Radeon HD3850 X2

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Radeon HD 3850 X2 rumored for Computex



Seems a long time to wait

According to OCWorkbench, AMD is rumored to be launching the Radeon HD 3850 X2 at Computex in June, but we have to wonder why they would wait so long. It doesn't take a genius to figure out that it wouldn't be a huge effort to make such a card.

We're wondering why none of the AIB's haven't already tried their luck by making one, and there shouldn't really be any reason for AMD to step in here, as several of its partners did dual GPU cards in the past without any official backing.

We'd expect to see both DDR3 and DDR2 boards, as there will be a cost difference and, of course, a performance difference between the two. The current Radeon HD 3870 X2 is on sale for a very attractive price in parts of Europe, as it would actually cost you less than getting a pair of Radeon HD 3870s in most cases. If the Radeon HD 3850 X2 can pull off something similar, it could become a seriously popular dual GPU card.

Time will tell when these products becomes available, but Computex is still almost three months away, so we'd expect to see products before then.

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http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/ASUS_HD ... /5677.html

ASUS is preparing their self-designed HD 3850 X2 card for mass production next week so we can expect the cards to hit the retail market by mid April. The pricing is expected to be around US$350. ASUS EAH3850 X2 card has two HD 3850 GPUs with 1GD DDR3 memories onboard. The card is clocked at 668MHz core and 1658MHz memories. The card has 2 DVI-out and 1 TV-out. Other software features include ASUS Splendid, Gamer OSD, Video Security Online and Smart Doctor.

ASUS Exclusive Innovations

* Exclusive Dual HD3850 GPU Solution
* Exclusively Designed Dual Fansinks Solution
* 1GB DDR3 Memory on board
* ASUS Splendid: Watching movies on PC is as good as on Top-of-the-line consumer television
* ASUS Gamer OSD: Real-time overclocking, benchmarking and video capturing in any PC game!
* ASUS Video Security Online: Keep an eye on your home at all times no matter where you are
* ASUS Smart Doctor: Your intelligent hardware protection and overclocking tool

Graphics GPU Feature

* ATI® Radeon® HD 3850X2
* PCI Express support
* HDMI Output: multi-channel 5.1 surround audio over
* DVI-HDMI Adaptor
* Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0 support
* OpenGL®2.0 support
* HDCP compliant

Here's how the products stack up for Q2 between AMD and Nvidia. In April, we will see the introduction of HD 3850 X2, HD 3830, HD 3650 OC from AMD as well as GeForce 9800 GTX. HD 3830 is actually HD 3690 but the latter is meant for China market only while HD 3830 will be available worldwide. As for the rest of the GeForce 9800, 9600, 9500 and 9300 series, they are slated for June introduction. We have not include the RV770 series yet as we are in the midst of collecting more information on this new architecture but they are on target to appear in late May.

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/AMD_%26 ... /5679.html