R600/2900 End Of Line, October

Tom|Nbk · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:02

http://www.vr-zone.com/articles/Radeon_HD_2900_GT_Launch_on_Oct_8th_for_US$_199/5297.html

AMD plans to launch Radeon HD 2900 GT on October 8th at US$199 while HD 2900 Pro continues to be in limited supply at US$249. The existence of these 2 cards are just to get rid of the R600 stock that didn't attained XT speeds before RV670 comes along in November. However, HD 2900 XT, GT and Pro will reach EOL by end of October so the lifespan of the two new cards is really short. Radeon HD 2900GT will sport only 240 stream processors instead of 320 and a 256-bit memory interface instead of 512-bit for the 2900 Pro. HD 2900 GT card uses 256MB of GDDR3 memories while 2900 Pro card is able to use 512MB to 1GB of GDDR3/4 memories. Both cards are clocked at 600MHz core and 1.6GHz for the memories.

Looks like the 2900's are being discontinued in October. Which is a shock, It seems quite soon. I have a feeling ATi just wanted to recoup as much of the R600 production costs as possible then start fresh with a new outlay/product. Hopefully they fire the guy that designed the R600 aswell

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manic111 · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:08

Interesting-could be some nice cheap graphics cards come November!

gareth170 · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:17

so the HD 2900 XT, GT and Pro will be discontinued by end of october??

so does this mean the 2950 in november will be around the same price of the 2900xt or the pro?

what will be the high end card? 2950xt? lol

Tom|Nbk · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:20

gareth170 said:
so the HD 2900 XT, GT and Pro will be discontinued by end of october??

Correct, the production of these cards stops but there will still be stock levels to shift.

LoadsaMoney · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:21

Should be cheaper than the XT as its just the 2900 pro on a 55nm process with a 256 bit bus so i heard.

Aint even got their Dx10 drivers sorted yet and they killing off their cards, oh dear, what a ******* shambles.

gurusan · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:22

So whats after the R600?

LoadsaMoney · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:24

Their next high-end card is the GX2 jobbie, the 2x cards slapped together, coming around Jan/Feb to take on the old 8800 Ultra, its a fiasco for them this.

Tom|Nbk · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:26

gurusan said:
So whats after the R600?

There is a 55nm Pro coming. then after this R700 should be surfacing some time in Q2 08. I have a feeling ATi want to "forget" the R600 as soon as possible

gareth170 · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:27

after the HD 2900 XT, GT and Pro discontinued there be no high end card that what i don't understand.. or i guess the 2950pro will be... abit silly..

Cyber-Mav · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:28

and they will use the excuse that driver support is no longer supplied for discontinued products.

they have lost the plot. and everything i said right from the start 8 months ago has happend. the prophecy has been almost fullfilled.

ati will go like 3dfx did.

Gerard · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:30

Cyber-Mav said:
and they will use the excuse that driver support is no longer supplied for discontinued products.

they have lost the plot. and everything i said right from the start 8 months ago has happend. the prophecy has been almost fullfilled.

ati will go like 3dfx did.

Go cal them again and bore us with the details. :rolleyes:

They have one card that didn't get the job done out of the gates and its doom and gloom, ATI R THE DEAD OH GNOES!!!!

Tom|Nbk · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:31

Gerard said:
Go cal them again and bore us with the details.

They have one card that didn't get the job done out of the gates and its doom and gloom, ATI R THE DEAD OH GNOES!!!!

Yea Mav's logic

Rackerz · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:33

I hope the card isn't diminshed ahead of it's time, I hope some driver updates come with this thing!

Cyber-Mav · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:35

Gerard said:
Go cal them again and bore us with the details.

They have one card that didn't get the job done out of the gates and its doom and gloom, ATI R THE DEAD OH GNOES!!!!

why shoudl i waste my credit on them? they are too far down to bail out now, and will forever be playing catchup. they shoudl have taken my help 8 months ago. now the only help i can give them is : www.jobserve.co.uk

Cyber-Mav · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:36

Rackerz said:
I hope the card isn't diminshed ahead of it's time, I hope some driver updates come with this thing!

the linux drivers have become open source i believe, and they will probably let the community take over the windows driver updates. can;t think of much more really.

gareth170 · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:36

is this just a rumour or true?

Cuchulain · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:36

I'm confused, I've just read a couple of threads where people are going on about how the 2900XT must be an embarrasment for AMD/ATI, how so? It's priced to compete with the 8800GTS 640 and beats it in most benchmarks so apart from the rather noisy fan under load, how exactly was it so bad?

Cyber-Mav · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:37

gareth170 said:
is this just a rumour or true?

thread started by tomnbk so it has to be true.

Cyber-Mav · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:37

Cuchulain said:
I'm confused, I've just read a couple of threads where people are going on about how the 2900XT must be an embarrasment for AMD/ATI, how so? It's priced to compete with the 8800GTS 640 and beats it in most benchmarks so apart from the rather noisy fan under load, how exactly was it so bad?

read firingsquads latest reviews, not pretty.

willhub · 30 Sep 2007 at 23:38

Cuchulain said:
I'm confused, I've just read a couple of threads where people are going on about how the 2900XT must be an embarrasment for AMD/ATI, how so? It's priced to compete with the 8800GTS 640 and beats it in most benchmarks so apart from the rather noisy fan under load, how exactly was it so bad?

I'd rather have a GTS 640 over a 2900XT.

ATi are running themselves though the floor now, gonna kill themselves off soon.