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AMD Radeon HD 3800 Launch Almost Upon Us

EL1TE   on 13 November 2007 - 17:52 · 12 comments & 9573 views

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An AMD presentation for its upcoming RV670 graphics processor, officially dubbed the Radeon HD 3800, was leaked out to media earlier this week. The slides confirm previous expectations regarding the next generation video card's technical features, such as DirectX 10.1 support, which DailyTech detailed last month.

These slides, confirmed by DailyTech for authenticity, tout DirectX 10.1 support. Before the end of the month, AMD will officially launch its ATI Radeon HD 3800 series. The launch will consist of two new video cards, the HD 3870 and HD 3850. The HD 3870 will be AMD's new enthusiast part, and is expected to launch at a retail price of $250, while the HD 3850 will for considerably less. DirectX 10.1, which is scheduled to ship with Windows Vista Service Pack 1, will be supported by both of these new cards.

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#1 +Zhivago on 13 Nov 2007 - 17:55
666 million transistors!
#2 Amano on 13 Nov 2007 - 18:21
Waiting...
(1 reply) #3 Avi on 13 Nov 2007 - 20:51
Looks like a really nice card w/ a good pricing. I'm actually asking myself whether to buy this one or the new nVidia Geforce 8800GT... I ordered a X38-based motherboard (ASUS P5E) which supports PCI-Express 2.0, so one of these cards will fit really nicely w/ it. Anyone has $0.02 for me?
#3.1 RAID 0 on 14 Nov 2007 - 01:51
Wait till the benchmarks come out... I'm sure prices will drop in the few weeks after it's release. My 2
#4 Joseph21 on 13 Nov 2007 - 21:52
WAIT this #$" will be nice
(2 replies) #5 Croquant on 13 Nov 2007 - 22:20
What, no benchmarks?
#5.1 +Zhivago on 13 Nov 2007 - 22:23
Quote - (Croquant said @ #1)
What, no benchmarks?


As a general rule, there are no benchies untill hardware is released =)
#5.2 Digix on 14 Nov 2007 - 00:50
it's still under NDA which we all know what that means.
#6 Doli on 13 Nov 2007 - 23:52
only $250 for 3870, not the $400 range? nice. I might save up for the 3850.
(1 reply) #7 Mekun on 14 Nov 2007 - 00:03
Where are the pci-e 2.0 motherboards for amd cpus?
#7.1 Digix on 14 Nov 2007 - 00:49
already here, just not selling yet due to no phenoms out just look for AM2+ motherboards with 780FX chipset.
#8 Mieky242 on 14 Nov 2007 - 16:35
Can I use these on a PCI 16X 939 board? Or does it need to be PCI-E 2.0?

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