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To: eracer who wrote (255409)	8/9/2008 10:25:49 AM
From: bit3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

$69.99 for BOTH AMD Athlon™ X2 Dual-Core Processor 5600+ & Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H AMD 780G Chipset (08/08/2008 and 08/12/2008)back to school sale shop1.frys.com -------- system board by itself $84.99 over newegg + $102.99 for cpu

To: eracer who wrote (255409)	8/10/2008 1:28:05 AM
From: Vattila	Respond to of 275872

Just get a cheap passively cooled Radeon 3450 like the one in the link below to get roughly the same 3D performance as the 790GX I put together an Intel E7200 + Asustek 3450 configuration at dabs.com, but it was much more expensive (£70+) than the 780G option I am looking at. To me the benefit per pound spent is not sufficient. I can use the money left over by going with an AMD solution on better things. For years I've always looked for the best passively cooled graphics card when upgrading. With the AMD 780G/790GX now I think I will be content with integrated graphics. AMD has delivered a great platform with their latest integrated chipsets. This was welcome and much-needed from a competitive perspective; it makes the AMD option much more attractive in light of the Intel Core 2 onslaught. Hopefully the 45nm generation of AMD processors will further add to the excellent platform they now have by bridging the performance gap with Core 2. When do you think AMD 45nm will arrive at the desktop? In time for Christmas? Or is it an 2009 event?