AMD gets official with ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series for laptops
It looks like AMD has a new solution for gamers in need of a little more than your run-of-the-mill laptop graphics have to offer, with it now trotting out its new ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series graphics chips. Right now, that line consists of the HD 3400 and HD 3600 models, each of which boast full support for DirectX 10.1 (a first for laptop graphics, as AMD is quick to point out). Otherwise, you can expect PCI Express 2.0 support from each model, along with 1080p playback of Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies, and ATI's trademark Avivo HD Technology, which promises to free up the CPU for other tasks, not to mention a promised increase in battery life. If that's got you interested, you can look for Asus to begin offering the graphics in some its laptops right away, with other laptop manufacturers expected to follow in the first half of 2008.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
infinity @ Jan 7th 2008 4:13PM
Any chance of these in the new MBPs considering the hefty power use of the NVIDIA 8800?
Steven @ Jan 7th 2008 4:19PM
COME ON GUYS ADMIT IT Crysis's storyline is so mediocre
swmarc @ Jan 7th 2008 4:43PM
agreed but that doesn't mean its not fun, and what does that have to do with anything. I hope to get one of these or something faster next year when I pick up my next laptop.
speculator @ Jan 7th 2008 5:23PM
Will this be in the new Macbook pro that probably will come very soon? They have changed between Nvidia and ATI before and Apple have products in from both companies at the moment. Wouldn't this be logical since it would give 10.1 support and probably a speed bump and better peformance over aging 8600 GT? Or will the get the 8700 GT that sems to be on it's way?
No way to see what Apple has ordered from Nvidia or ATI?
Adam Zey @ Jan 7th 2008 6:07PM
10.1 support is nice, but let's face it: all that really matters is how it performs in comparison to the GeForce Go 8800. Which is already shipping.
ccl0 @ Jan 7th 2008 11:36PM
this is probably nothing more than a slightly tweaked/renamed 2400/2600 gpu. in other words, dont expect much in the way of gaming out of these chips
chareman14 @ Jan 8th 2008 1:42PM
blah blah. get me an 8800 in my notebook and i will be happy!