The AMD Quad FX platform with Dual Socket Direct Connect (DSDC) architecture is the first dual-socket, multi-core desktop PC platform designed for Windows Vista Ultimate, according to AMD, and is powered by two pairs of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-70 series dual-core processors. AMD’s target with the technology is gamer “multitaskers” who want extreme power and performance that will allow then to run multiple, demanding applications and multi-threaded games.

The platform is the first to use multi-graphics processing units (GPU) launch partner Nvidia since AMD’s purchase of ATI in July and, according to Ian McNaught, AMD product manager for the FX line, it won’t be the last.

“One of the big messages to customers with the ATI acquisition was choice,” McNaught said. “We chose Nvidia even though we knew we were going down the path of purchasing ATI because of their industry leading chipsets. And we are going to continue that. If Nvidia continues to have the leading performance products and what is now AMD’s internal [business unit] doesn’t, then we will continue to offer customers the best options. We are 100 percent committed to that.”

By: DocMemory
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