AMD official with ATI R680, RV620, and RV635 GPU cores

AMD just took the wraps off their ATI R680, RV620, and RV635 graphics cores. The new R680 consists of two 55-nm processor cores with CrossFireX support sharing the same specifications of the RV670 processor at the heart of their Radeon HD 3870 -- thought to be AMD's best product of the year. The RV620 and RV635 GPU cores are nearly identical to their RV610 and RV630 processors only in a new 55-nm form. Now, imagine if you will a pair of ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 (R680) cards running in CrossFire. Or say four with CrossFireX. Feels good, right? You won't have to wait much longer as the R680 hits in January.

Read -- AMD announced R680, Rv620, and RV635
Read -- ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 in CrossFire

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 4:17AM]

any word on price?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 3:57AM]

january 2008 marks teh end of crysis' dominince over the high-end pc's(now if i could only afford it)

[Wai Posted Dec 14th 2007 4:01AM]

People still use ATIs? omgwtfbbq

[Wwhat Posted Dec 14th 2007 4:05AM]

January, hilarious, just in time for the shopping season.. oh wait.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 6:06AM]

A good valentine's day present for a tech-minded loved one??? lol

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 4:11AM]

I have a 2900xt and a 3870 in crossfire. Runs everything amazing. Better than my friends Intel Quad and dual 8800Ultras

[ThePaul Posted Dec 14th 2007 8:43AM]

Well, you must have gotten some crazy good cards because all the reviews say the exact opposite.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 10:34AM]

Liar, either you or your friend.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 4:28AM]

i'm sure it can run Doom

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 4:49AM]

Multiple copies of doom at the same time i would have thought :P

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 7:25AM]

"Or say four with CrossFireX."

Um, the pic only shows one CrossFire Bridge which probably means you'll be able to run two cards, max. This is also mentioned in the article. Still nice though - it'll mean that more people can squeeze 4 GPUs in to their rig without buying a new mobo with 4 PCIe slots.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 8:01AM]

it does support 4 graphics card in some sort of úber crossfire setup, just not in that pic...Im not aware of any mobo's out there with 4pci-e slots, but crossfireX's release means some will not be far behind.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 10:10AM]

The single GPU 3850 and 3870, yeah, but not the dual GPU 3870 X2 - it only has one CrossFire bridge, not the two bridges necessary for CrossFireX, unless they're going backwards in time to their external dongle...

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 12:13PM]

@DirtyC
a couple AM2+ Boards with CrossfireX:

Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ
Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe

(they can only support four in 8X{each} though)
(or one in 16X and two in 8X {I think for just the ASUS though I'm not sure})
(or just two in 16X)

to bad the Phenom isn't up to snuff... here's hoping for a Athlon 7000+ X2 {stranger things have happened} :)

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 9:27AM]

does anyone know if you can put this in crossfire with a regular 3870?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 9:46AM]

Yikes, typo within the first four words??

"Took the wraps of"

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 10:14AM]

Wait, I thought nVidia bought 3DFX.

Seriously, that looks exactly like my Voodoo5 5500.

2 GPUs? Check.
Super long card? Check.
Lack of financial security? Check.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 10:30AM]

looks good, but what bout the drivers?

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 8:28PM]

exactly. I wish they'd simply work on actually supporting the cards they already have out. AMD's site doesn't even have drivers available for my card under Vista.

[boe Posted Dec 14th 2007 7:42PM]

Anyone seen any game benchmarks for this card yet? I know there are some 3d benchmarks but I'm curious how it competes with the 8800 under real game apps.

Thanks

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 15th 2007 1:02AM]

Four cards in tandem? Four, then five, then eight, then sixteen. Why wait for that? They should just go straight to figuring out how to get like, 40 of these suckers working in tandem. One for each tiny section of the screen.

That, coupled with a terabyte of RAM, a dozen cell processors, and the Battleship Mtron. That should give us a decent portion of what we need to get some good gaming performance. Seems to be where everything is headed. Then you can mortgage your home and run the AC in the winter. But hey, at least gaming will be kick ass.

Sound good? Yeah, let's go with that.