sdy284 Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 DailyTech Article OCC News Post Late yesterday DailyTech was briefed on the final details for the upcoming R600 retail specifications, just in time for everyone to go on vacation for Chinese New Year. AMD's guidance claims R600 will feature 700 million transistors. By comparison, the Radeon X1900 series R580 GPU incorporated 384 million transistors into its design; the half-generation before that, R520, only featured 320 million. As disclosed by DailyTech earlier this year, the GPU features a full 512-bit memory interface with support for GDDR3 and GDDR4. R580 was also similar in this regard as it supported GDDR3 and GDDR4. On March 30, 2007, AMD will initially debut the R600 as the ATI Radeon X2900 XTX in two separate configurations: one for OEMs and another for retail. The OEM version is the full length 12" card that will appear in high-end systems. ATI guidance claims the X2900 XTX retail card comes as a two-slot, 9.5" design with a vapor chamber cooler. Vapor chambers are already found on high-end CPU coolers, so it would be no surprise to see such cooling on a high-end GPU either. The OEM version of the card is a 12" layout and features a quiet fan cooler. 1GB of GDDR4 memory is the reference configuration for Radeon X2900 XTX. Memory on the reference X2900 XTX cards was supplied by Samsung. Approximately one month later, the company will launch the GDDR3 version of the card. This card, dubbed the Radeon X2900 XT, features 512MB of GDDR3 and lower clock frequencies than the X2900 XTX. The X2900 XT is also one of the first Radeons to feature heatpipes on the reference design. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Frankenstein Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 It sounds weird going down to 2000 series of cards, but i suppose 4 digits is better than 5. looking forward to the end of the year when i have the money to upgrade Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMeeD Posted February 17, 2007 Posted February 17, 2007 Is this really the OEM version? That things a monster! How much longer until non-OEM versions are this big? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
fire_storm Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Looks like a huge card I don't even think that card would even fit in my case. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overclocker16 Posted February 19, 2007 Posted February 19, 2007 Retail version at like, 9.5" which is just a bit longer than the x1900xt. Only the OEM version will be the 12" length. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDragon Posted February 20, 2007 Posted February 20, 2007 I've been waiting for ATI/AMD to release another revolutionary card like the 9800 Pro, lets see if this card is it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
silkster Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 (edited) Will it make me sound crazy to say that I'm really looking forward to this? Edited February 22, 2007 by silkster Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivingGhost Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 No, I am too. I can't wait to see what will be the best when they come out...As that is as long as I'm going to wait for a DX10 card. Heh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
road-runner Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 It sounds weird going down to 2000 series of cards, but i suppose 4 digits is better than 5. looking forward to the end of the year when i have the money to upgrade Going down? I thought they were going up. X200 X1300 X 1800 X1900 X1950 X2xxx X2900, they just skipped from X1950 to X2900 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClayMeow Posted February 22, 2007 Posted February 22, 2007 Going down? I thought they were going up. X200 X1300 X 1800 X1900 X1950 X2xxx X2900, they just skipped from X1950 to X2900 seems like an increase to me too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdingeling Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 x2000 woulda been a kickass name to be honest That sounds like a millenium like revolution card Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeo55 Posted February 23, 2007 Posted February 23, 2007 Here's some more pics of the OEM version, An Anonymous hobo sent me these: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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