Sapphire is the latest manufacturer to launch a slim multimedia motherboard as it has now presented a new model of its Pure Innovation series. The new motherboard is called Pure Innovation HDMI PI-AM2RS690MHD and is for AMD’s Socket AM2 platform. The board has the same white color theme as all boards of the Innovation series, which really makes the board stand out from the crowd. Not surprisingly, the chipset used is AMD 690G and as with most motherboards based on this chipset, this one is of a MicroATX format. The motherboard has been equipped with four DDR2-800 slots, 8 channel HD audio and an HDMI- out, to mention a few things, and they all indicate what market Sapphire is aiming for.
Chipset: AMD 690G
Socket: AM2
Memory Bus: 4* DDR2 Dual 800/677/533 (8GB max)
Slots: 1* PCI-E x16,1* PCI-E x1, 2* PCI
Ports: 8*USB 2.0 (4+4+2), IEEE 1394 (2), 4*SATA-II, ATA133, FDD
Video: HDMI, VGA, (DVIO)
Audio: HD 8-channel Audio / SPDIF out/ HDMI
Comms: VGA / DVI-I / TV Out
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“ATI Radeon X1250 graphics technology supports HDCP1.1 and is Vista Premium certified. It supports the highly acclaimed ATI Avivo technology for stunning video quality and performance. In addition to HDMI 1.2 output, supporting 1080p, a standard VGA connector is provided on board.”
There is no information about the price of the availability, but we’ve been able to get our hands on some high resolution pictures of Sapphire’s new creation.
