Foxconn A7DA-S with 790GX and SB750
Written by Andreas G 07 August 2008 23:07

Foxconn has launched the new A7DA family based on AMD's much anticipated 790GX chipset, and we've been handed some interesting details on the new family. The main attraction is without a doubt the integrated graphics chip, Radeon HD 3300, which is supposed to offer to 33% better performance than the predecessor AMD 780G. AMD 780G was powerful enough to play games and the fastest IGP on the market, 790GX would raise the bar beyond the competition's grasp.

Foxconn uses AMD's new Performance Cache technology, which has 128MB dual-channel DDR3 memory integrated on the motherboard for even better graphics performance. It also boosts Hybrid Graphics, which makes it possible to link the integrated graphics circuit with an external graphics card for even better performance.

If you're not happy with the performance of the integrated graphics circuit you can install up to two discrete card (x8 bandwidth each) on Foxconn A7DA(-S) and run a CrossFireX configuration for some impressive gaming performance.

As we said above, the main attraction is the integrated graphics circuit that also brings along AMD UVD (Unified Video Decoder), which makes it possible for Radeon HD 3300 to off-load the processor when playing high definition videos encoded with VC-1, MPEG-2 or H.264. This is completed by three different video outputs; VGA, HDMI and DVI.

Worth mentioning is that, like all AMD 790GX boards, this one uses the much talked about SB750 southbridge that improves the overclocking of AMD's Phenom processors significantly. Foxconn has made sure that this new feature doesn't go to waste by equipping the board with high-quality capacitors, completed by its FoxOne Premium software for tweaking and overclocking in Windows.

We hope to present some more insight into AMD's new 790GX chipset soon, we might just have a Foxconn A7DA-S board coming in.

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