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Gamers are always looking for ways to upgrade notebooks in order to serve up the best graphics and sound during game play.  AMD has announced ATI Mobility RadeonTM HD 4000 series graphics, their planned next generation series of notebook graphics processors.  AMD says that this new processor will bring PC quality gaming technology to notebook users.

So, what type of upgrades can users expect?  The processor will support Microsoft DirectX 10.1 games, longer battery life, and HD quality multimedia features.  The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4800 series will improve HD gaming performance with support for ATI CrossFireX technology to deliver up to one teraFLOP of performance power.  The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4300, 4500 and 4600 also are supposed to be energy efficient.

AMD has promised that the new processors will deliver twice the gaming power as its predecessor, the 3000 series.  To do this, the company utilizes powerful 3D engines to better render games.  ASUS, MSI and other notebook manufacturers will start releasing the new AMD processor in their notebooks within the first quarter of 2009.

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