Computex 2006: 300W GPUs, Conroe, HDMI Video Cards and Lots of Motherboards
by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 5, 2006 10:24 PM EST- Posted in
- Trade Shows
Albatron Offers mini-ITX Athlon 64 Motherboard
Like many other graphics card and motherboard vendors, Albatron had a passively cooled 7600GT at Computex that its representatives were kind enough to share with us:
We're planning on working on a roundup of passively cooled GPUs as soon as we get back to the US, so stay tuned for coverage on all of these silent graphics cards in the future.
The highlight of our meeting with Albatron was most definitely its mini-ITX Socket-754 Athlon 64 motherboard based on the nForce 6150 chipset:
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Albatron says that a Socket-AM2 version is in the works and should be out by the end of this year. Coupled with an Energy Efficient Small Form Factor Athlon 64 or X2 processor, the Socket-AM2 version of this motherboard should be a very attractive option for a HTPC among other things. Kudos to Albatron on doing something different.
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Missing Ghost - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
wow, all I can say is wow. I am quite impressed with Gigabyte desktop motherboards. From the pictures it looks like a better design than even what DFI would do. Also the ASUS socket F board looks excellent. Quite impressive since I am used to think that ASUS' server boards are inferior to like supermicro/iwill/tyan.krwilsonn - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Page 18 of the article seems to be mixed up since the Albatron boards are showing up instead of the Asrock.Regs - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Actually consider what AMD is doing at all. Boy times have changed! ;)I'm a life long AMD fan too. Short life, but life long.
bob661 - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Where have you been? It's been like that for quite a few years now. Remember when DDR2 was actually on the market? Who wasn't using DDR2 then?bob661 - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Figures.bob661 - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
Interesting. Looks like Conroe's may come at a premium until Intel can increase production.shabby - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
I dont get it, what is the point of sending audio to the monitor?
Furen - Monday, June 5, 2006 - link
It's meant to be sent to an HD TV. Monitors can just use DVI for digital signaling.shabby - Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - link
And whats the point of that too? Its supposed to go to the reciever not the tv.OrSin - Tuesday, June 6, 2006 - link
Do you even know why hdmi exist. Most HDTV that have HDMI connects also has audio out.YOu connect everything to your tv and send out only singles you need. My guess is you don't have a HDTV.