AMD has been throwing the term Fusion around since the early days of the AM2 CPU. We heard rumors of AMD “fusing” the GPU and the CPU together, integrating the MCP (media control processor) into the CPU and a bunch of other stuff. Each of these rumors was dismissed by AMD one at a time. AMD continued to state that Fusion was not a single thing but a platform (of course the media was not going to let that happen). It was only last year when we finally found out what AMD was talking about. It was a CPU with and APU (auxiliary processing unit) that is there to assist in complex tasks that the core CPU was not able to deal with. Interestingly enough this was not a new idea but was actually a return to some of AMD’s roots. AMD began their CPU debut with the purchase of a company called Nexgen. Nexgen CPU did not include a math co-processor (at least the original ones). If you wanted one you could buy one and attach it as an… you guessed it APU. Well many years have passed since that time and we are sure the APU is a little more than a simple math co-processor. Fortunately for you, we have an AMD A6 3650 and a Gigabyte A75-UD4H motherboard to play with. So let’s take a look at this new motherboard from Gigabyte and while we are at it the AMD Llano A6 3650 CPU…
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Conclusion Part I -
The Gigabyte A75-UD4H is a nice board on paper and if the reports are right it is a great performer. True we will have to find out about the performance level ourselves but it is nice to know that the potential is there. On the features side you get most of the standard features that Gigabyte includes in their lineup. On top of that we find a few extras that were surprising. To find Crossfire, 108dn SNR Audio and the number of USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 ports that we did is very nice. All that is left is to see how the Gigabyte A75-UD4H performs. We will have that for you very soon.
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