In the niche of budget motherboards bulk sales took decisions with integrated graphics. This fact does not surprising, since most workers graphics card machines need only to output images "on the screen. What spent on the purchase of a separate videouskoritelya, albeit Low-End class, which in most cases is not a necessity. Given no small jolt, which was given by engineers for the past two years in the field of integrated graphics, the popularity of such decisions has increased even more. Today, virtually no single motherboard manufacturer, in the range which does not list it would be models using Intel graphics, NVIDIA, ATI, VIA or SIS. It's difficult to say at this stage who is the clear leader. But among all the proposals made especially NVIDIA and ATI products that can achieve not just the possibility of withdrawal of 2D image on the screen without the use of external accelerators, but also something more. Recent developments companies, it GeForce 6100/6150 and ATI XPress 200 (Radeon X300), have not only advanced multimedia, but also a good performance. However, VIA is trying to keep pace. Recently, the company has finally been presented graphic chip Chrome9 HC IGP c DirectX 9.0 support. Sales motherboards based on it will be available very soon already.

Today, we consider two motherboards: ASUS companies built on the basis of VIA K8M800 paired with a southern bridge VIA VT8251, and Micro-Star (MSI), performed on the base chipset ATI XPress 200.

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Both motherboards are designed to work with AMD processors under the Socket 939, and, of course, equipped with a built graphics. Want to say a few words about chipsetnoy conjunction VIA K8M800 and VIA VT8251. The first look at a fee ASUS A8V-MX, it is surprising. The "board" is a graphical AGP8x port and at the same time-slot PCI Express x1, to install peripheral devices. In this case, Northbridge VIA K8M800 tyre PCI-Express does not support. To connect the monitor in addition to the possibility of using embedded UniChrome Pro kernel, it allows the external AGP8x graphics card-without any restrictions. But VT8237 south bridge, the proposed company for VIA K8M800 chipset, the motherboard is not used. Instead, it is VT8251. ASUS company, in order to increase the opportunities for increased fees, realized more advanced version of the southern bridge, installed with senior VIA K8M890 chipsets and K8T900. As a result, fees came out with a "congenital" support AGP8x northern bridge, and two lines of PCI Express-southern. Moreover, it has been possible to the four SATA-300, instead of two SATA-150, which also is certainly gratifying.