ECS Releases New RS485M-M Motherboard with IGP

by Marco Chiappetta — Wednesday, May 24, 2006, 07:00 AM EDT

ECS Elitegroup Releases New RS485M-M Motherboard with Integrated Graphics for Casual Enthusiasts

-- The new ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 chipset based motherboard delivers exceptional value/performance --

Fremont, CA (May 24, 2006) - Elitegroup Computer Systems, Inc. (ECS^(R)), the world's leading computer component and notebook manufacturer, today released a new addition to its complete line up of motherboards for the new AMD^(R) socket AM2 processors. The RoHS-compliant RS485M-M motherboard takes full advantage of the latest ATi^(R) Radeon^TM Xpress 1100 integrated graphics chipset to deliver one feature-packed 3D powerhouse for casual enthusiasts. The ECS Elitegroup RS485M-M motherboard is also one of the first Windows^(R) Vista^TM ready integrated solutions, which means users can take full advantage of the graphically-rich user interface Vista offers.

The RS485M-M supports socket AM2 versions of AMD Athlon^TM FX, Athlon64 X2 Dual-Core, Athlon 64 processors as well as AMD's new AM2 Energy Efficient microprocessors. AMD's new lineup of low power processors provides 35W and 65W versions of AM2 processors for increased energy savings. New with the AMD socket AM2 is the official support for DDR2 memory. The ECS Elitegroup RS485M-M motherboard is designed to take full advantage of the new memory controller, supporting DDR2 memory up to 800MHz in dual channel mode. READ MORE...

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