Bulldog
01-29-2008, 04:22 AM
The Radeon HD 3870 X2
The headline says it all but here’s a taste…
Snip:
“AMD officially launched their new high-end flagship graphics card today and this one has a pair of graphics processors on a single PCB. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 was codenamed R680 throughout its development. Although that codename implies the card is powered by a new GPU, it is not. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 is instead powered by a pair of RV670 GPUs linked together on a single PCB by a PCI Express fan-out switch. In essence, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 is “CrossFire on a card” but with a small boost in clock speed for each GPU as well.”
Direct Link:
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/R680_Has_Landed_ATI_Radeon_HD_3870_X2/
The headline says it all but here’s a taste…
Snip:
“AMD officially launched their new high-end flagship graphics card today and this one has a pair of graphics processors on a single PCB. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 was codenamed R680 throughout its development. Although that codename implies the card is powered by a new GPU, it is not. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 is instead powered by a pair of RV670 GPUs linked together on a single PCB by a PCI Express fan-out switch. In essence, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 is “CrossFire on a card” but with a small boost in clock speed for each GPU as well.”
Direct Link:
http://www.hothardware.com/articles/R680_Has_Landed_ATI_Radeon_HD_3870_X2/