“ALTHOUGH ATHLON 64 processors undoubtedly deliver an attractive price/performance ratio, the platform’s lack of a competent integrated graphics chipset makes it less appealing for budget and business systems. That changed with the introduction of ATI’s Radeon Xpress 200 chipset, which boasts a DirectX 9 integrated graphics processor (IGP) derived from the company’s successful R300 architecture. The Radeon Xpress 200 IGP’s R300 roots and Catalyst drivers not only ensure broad compatibility with existing games, they also come with an array of video deblocking and playback acceleration features, as well as solid multimonitor capabilities.”
Check it out at Tech Report.