AMD Trinity news (looks, its near to launch?)

[Mech0z]

Have any laptops shown up for sale yet? Or is aint they coming until June?

[Hornet331]

Then you take out your modification? All of the laptops I've been in contact with have pleasant little doors on the bottom, usually even with indications on what is behind, and a single screw. You take out the screw and viola, you can remove/add HDD, ram, wireless NIC...there is no "Warranty void if removed" sticker either...

yeah say the same thing to joeavarage... thats what the whoel thing is about.. Im not talking about the 1% that knows how to upgrade.

You, me the other forum users or basically 1% of the consumer base knows what to do and how to do it... the other 99% don't.

[Motiv]

yeah say the same thing to joeavarage... thats what the whoel thing is about.. Im not talking about the 1% that knows how to upgrade.

You, me the other forum users or basically 1% of the consumer base knows what to do and how to do it... the other 99% don't.

Average Joe goes to a local computer store, and gets an upgrade there. No warranty void there also.

[Manicdan]

Average Joe goes to a local computer store, and gets an upgrade there. No warranty void there also.

if someone has to go to the store to get ram added, the sure dont know that dual channel will make a difference on their apu performance. its the OEMs job to do that right, and its quite odd that not even one company out there would, and then advertise they do it right for extra sales. or that amd dosnt tell them to.

[Motiv]

if someone has to go to the store to get ram added, the sure dont know that dual channel will make a difference on their apu performance. its the OEMs job to do that right, and its quite odd that not even one company out there would, and then advertise they do it right for extra sales. or that amd dosnt tell them to.

Well you would hope the local computer stores are owned by computer savvy techies. Surprisingly, they generally are.

I've no idea the benefits of Dual channel myself, but making out that warranties are broken, is absurd.

[BeepBeep2]

yeah say the same thing to joeavarage... thats what the whoel thing is about.. Im not talking about the 1% that knows how to upgrade.

You, me the other forum users or basically 1% of the consumer base knows what to do and how to do it... the other 99% don't.

I was talking to you.

I can say the same thing to joe average (as long as joe did a little research or at the very least watched a tv shopping channel for 5 minutes) and he will get it too. "I doubled the memory in your computer from 4GB to 8GB, and the memory speed is now twice as fast as well because there are two highways for information to travel. Now, that doesn't mean your laptop will be twice as fast, but it does give the processor more room to move information from place a to place b. Anyway, manufacturers don't like it when you mess with the stock config, so if there is ever a problem with it, make sure to open up that spot right there, and take out one of the memory sticks."

"Okay."

[thematrixhazune]

I was talking to you.

I can say the same thing to joe average (as long as joe did a little research or at the very least watched a tv shopping channel for 5 minutes) and he will get it too. "I doubled the memory in your computer from 4GB to 8GB, and the memory speed is now twice as fast as well because there are two highways for information to travel. Now, that doesn't mean your laptop will be twice as fast, but it does give the processor more room to move information from place a to place b. Anyway, manufacturers don't like it when you mess with the stock config, so if there is ever a problem with it, make sure to open up that spot right there, and take out one of the memory sticks."

"Okay."

Thing is those same people would probably think they are losing or erasing their "programs or files" by removing the memory stick. lol

[tbone8ty]

Have any laptops shown up for sale yet? Or is aint they coming until June?

Wondering this myself. Hopefully they pop up in the wild soon!

And hopefully there will be some non-vanilla designs

[tbone8ty]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/early-ms...-up/15944.html

[The Stilt]

IPC ITX board from Jetway for Trinity (Comal) APUs.

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[Mats]

IPC ITX board from Jetway for Trinity (Comal) APUs.

Thank you.

PCIe on the wrong side = perfect for AIOs or flat HTPCs with a graphics card + a 90° riser.

Edit: Yeah, IPC. Just saw the serial port.. Still, it says "gaming machine" in the description.

[kuroikenshi]

does it have 2 x mPCI?

[Alex-Ro]

So,FM2 and still A75 chipset?When is desktop trinity going to hit the shelves,mid july is a realitic date?

[The Stilt]

FS1r2 socket, Comal the mobile platform for Trinity.

The chipsets (A55, A75) can work with Trinity no problem, however the motherboards need some 'TLC'.
Extra crystals, PLLs and such

[~CS~]

There is also some speculation of a new A85 chipset joining the lineup as well, specs are still unknown.

[The Stilt]

FM2 Trinity (Virgo) board based on 'Hudson D4' (A85) FCH.
I have no specs available for this but I assume the FCH is A85 since there is 8x main SATA connectors and A75/A55 only support 6x.

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[tbone8ty]

Nice!

[Mats]

Very clever placement of the mini-PCIe.

[Lightman]

DisplayPort + HDMI + DVI + VGA - covers every possibility.
I wonder which ports can be used for EyeFinity setups with 3 screens. Does HDMI + DVI work or is one or the other?

[EniGmA1987]

FM2 Trinity (Virgo) board based on 'Hudson D4' (A85) FCH.
I have no specs available for this but I assume the FCH is A85 since there is 8x main SATA connectors and A75/A55 only support 6x.

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Thats a nice looking FM2 board. I really like the placement of the mini-pcie.

[BeepBeep2]

Soo whats with the placement of holes for heatsink mounting on the Jetway and MSI boards?

[The Stilt]

FM2 uses the same mounting hole pattern as Socket 940>.
MSI FM2 motherboard made for HP (by Pegatron) use customized pattern.

[FlanK3r]

nice Stilt, I hope, Computex show us more motherboards of FM2

[G.Foyle]

Does HDMI + DVI work or is one or the other?

No reason it shouldn't. Unlike Llano, Trinity has 3 built in display clock generators so 3 screens work on 3 different digital interfaces connected directly to APU. 4th screen only in daisy chained mode with one of the first three via DP.

[Mats]

A85 board from ECS:

http://www.techpowerup.com/166974/EC...M2-Socket.html