ATI's Radeon Xpress 200M Chipset Powers New Line of HP Notebooks

ATI have announced that its Radeon Xpress 200M chipset for AMD platforms will be integrated into two new lines of full-featured multimedia consumer notebook PCs from HP - the HP Pavilion zv6000 series and the Compaq Presario R4000 series.

The Radeon Xpress 200M platform is based around the first DirectX 9.0-capable integrated graphics chipset, the Radeon Xpress 200G. We reviewed EQS’ M56K9-MLF motherboard, which is based on the Radeon Xpress 200G chipset a couple of weeks back, and found it to be a fairly solid performer.

The gaming performance using the integrated graphics chipset was not a Radeon X800 XL killer, but it is the fastest integrated solution around at the moment.

The chipset makes use of ATI’s HyperMemory technology, which uses a combination of local and system memory to deliver a good integrated graphics gaming performance. The HP and Compaq notebooks are the first to incorporate HyperMemory technology in to their mobile solutions – it proves to be exciting times for ATI in the mobile industry, where they hold over 70% of the mobile graphics market.

The HP Pavilion zv6000 series and Compaq Presario R4000 series notebooks support AMD Athlon 64 and Sempron processors and feature a 15.4-inch widescreen display, built-in stereo speakers, 4 USB 2.0 ports, and an S-Video (TV-Out) port.

The higher-end models will also include an integrated 6-in-1 card reader and an ExpressCard 54/34 card slot for next-generation PCMCIA expansion cards.