AMD-ATI Ships Radeon 2900 XT With 1GB Memory

MojoKid writes "Prior to AMD-ATI's Radeon HD 2000 series introduction, rumors circulated regarding an ultra-high clocked ATI R600-based card, that featured a large 1GB frame buffer. Some even went so far as to say the GPU would be clocked near 1GHz. When the R600 arrived in the form of the Radeon HD 2900 XT, it was outfitted with 'only' 512MB of frame buffer memory and its GPU and memory clock speeds didn't come close to the numbers in those early rumors. Some of AMD's partners, however, have since decided to introduce R600-based products that do feature 1GB frame buffers, like the Diamond Viper HD 2900 XT 1GB in both single-card and CrossFire configurations. At 2GHz DDR, the memory on the card is also clocked higher than AMD's reference designs but the GPU remains clocked at 742MHz"

But...

[gQuigs]

Does it run (on) Linux yet?

also, more vespene gas

[User 956]

When the R600 arrived in the form of the Radeon HD 2900 XT, it was outfitted with 'only' 512MB of frame buffer memory and its GPU and memory clock speeds didn't come close to the numbers in those early rumors.

Well, that's because when they tried to build the 1GB units, a loud voice was heard saying "We require more minerals", and production was blocked.

Finally some effects!

[The-Pheon]

With this new hardware, will be able to run vim with some colors for syntax highlighting? :)

Ahh...

[xx01dk]

Question. Where are the ships? I wanted to read about video cards and ships. This article only half-delivers.

Re:But...

[dascritch]

A lit'l more RAM and it can run Windows Vista. By itself.

Re:"Framebuffer memory"

[AHuxley]

640p is enough for anyone.

Re:But...

[hitmark]

but dont expect it to run any office software at the same time...

Re:Considering 32-bit OSes are still mainstream..

[Spikeles]

"Who are you? You are not Orz! We are Orz! Orz are happy *people energy* from the outside. Can you come together with Orz for *parties*?" - The Orz, Star Control II

Re:Frame buffer? You mean video ram?

[aliquis]

And here he where trying to be cool using new words he had seen, and you ruined it all :(

Re:Depends on what side your on...

[Anonymous Coward]

Hey, nice backwards smiley there. The smiley emoticon has been around for 25 years, and it looks like this: :)

bitchin

[savuporo]

All these years later, and its still no match for the original Bitchin' fast 3d! 2000 [carcino.gen.nz] Livin' la Video loca con Puerto Para Garficios Acelerados Gigante!

Re:Considering 32-bit OSes are still mainstream..

[Anonymous Coward]

I always plan on doubling everything at next major upgrade.

Exactly. That's why I'm holding out for 128 bit CPUs for my next upgrade.


I'm holding out for 65 bit CPU's for my next upgrade.

Re:Considering 32-bit OSes are still mainstream..

[Schemat1c]

Note: Wasn't talking about for ME. I'm already running 64-bit, as I've chosen hardware that's fairly well supported driver-wise.

Sorry but even 64-bit isn't going to help ME run any better.

Re:Considering 32-bit OSes are still mainstream..

[ichigo 2.0]

Lies! Windows ME runs exactly as designed!

Too bad it was designed by left-handed monkeys on crack.

Re:But...

[UnderDark]

Why would I want a card whose only purpose in life is make lots of calculations quickly and accurately run MS Office Excel 2007?

Re:Considering 32-bit OSes are still mainstream..

[ichigo 2.0]

In Soviet Russia, left hand is always right!

Re:Considering 32-bit OSes are still mainstream..

[BosstonesOwn]

YES ! Finally Tux Racer in all it's full accelerated glory !