ATI's partners line up to take advantage of R680 chipset
ATI's Radeon HD 3870 X2 has claimed the performance crown over rival NVIDIA by combining two Radeon HD 3870s in crossfire form on a single card.
Taking full advantage of ATI's R680 chipset, ATI's long list of partners are now launching their range of HD 3870 X2 cards. First up, Club 3D and Sapphire.
Both cards feature a dual-slot configuration, 1GB of GDDR3 memory and enough grunt to label them both as potentially "faster than any other series out there". In terms of competition among one another, Sapphire takes the lead on paper with a GPU clock of 825MHz, compared to Club 3D's 775 MHz.
Sapphire HD 3870 X2 specifications:
Chipset |
HD 3870 x2 |
Engine clock |
825MHz |
Stream processors |
320 x2 |
RAMDAC |
400MHz x2 |
Memory clock |
900MHz GDDR3 |
Memory interface |
256-bit + 256-bit |
Memory Support |
2x 512MB |
Cooling |
Active dual slot cooling |
Bus Interface |
PCI-Express x16 |
Variable display outputs |
Dual DVI, TV out, VGA & HDMI via adapter |
Max 3D resolution |
2560x1600 (dual-link DVI) |
Hardware Features |
DirectX® 10.1 |
Software Feature |
ATI AvivoTM |
Club 3D HD 3870 X2 specifications:
Ordercode |
CGAX-38724X2 |
GPU |
ATI R680 |
GPU Speed |
775 MHz |
Memory Type |
1024 MB GDDR3 |
Memory Speed |
1800 MHz |
Memory Bandwidth |
2 x 256-Bit |
Stream Processors |
640 (320 x 2) |
API Support |
DirectX® 10.1 |
Shader Model |
4.1 |
Max. Resolution |
2560 X 1600 |
Dual Link DVI Out |
2x |
VGA Out |
DVI to VGA Adapter |
HDTV Out |
Yes |
Video Out |
1x |
HDCP Support |
Yes |
No exact pricing information on either card just yet, but expect them to start showing up - and selling out - very soon.
We'll be putting the Sapphire HD 3870 X2 through its paces later this week, whilst you wait, be sure to take a look at our extensive review of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.
Official press releases:
Club 3D HD 3870 X2 1024 MB
DUAL HD 3870 FROM SAPPHIRE PUSHES PERFORMANCE
