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ATI Releases More "R600" Details
Anh Huynh (Blog) - April 12, 2007 8:06 PM

320-stream processors, named ATI Radeon HD 2900

AMD has named the rest of its upcoming ATI Radeon DirectX 10 product lineup. The new DirectX 10 product family received the ATI Radeon HD 2000-series moniker. For the new product generation, AMD has tagged HD to the product name to designate the entire lineup’s Avivo HD technology. AMD has also removed the X-prefix on its product models.

At the top of the DirectX 10 chain, is the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT. The AMD ATI Radeon HD 2900-series features 320 stream processors, over twice as many as NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800 GTX. AMD couples the 320 stream processors with a 512-bit memory interface with eight channels. CrossFire support is now natively supported by the AMD ATI Radeon HD 2900-series; the external CrossFire dongle is a thing of the past.

The R600-based ATI Radeon HD 2900-series products also support 128-bit HDR rendering. AMD has also upped the ante on anti-aliasing support. The ATI Radeon HD 2900-series supports up to 24x anti-aliasing. NVIDIA’s GeForce 8800-series only supports up to 16x anti-aliasing. AMD’s ATI Radeon HD 2900-series also possesses physics processing.

New to the ATI Radeon HD 2900-series are integrated HDMI output capabilities with 5.1 surround sound. However, early images of AMD’s OEM R600 reveal dual dual-link DVI outputs, rendering the audio functions useless.

AMD’s RV630-based products will carry the ATI Radeon HD 2600 moniker with Pro and XT models. The value-targeted RV610-based products will carry the ATI Radeon HD 2400 name with Pro and XT models as well.

The entire AMD ATI Radeon HD 2000-family features the latest Avivo HD technology. AMD’s upgraded Avivo with a new Universal Video Decoder, also known as UVD, and the new Advanced Video Processor, or AVP. UVD previously made its debut in the OEM-exclusive RV550 GPU core. UVD provides hardware acceleration of H.264 and VC-1 high definition video formats used by Blu-ray and HD DVD. The AVP allows the GPU to apply hardware acceleration and video processing functions while keeping power consumption low.

Expect AMD to launch the ATI Radeon HD 2000-family in the upcoming weeks, if AMD doesn’t push back the launch dates further.

I don't know what any of that means, but I'm sure there are a few of you on here who can appreciate this....

 

[coyoteshockeyfan]

The thing is a freaking foot long, it won't even fit in a lot of computer cases.

 

[Ryanwb]

My power supply won't support it

 

[abomb]

The thing is a freaking foot long, it won't even fit in a lot of computer cases.

thatswhatshesaid

 

[Covert Rain]

One notable thing is that not only is the card really long (meaning no mirco ATX boards will be able to use it but the massive heat sink and fan that will mount over the chip is not pictured above. Bottom line is that you have to have space and a really good power supply to use this puppy. Not to mention that these 1st gen DX10 cards will be extremely overpriced for some time.

Bottom line, they will not be worth the price for some time. Currently every major title will continue to support DX9 until these cards become mainstream. Many games won't take advantage of DX10 at all. Until the prices come down and the software catches up, there really is no reason to get a DX10 card and spend all that money.

 

[Card Trader]

24x anti-aliasing


Wow!

 

[JS22]

This is nice and all, but it's going to be, what - $700 at launch? It's exactly the reason why I stopped caring about upgrading my PC so much and bought a 360.