platform will ship with the ATI Radeon HD 3850 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics cards. The graphics cards support Microsoft’s DirectX 10.1 specification that enhances overall image quality on PCs. DirectX is the primary interface responsible for rendering multimedia, including game images and video, on Microsoft platforms. It also renders better high-definition video with support for UVD (Unified Video Decoder), which results in better HD DVD and Blu-ray images. Spider will support CrossfireX technology, which allows up to four graphics cards to work together to enhance graphics performance in a system. That allows scalability in graphics performance and saves users from investing in graphics chips in the future. Is this finally a move all AMD fans were waiting for? I hope so, they really need to step up to catch the Intel…
Source: Cnet, Pc world
AMD pushes out Spider platform
Advanced Micro Devices on Monday is expected to launch the ‘Spider’ platform, which combines the company’s next-generation quad-core processors, graphics cards and chipsets in one platform to deliver better graphics, performance-per-watt and improved high-definition video. Targeted at gamers and multimedia enthusiasts, desktop PCs with the Spider platform include the quad-core Phenom processors and can hold multiple ATI graphics cards to give users the “ultimate visual experience,” according to AMD. The quad-core Phenom processor, also expected to be launched on Monday, will provide the processing power to the platform, and will be initially available in speeds of 2.2GHz and 2.3GHz (priced at $251 and $283). Processor speeds will crank up to 2.4GHz to 2.6GHz in the first quarter of 2008.
PCs based on the Spider platform will ship with the ATI Radeon HD 3850 and ATI Radeon HD 3870 graphics cards. The graphics cards support Microsoft’s DirectX 10.1 specification that enhances overall image quality on PCs. DirectX is the primary interface responsible for rendering multimedia, including game images and video, on Microsoft platforms. It also renders better high-definition video with support for UVD (Unified Video Decoder), which results in better HD DVD and Blu-ray images. Spider will support CrossfireX technology, which allows up to four graphics cards to work together to enhance graphics performance in a system. That allows scalability in graphics performance and saves users from investing in graphics chips in the future. Is this finally a move all AMD fans were waiting for? I hope so, they really need to step up to catch the Intel…
Source: Cnet, Pc world