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Acer adopts SiS chipsets in new desktop PCs

Press release, May 9; Joseph Tsai, DIGITIMES Asia

SiS has announced the recent launch of AcerPower S290 and Aspire SA90 desktop PCs manufactured by Acer. But systems utilize SiS chipsets.

The AcerPower S290 based on the SiS671/SiS968 chipsets supports Intel Core 2 Duo, Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Celeron D processors, plus DDR2 667MHz memory and SATA 3Gb/s technology, noted SiS. The SiS Mirage 3 GPU is integrated in the SiS671 chipset to enhance the image quality of the PC.

The Aspire SA90 implements SiS671/SiS968 chipsets to provide support for Intel Core 2 Duo CPUs with up to 800MHz FSB (front side bus), Intel Pentium 4 and Intel Celeron D processors. It supports DDR2 667MHz and DDR2 533MHz memory plus has integrated SiS Mirage 3 graphics. The Aspire SA90 also has an extra PCI-Express x16 slot for users to upgrade their systems with discrete graphics card.

AcerPower S290

Acer AcerPower S290
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Acer Aspire SA90

Acer Aspire SA90
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