Computex 2006: 300W GPUs, Conroe, HDMI Video Cards and Lots of Motherboards

Albatron Offers mini-ITX Athlon 64 Motherboard

Like many other graphics card and motherboard vendors, Albatron had a passively cooled 7600GT at Computex that its representatives were kind enough to share with us:

We're planning on working on a roundup of passively cooled GPUs as soon as we get back to the US, so stay tuned for coverage on all of these silent graphics cards in the future.

The highlight of our meeting with Albatron was most definitely its mini-ITX Socket-754 Athlon 64 motherboard based on the nForce 6150 chipset:

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Albatron says that a Socket-AM2 version is in the works and should be out by the end of this year. Coupled with an Energy Efficient Small Form Factor Athlon 64 or X2 processor, the Socket-AM2 version of this motherboard should be a very attractive option for a HTPC among other things. Kudos to Albatron on doing something different.

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