Tuesday, March 4th 2008
PowerColor Launches GDDR4 HD 3870 X2
TUL Corporation today announced that it is introducing a high-end graphics solution, PowerColor HD 3870 X2 with Samsung GDDR4 memory that is designed to bring incredible performance and life-like graphics to all gamers.
Providing stunning graphics, PowerColor HD 3870 X2 GDDR4 comes equipped with the fastest graphics memory now produced - Samsung's 16Mx32 GDDR4 memory, which has an effective memory speed of 1126 MHz. The video card also boasts a built-in Dual HD 3870 GPU that clocks at a core speed of 825MHz and an effective memory speed of 1126 MHz. This combination of leading-edge graphics memory and state-of-the-art GPU, essentially doubles the performance of the original version of the card. The new PowerColor HD card further enhances the gaming experience with 640 (320x2) stream processing units and 2X256-bit memory interface.
The card also features three DVI outputs and one HDMI output with 5.1 surround audio support and comes equipped with PCS fansinks for both GPUs - ensuring efficient heat dissipation. Furthermore, the new card offers Microsoft DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, a Universal Video Decoder and ATI CrossFire X technology. The PowerColor HD 3870 X2 comes bundled with iClone 2 SE software, which provides the technology for creating full-motion 3D avatars and video story-boarding.
"We are pleased to cooperate with Samsung to deliver the world's fastest HD 3870 X2 graphic cards. Fans of Samsung memory and PowerColor video cards are sure to be excited," says Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation.
"Frankly, gamers around the world should be highly impressed with the quality of imagery generated by the PowerColor HD 3870 X2, said Mueez Deen, director, graphics memory, Samsung Semiconductor. "TUL has designed a graphics card that we expect will be popular with gamers around the world," he added.
Key Features
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The card also features three DVI outputs and one HDMI output with 5.1 surround audio support and comes equipped with PCS fansinks for both GPUs - ensuring efficient heat dissipation. Furthermore, the new card offers Microsoft DirectX 10.1, Shader Model 4.1, a Universal Video Decoder and ATI CrossFire X technology. The PowerColor HD 3870 X2 comes bundled with iClone 2 SE software, which provides the technology for creating full-motion 3D avatars and video story-boarding.
"We are pleased to cooperate with Samsung to deliver the world's fastest HD 3870 X2 graphic cards. Fans of Samsung memory and PowerColor video cards are sure to be excited," says Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation.
"Frankly, gamers around the world should be highly impressed with the quality of imagery generated by the PowerColor HD 3870 X2, said Mueez Deen, director, graphics memory, Samsung Semiconductor. "TUL has designed a graphics card that we expect will be popular with gamers around the world," he added.
Key Features
- 825MHz Core, 1126MHz Memory
- 1GB of GDDR4 Memory
- 2 x 256-bit Memory Bandwidth
- 640 (320 x2) stream processing units
- DirectX 10.1 / Shader Model 4.1 support
- ATI CrossFireX multi-GPU support
- Built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio
- Unified Video Decoder (UVD) for Blu-ray and HD DVD
47 Comments on PowerColor Launches GDDR4 HD 3870 X2
In fact I foresee the GDDR3 variant doing better than the GX2 judging solely by the pre-release 3DMark benches. We don't know what kind of memory PowerColor is using, it's a very vendor-specific model. If they end up using high-clocked (but higher latency) GDDR4 memory (like the 512M GDDR3, 1G GDDR4), the performance could take a hit.
The moar you know
I guess that'll be saved for the 4k series, hopefully...
Anyway, are these coming out on the 9th, when Cebit ends?
(image form erocker's FS thread)
on topic - I'm thrilled to see ATI have found something that they excel at over nVidia at this point, and are running full steam with it.