ATI RD580: Dual x16 Crossfire Preview

Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
edited November 2005 in Science & Tech
Anandtech previews the nextgen ATI RD580 chipset offering a full 32 lanes of PCIe connectivity. Also in the article are some tidbits about the (surprising) performance of the X1800XT Crossfire vs the 7800GTX 256MB SLI.....
First and foremost, the RD580 breaks the HTT barrier in overclocking. Overclockers are used to having to drop HTT to 3X or 600HTT for their highest overclocks because the limit on current AMD HTT is 1000. RD580 requires no drop in HTT for even the highest overclocks.

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The comparison of the RD580 Dual x16 motherboard with X1800XT Crossfire to Asus A8N32-SLI with 7800GTX Crossfire seems a logical comparison to this reviewer. Comparing these results, ATI wins every benchmark. That means if RD580 and Crossfire were shipping today the graphics war would be on and plenty hot. The reality, however, is that X1800XT Crossfire and X1800XT PE are coming soon, and ATI RD580 will likely land in early to mid January.
Source: Anandtech

Comments

  • edcentricedcentric near Milwaukee, Wisconsin Icrontian
    edited November 2005
    I believe that it has 44 PCIe lanes total.

    It looks like the boys at ATI haven't been sleeping after all.
  • Omega65Omega65 Philadelphia, Pa
    edited November 2005
    edcentric wrote:
    I believe that it has 44 PCIe lanes total.

    It looks like the boys at ATI haven't been sleeping after all.

    Yes it does. Also according to the article the R580 (R520 w 24-32 pipes??) is due in January also
  • lemonlimelemonlime Canada Member
    edited November 2005
    I think the R580 will be a much more impressive card than the R520s..
  • GooDGooD Quebec (CAN) Member
    edited November 2005
    I have this feeling too... I'll maybe change my video card sooner than i was thinking :D
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