ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 lands in Toshiba Satellite P305, ASUS M50 laptops

AMD wasn't exactly all that specific about exactly when its new ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series graphics chips would actually find their way into some laptops when it announced them earlier this year, but it looks like they're now finally starting to trickle out, with new laptops from Toshiba and ASUS now each receiving a boost from 'em. For Toshiba's part, it's squeezed the lower-end ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 into its 17-inch Satellite P305 and P305D laptops (pictured at right), with other "select" P305 models also getting the more powerful Mobility Radeon HD 3650 model, which boasts 120 stream processors, a 128-bit memory interface, and 512MB or 1GB of VRAM depending on the system. ASUS also opted for the higher-end HD 3650, with it landing in the company's 15.4-inch M50 Series M50Sa laptop. Needless to say, however, those aren't the only models in the 3000 series, with the even higher-end Radeon HD 3850 and 3870, and 3850 X2 and 3870 X2 dual-core models, apparently also on track, though there doesn't seem to be any word on a release for those just yet.

[Thanks, Husar]

[Lowest Ranked @ Apr 18th 2008 2:03PM]

I'm sorry but there are a shit load of numbers in this article.

[Thi mam(kris120890) @ Apr 18th 2008 2:06PM]

what are you talking about willis

[phanbouy @ Apr 18th 2008 2:09PM]

"Needless to say, however, those aren't the only models in the 3000 series"

yeah i mean come on. everyone already knows those aren't the only models in the 3000 series

[phanbouy @ Apr 18th 2008 2:20PM]

Needless to say, of course, it's needless to say that it's not always needed to say needless to say.

[Mark @ Apr 18th 2008 2:16PM]

how do these compare to nvidia's mobile lineup?

[Navi Thach @ Apr 18th 2008 2:28PM]

Way better than a Intel GMA X3100/X3500, it should give a higher system experience score in Vista. I would imagine better than the GF6/7 IGPs and on par or better with the GF8 series.

[phanbouy @ Apr 18th 2008 2:27PM]

engadget, your profile links are borked. they're showing up as "http://%globals['http_host']%/profile/etc"

[UKNigel @ Apr 18th 2008 2:31PM]

Yep, for me too.

[Chicksta @ Apr 18th 2008 2:29PM]

Five sentences, 14 commas. That, was just, painful.

[phanbouy @ Apr 18th 2008 2:33PM]

And the P545, series have XQ299 functionality, however, needless to say it's limited in scope to the RX7323 implementation, as you may recall, that was promised by, the LinPus forum. I'm sure you'll be wanting to get your hands, on this little puppy, niggles and all, pronto!

[Esat Dedezade @ Apr 18th 2008 2:34PM]

I agree although the mass of numbers (which obviously the writer cannot help but write) don't make it any easier on the eyes. I had to read it a couple of times but got it in the end.

[turban @ Apr 19th 2008 4:46PM]

4k series debuts in june? tad bit behind. but mobile radeons are better then what nvidea has to offer. there's a 3850 x2? since when? might get one.

[crsh @ Apr 18th 2008 8:25PM]

The 3850 is just a slower 3870, it's the same chip; not entirely sure why a X2 would be a viable laptop device though.

[Fara @ Apr 18th 2008 5:00PM]

It's out on the Asus F8Sp as well.

[doudOSX @ Apr 18th 2008 5:10PM]

wow.........if i had enough cash i wold see if this blends...by the way..will it blend???

[Laughing Man @ Apr 18th 2008 9:46PM]

There is no 3850 X2, someone forgot to do their homework. Tisk, tisk, tisk.

[iofthestorm @ Apr 19th 2008 2:23AM]

Yes there is, you forgot to do your homework. Dunno about a mobile version, but then this is the first I've heard of a mobile 3870 too.
http://www.tweaktown.com/news/9224/index.html

[Laughing Man @ Apr 19th 2008 11:45PM]

Thanks for the heads up. I stopped doing my homework when college took all my money. :(

[ILOSTMYCAT @ Aug 12th 2008 6:01AM]

Hey, look! I found my cat!