October 1st, 2008

Asus has a card with three processors

The manufacturer officially announced that already on the market soon appear unusual graphics card with three processors. The model was named Radeon HD3850 X3 Trinity (EAH3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G). You have to admit that the product is quite unusual, and the Asus surprise us yet another novelty – and, more recently presented as the only card with two GPU Radeon HD 3850 X2.

Graphics based on the three processors and ATI RV670PRO memories, which are not classically “wlutowane” in the plate PCBs. On the card is placed three slots MXM, which then installed engines Mobility Radeon HD3850 graphics. The very name already says a lot – they are structures used in mobile computers. The advantage of this solution – MXM slots – is the possibility of exchanging the layouts in the future image as the classic card is not everyday life.

A strong each of the three chips is 660MHz. For DDR3 memory, which is a total of 1.5GB (3x 512MB, 256bit), the frequency clock at 850MHz established (1700MHZ). The Charter has four DVI connectors. The manufacturer promises to join a set of related przejściówek DVI-HDMI, DVI-D-Sub.

Since the set consists of three, specifically placed processors, is a classic hard by cooling fans. Asus decided, in addition to the use of so-called. heat-pipe’ów use of cooling water. Unfortunately, nothing is known about the price of this combination. The manufacturer also has not specified exactly when you are on the market that card. The only signal are coming soon.

According to data provided by Asus, triple HD3850 is 139% stronger than classical solutions jednoprocesorowego. The manufacturer reported that Trinity draws 11,662 in 3DMark06 (1600×1200). I wonder if Asus could construct a triple-HD3870 …