Dual Graphics: The Power of AMD Radeon Graphics Multiplied

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Greater than the sum of its parts. Thats the way to think about the performance boosting AMD Dual Graphics Technology platform. Put another way: Get the power of two when you pair an AMD A8 or A6 Accelerated Processor (APU) based PC with select AMD Radeon HD 6000 Series DirectX 11 capable discrete graphics card.2
AMD Dual Graphics Technology: Key Benefits

AMD Dual Graphics technology platform unleashes the processing power and brilliant DirectX 11 graphics you need to create an immersive, vivid HD entertainment and gaming experience.
Boostvisualperformanceupto144%whenyoucombineanAMDASeriesAPUwithselectAMD RadeonHD6000Seriesgraphicscards.1 PlaygamesinfullHD1080Presolutionwithhighframerates Connectupto3monitorstoselectAMDRadeonHD6000discretegraphicscardsinAMD Eyefinitytechnologymodeforanimmersivegamingexperience3 EnablessmoothergameplayexperiencewiththelatestDirectX11games Worksoutofthebox,withnoneedtobuycostlyspecialcables,dongles,connectorsor software Key Advantage against Intel and NVIDIA

Unlike the competition, only the AMD A-Series APUs discrete-level graphics cores stay on when paired with select AMD RadeonTM HD 6000 Series graphics cards for more total graphics cores.

NotIntel:WhenanAMDRadeonTMdiscreteGPUisaddedtoanIntelSandyBridge processor,theperformanceandfeaturesoftheIntelgraphicsprocessorareshutoff, offeringnoadditionalgraphicsperformancebeyondthecapabilitiesoftheAMDRadeon GPU.WhenaddedtoanAMDASeriesAPU,selectAMDRadeonTMdiscreteGPUswill workintandemwiththeAPU'sondiegraphicscorestoprovideaboostinperformance.

NotNVIDIA:TheadditionofanNVIDIAGPUdisablestheintegratedgraphicscapabilitiesof bothIntelSandyBridgeprocessorsandAMDASeriesAPUs,providingnocombined graphicsperformanceabovethecapabilitiesoftheNVIDIAGPU.

Bottom Line: Selling Against the Competition

OnlyAMDDualGraphicstechnologyplatformletsyouusebothonboardanddiscrete GPUsatthesametimetoboostgraphicsperformancebyupto144%.1 OnlyAMDDualGraphicstechnologyplatformdeliversthecompleteDirectX11 experience. OnlyAMDDualGraphicstechnologyplatformusesdiscreteclassanddiscreteGPUs simultaneouslytoimprove3Dperformance. Learnmore ReturntoChannelNewsletter

1. TestingdoneinAMDPerformanceLabsusing3DMarkVantagePerformanceBenchmark, torepresentvisualperformance.TheAMDA6APUbasedsystemsscored2947marks;the additionofanAMDRadeonHD6570discreteGPUindualgraphicsmodescored7180 marks.Scoresareroundedtothenearestwholemark.TheAMDA6DualGraphicsbased systemconsistsofanAMDQuadCoreA63650APUwithAMDRadeonHD6610D2Dual Graphics(AMDA63650withAMDRadeonHD6530DiscreteClassgraphicsplusAMD RadeonHD6570discretegraphics),8GBDDR31600systemmemory,aRealSSDC300 harddrive(256G)andMicrosoftWindowsUltimate64bit(DTLYI8) 2. AMDRadeonDualGraphicsrequiresanAMDAseriesAPUplusanAMDRadeon discretegraphicsconfigurationandisavailableonWindows7Professional,Windows7 Ultimate,Windows7HomePremium,and/orWindows7HomeBasicOS.LinuxOS supportsmanualswitching,whichrequiresrestartofXServertoengageand/ordisengage thediscretegraphicsprocessorfordualgraphicscapabilities.Additionalhardware(e.g. Bluraydrive,HDor10bitmonitor,TVtuner,wirelesslyenabledHDTV)and/orsoftware (e.g.multimediaapplications)arerequiredforthefullenablementofsomefeatures.HD VideodisplayrequiresanHDvideosource.Notallfeaturesmaybesupportedonall componentsorsystemscheckwithyourcomponentorsystemmanufacturerforspecific modelcapabilitiesandsupportedtechnologies. 3. AMDEyefinitytechnologyworkswithgamesthatsupportnonstandardaspectratios, whichisrequiredforpanningacrossmultipledisplays.Toenablemorethantwodisplays, additionalpanelswithnativeDisplayPortconnectors,and/orDisplayPortcompliant activeadapterstoconvertyourmonitorsnativeinputtoyourcardsDisplayPortorMini DisplayPortconnector(s),arerequired.SLS(SingleLargeSurface)functionalityrequires anidenticaldisplayresolutiononallconfigureddisplays.AMDRadeonGseriesand AMDRadeonG2DualGraphicsseriesdonotsupportAMDEyefinitytechnologyCheck withyourcomponentorsystemmanufacturerforspecificmodecapabilitiesand supportedtechnologies.