Club 3D and Sapphire serve up their 3870 X2 graphics cards

by Parm Mann on 28 January 2008, 13:21

Tags: HIS Radeon HD 3870, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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ATI's partners line up to take advantage of R680 chipset

ATI's Radeon HD 3870 X2 has claimed the performance crown over rival NVIDIA by combining two Radeon HD 3870s in crossfire form on a single card.

Taking full advantage of ATI's R680 chipset, ATI's long list of partners are now launching their range of HD 3870 X2 cards. First up, Club 3D and Sapphire.

Both cards feature a dual-slot configuration, 1GB of GDDR3 memory and enough grunt to label them both as potentially "faster than any other series out there". In terms of competition among one another, Sapphire takes the lead on paper with a GPU clock of 825MHz, compared to Club 3D's 775 MHz.

Sapphire HD 3870 X2 specifications:

Chipset

HD 3870 x2

Engine clock

825MHz

Stream processors

320 x2

RAMDAC

400MHz x2

Memory clock

900MHz GDDR3

Memory interface

256-bit + 256-bit

Memory Support

2x 512MB

Cooling

Active dual slot cooling

Bus Interface

PCI-Express x16

Variable display outputs

Dual DVI, TV out, VGA & HDMI via adapter

Max 3D resolution

2560x1600 (dual-link DVI)
1024 x 768 (TV out)

Hardware Features

DirectX® 10.1
ShaderModel 4.1

Software Feature

ATI AvivoTM


Club 3D HD 3870 X2 specifications:

Ordercode

CGAX-38724X2

GPU

ATI R680

GPU Speed

775 MHz

Memory Type

1024 MB GDDR3

Memory Speed

1800 MHz

Memory Bandwidth

2 x 256-Bit

Stream Processors

640 (320 x 2)

API Support

DirectX® 10.1

Shader Model

4.1

Max. Resolution

2560 X 1600

Dual Link DVI Out

2x

VGA Out

DVI to VGA Adapter

HDTV Out

Yes

Video Out

1x

HDCP Support

Yes

No exact pricing information on either card just yet, but expect them to start showing up - and selling out - very soon.

We'll be putting the Sapphire HD 3870 X2 through its paces later this week, whilst you wait, be sure to take a look at our extensive review of the ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Official press releases:
Club 3D HD 3870 X2 1024 MB
DUAL HD 3870 FROM SAPPHIRE PUSHES PERFORMANCE



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