According to DigiTimes, AMD is preparing to launch its new Radeon HD 2950PRO on November 19th. AMD declined to comment on the report saying the company does not comment on unannounced products.
“The Radeon HD 2950PRO will come in two versions, Gladiator and Revival, with Gladiator adopting 512MB GDDR4 graphics memory, a GPU frequency of 825MHz and a memory frequency of 2.4GHz. Revival will adopt 256/512MB GDDR3 graphics memory, a GPU frequency of 750MHz and a memory frequency of 1.8GHz.”
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AMD is excited to announce the newest member of its flagship ATI Radeon HD 2900 series, the ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO features the powerful next-generation unified shader architecture with 320 unified stream processors, comprehensive DirectX 10 support and built-in HDMI multimedia features for an immersive HD gaming experience. The ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO is available today on a limited basis subject to supply constraints.
Below is more detail on the three board variants of the ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO:
ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 512MB:
* MSRP $249
* GPU Clock 600MHz, Memory Clock 800MHz
* ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 512MB graphics card with 9″ fansink
* 2 DVI-I to VGA Adapters
* Component HDTV Adapter
* ATI DVI to HDMI adapter
* 9-pin VIVO adapter
* CrossFire Bridge Interconnect
ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 1GB 9″ or 12″:
* MSRP $299
* GPU Clock 742MHz, Memory Clock 800MHz
* ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 1GB graphics card with 9″ fansink or
* ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO 1GB graphics card with 12″ fansink
* 2 DVI-I to VGA Adapters
* Component HDTV Adapter
* ATI DVI to HDMI adapter
* 9-pin VIVO adapter
* CrossFire Bridge Interconnect
The ATI Radeon HD 2900 PRO series has the same system requirements as the ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT series of products. AMD certified power supplies for single and CrossFire configurations will be posted to the CrossFire web site upon launch to guide customers to the right solution. Please visit the ATI Website for updated information.
AMD today updated its roadmap with another multi-core processor, to slot between its dual and quad-core processors – Phenom triple-core processors. The new Phenom triple-core processors feature three processing cores on a single die and based on AMD’s Barcelona architecture, which launched last week in Opteron form.
The new triple-core processors will feature similar specifications as its upcoming Phenom X2 and X4 brethren. The Socket AM2+ processors feature 512KB of L2 cache for each core and a shared pool of L3 cache. Essentially, the Phenom triple-core processors are quad-core variants with one core disabled. This allows AMD to simply disable one core on quad-core dies for maximum use of a single wafer.
Read More on this Article by Anh Huynh @ DailyTech, HERE.
NVIDIA’s BETA Drivers Page now features new beta version 163.69 ForceWare reference drivers for GeForce accelerators. Among the changes is improved compatibility for BioShock, Crysis, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, Hellgate: London, and World in Conflict.
Intel will officially start delivering its X38 chipsets in mid-September, enabling motherboard makers to begin volume production of X38-based motherboards by the end of this month, according to sources at the makers.
In addition to supporting 1333MHz FSB, DDR3-1333 memory, PCI Express 2.0 (PCIe) and dual PCIe x16 graphics slots, the X38 will also be the first core logic chipset using ISH (integrated heat spreader) technology, the sources noted. The X48 eventually will come with the same chip design as the X38 but will support 1600MHz FSB and DDR3-1600 memory, the sources stated.
Read the Complete Article by Monica Chen @ Taipei; Steve Shen @ Digitimes, HERE.
