Radeon™ HD 3890

Big.Wayne · 16 Dec 2007 at 07:31

So I was talking to a bloke . . . who knows a bloke . . . that works for AMD . .

He was mentioning a new Radeon part coming soon called HD3890 which impressed me because I spend far to much time reading these forums and never heard a sniff about that!

Anyone heard any news about this? . . . or have I made a pea-roast :eek:

[Death] · 16 Dec 2007 at 07:50

isnt the 3890 just like the nvidia gx2?

dbmzk1 · 16 Dec 2007 at 08:16

Indeed it is a HD 3870 X2 type affair. The name has not been decided yet, officially at least.

SS-89 · 16 Dec 2007 at 09:54

Isnt that Ati's dual gpu part that has two cores on one die thus only one card unlike the gx2.

gurusan · 16 Dec 2007 at 09:56

I'm 99.99% sure 3890 is just another name for the 3870x2 (R680). I don't think either name is fully official as of yet.

pendulum666 · 16 Dec 2007 at 10:17

And whats the 3870 x2 when its at home? Dual core GPU processor?

oweneades · 16 Dec 2007 at 10:50

3870 x 2 is simply crossfire on a stick. (ie two seperate gpu dies on one pcb)

cavemanoc · 16 Dec 2007 at 11:13

Oooo - if ATi could get their drivers going they really could show off some outrageously powerful stuff - Imagine 4x3890s in Crossfire-x? :eek:

Now that really would make the Matrox TripleHead2Go worth a look on 3x30" Dells (if Matrox likewise pulled their thumbs out!)

- Certainly give Spider the edge in the graphics department - AMD would love that!

mrthingyx · 16 Dec 2007 at 11:40

From all reports, the 3890 or whatever it's called won't work in 4-card configs. The (physical) limit is four GPUs at this point.

SS-89 · 16 Dec 2007 at 11:43

Still regardless it would be quad crossfire on two cards

. However, im extremely peeved that the R700 isnt coming out this year, ATi merging with AMD was a complete mistake and if they keep cutting back they are going to run ATi into the ground.

ZXSpectrum · 16 Dec 2007 at 11:57

I have quite a big ATI Engineeing sample at work.. But its not a Radeon... And its HUUUUUUUGGGGEEEEE!!!!!

paradigm · 16 Dec 2007 at 11:58

FireGL perchance?

ZXSpectrum · 16 Dec 2007 at 12:04

Yup...

just got it installed yesterday... Dual Xeon 8Gb With a nice big card... with 1gb ram... Not got the 2gb version yet...

Vir · 16 Dec 2007 at 12:08

Skyline said:
I have quite a big ATI Engineeing sample at work.. But its not a Radeon... And its HUUUUUUUGGGGEEEEE!!!!!

So, what's it called master skyline?

ZXSpectrum · 16 Dec 2007 at 12:10

FireGL 8600... There is a 8650 with 2gb but no one has got that one yet as far as i know...

Big.Wayne · 16 Dec 2007 at 16:43

Good stuff, thanks for replies, seems some of you have heard of this card then, didn't know it was a dual-GPU.

Any ETA?

willhub · 16 Dec 2007 at 16:45

So if its a dual GPU, so maybe 3870 on one PCB, then its going to cost a little over double 2 3870's wont it. So basically its just 2x 3870's.

something_totally_different · 16 Dec 2007 at 17:34

oweneades said:
3870 x 2 is simply crossfire on a stick. (ie two seperate gpu dies on one pcb)

unlike nvidias X2 range cards which tend to be:

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Big.Wayne · 16 Dec 2007 at 17:36

Lol cmon!

Lets keep it technical peeps! :cool:

Tute · 16 Dec 2007 at 17:36

SS-89 said:
R700 isnt coming out this year

That would give them two and a half weeks!