Video playback
AMD is quick to hype the 690G's Avivo features and wealth of video output options, but how does the chipset handle high-definition video playback? To find out, we rounded up a handful of movie trailers in WMV HD and H.264 formats at resolutions of 720p and 1080p. WMV HD testing was conducted in Windows Media Player 10 with the Terminator 3 DVD trailer. H.264 testing was done with QuickTime 7 and the Hot Fuzz movie trailer. We logged CPU utilization for the first minute of video playback and have presented an average of those results.

HD video playback clearly isn't the 690G's forté. In each instance, the AMD chipset uses more CPU time than either of the GeForce 6150s. This fact is especially apparent with higher resolution 1080p clips.