Review G2E LAS VEGAS 2014
Adventech-Innocore showed the very latest advancements in gaming platform designs at G2E Vegas, including the very first Xeon chipset incorporated into a motherboard for this industry
As the gaming-focused business unit of the US$1bn Advantech Group, Advantech-Innocore was at G2E with an extensive portfolio of standard hardware products based on both Intel and AMD chipsets, including the DPX-S435, the first Xeon capable motherboard for the gaming industry.
DPX-S435 features the very latest 4th Generation Intel Core architecture CPUs up to and including Intel Xeon CPUs.
Craig Stapleton, Advantech-Innocore’s Product Director, said: “With best in class CPU performance the DPX-S435 supports a huge range of price and performance from dual core Celeron, through Core i3, Core i5, Core i7 and up to Xeon CPUs. It gives customers a long life
The DPX-C710 is a new motherboard used in the
revolutionary ‘cassette’ based system, following on from the previous generation of ‘C’ Series Connectbus boards, providing a high end system but still at a cost sensitive price
product. We’re launching it with a guaranteed five years of production. It’s also a future proof platform ready for whatever performance needs come along. Working closely with Intel, Advantech has dozens of new products coming out based on 4th generation Core platforms and the DPX-S435 for gaming is just one of many.”
The DPX-E130 is a new product targeted at the slot machine market in Italy and ready for the upcoming regulatory changes in that market. Also on show were the new DPX-S1435 a system level product based on the new DPX-S1000 enclosure. Adding a new dimension to the DPX-S series range, the new S1000 enclosure is a gaming system logic box designed to accommodate any of Advantech’s DPX-S series motherboards in style and with excellent access to the interior behind a casino grade key-locked lid. It comes with a card slot bay for a PCI-Express graphics card that is wide enough for today’s high powered double-width graphics cards giving the customer
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ADVANTECH LAUNCHES FIRST INTEL XEON GAMING BOARD
the ability to upgrade from the integrated graphics or add up to seven more monitors. For mass storage the system includes a quick release carrier with shock mounting for solid state disk or hard drive.
The DPX-C710 is a new motherboard used in the revolutionary ‘cassette’ based system, following on from the previous generation of ‘C’ Series Connectbus boards, providing a high end system but still at a cost sensitive price point. The C710 provides an exciting, new and rich feature set for customers in the industry.
Craig Stapleton, Product Director:” Advantech- Innocore pioneered the backplane architecture for Gaming back in the 90s and following market demand have refreshed this roadmap to provide a new product offering.”
Advantech’s growing line of industrial LCD monitor products (IDS) were also on show. With
screen sizes available from seven inches up to 55 inches and beyond the IDS range includes the latest technology products for high visibility, touch screen, sunlight view ability and ruggedisation.
Several wide format high performance LCDs from Advantech’s industrial displays line were also on show. Whether as a button deck, top box screen, or as part of progressive or bonus systems these non-traditional format LCDs can fulfil a wide range of applications in gaming. Touchscreen are available on most models to enable user input.
Mr. Stapleton added: “We’ve developed two teams under the Advantech-Innocore umbrella, one focusing on the development of branded products and one concentrating on ODM projects following up on customer requests. This lets us commit to more and more ODM projects while at the same time developing Advantech-Innocore’s roadmap of branded gaming motherboards.”
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