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Chapter 1
Introduction of AMD 690G/690V Motherboard Series
1-1 Features of motherboard
The AMD 690G/690V Series motherboards are based on the latest AMD 690G/690V Chipset
and SB600 chipset which supports the new generation innovative 64-bit AMD Socket AM2
dual core multi-tasking Socket AM2 Athlon64 X2 processors. With an integrated low-latency
high-bandwidth DDR2 memory controller and the highly-scalable Hyper Transport
technology-based system bus which is up to 1000 MHZ, AMD 690G/690V Platform Processor
Chipset motherboard series deliver the outstanding system performance and professional
desktop platform solution with the advantages of new generation 64-bit AMD Socket AM2
Athlon64 X2 processors and the fully compatibility of the next generation operation system.
The AMD 690G/690V Series motherboards support new generation Socket AM2 processors
with an integrated DDR2 memory controller which provides with
266MHz / 333MHz/
400MHz memory clock frequency for Dual channel DDR2 533 / DDR2 667 / DDR2 800
(Sempron processor of AM2 socket only supports up DDR2 667) DDR2 Module up to 8.0GB.
The whole motherboard series are embedded with SB600 chipset that provides ULTRA ATA
133 connectors and Serial ATA2 with RAID 0, 1 and RAID 10
functions which support up to
two IDE devices and four Serial ATA2 devices to accelerate hard disk drives and guarantee
the data security without failure in advanced computing performance.
The AMD 690V Chipset incorporates ATI Radeon X1200 Graphics with a core frequency of 400
MHz and 2 shader pipeline featured with DirectX 9.0 compliant 2D/3D graphics processor ,
Maximum DAC frequency of 400 MHz Resolution up to 2560x1600 (Under condition), refresh
rate up to 85MHz delivering incredible graphics and blistering performance. Besides, the
AMD 690G Series motherboards integrated ATI Radeon X1250 Graphics support ATI
innovated AVIVO Technology and Multiple Display configurations: CRT+ DVI-D or HDMI on
rear panel and give you the best performance in game experience. AMD™ 690G/690V chipset
provides incredible flexibility and unlimited upgrade potential as it supports all Radeon®
PCI – E graphics cards on a system configured for either single GPU or next generation
multimedia operation. Designed with ATI’s unique architecture to optimize speed and
stability, this solution is perfect for overclocking – without the need of additional cooling
systems.
The 690V /690G series motherboards provide optional 10/100 or 10/100/1000 LAN functions
with
Realtek RTL8101E-GR PCI-E 10/100 LAN or RTL8111B-GR PCI-E Gigabit LAN
which supports 10/100Mbps or 10/100/1000 Mbps data transfer rate. And the embedded
optional Azalia 8-channel Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro
®
standards that offer you with the home cinema quality and satisfying software compatibility.
The optional embedded 6-channel AC’ 97 Audio CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster
Pro
®
standard.
The motherboards offer one PCI-Express x16 graphics slot of 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at
each relative direction which gets 3.5 times of bandwidth more than AGP 8X and it’s up to a
peak concurrent bandwidth of 8Gbyte/sec at full speed to guarantee the ultimate GPU
