MSI, one of the top solution providers of AMD platforms and graphics cards, as always, brings the best motherboard to both performance enthusiast and system builder.

Today, MSI RS480M2 delivers the most powerful 3D performance of integrated graphics. MSI RS480M2 features ATi Xpress 200 chipset with the latest ATi X300-level VGA core that supports Microsoft DirectX 9.

MSI works closely with ATi Xpress 200 series chipset’s development.

RS480M2 supports socket 939 AMD Athlon 64/Athlon 64 FX processor, PCI Express X16 interface, 1GHz HyperTransport bus and dual channel DDR400 memory architecture.

MSI RX480M2 is a discrete model that integrates ATi Xpress 200P chipset. It removes the integrated Graphics from Xpress 200 chipset. Compared with RX480M2, RS480M2 supports X300 VGA core and not only provides the same performance level as former ATi Radeon 9600 but also multi-monitor support and TV-out (RCA or S-Video). With ATi PCI Express graphics card installed, MSI RS480M2 can be simultaneously displayed on three or more monitors.

The new South bridge chipset – ATi SB400 of RS480M2 and RX480M2 features 4 SATA connectors and SATA RAID supporting RAID 0, 1 or 0+1. Enhanced efficiency and security on data access, especially beneficial for video editing and massive data-mining.
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