Shanghai / Moscow 07:
Previous revision gets replaced
RD790 is AMD's top notch chipset and
the final revision has finally come to the hands of motherboard
manufacturers. The earlier revision was recently replaced with the
new one, and the new one seems to be the final.
This means that the board will be sent
to AMD for qualification in the next week or two and everything
should be ready for the launch in middle of October.
Naturally RD790 will be Phenom or
Phenom FX ready and supports both Socket 1207 aka Socket F and Socket
AM2+ and there will be boards available for both sockets. AMD plans
to introduce Phenom FX this year while the Phenom AM2+ are likely
2008.
Nvidia's chipset division will definitely
be challenged with RD790 and its PCIe 2.0 and Quad Crossfire support
but Nvidia will have its new chipset very soon.
