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21st March 2008, 17:03 | #1 |
Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium
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| AMD Radeon HD 3830 to compete with NVIDIA 8600GTS To better compete with NVIDIA's GeForce 8600GTS while looking at a price to performance ratio, AMD will launch a new model in the HD 3800 series with a more modest configuration than its two older counterparts. AMD's Radeon HD 3830 will be based on the RV670 core and will feature a 128-bit memory bus, potentially providing roughly half the memory bandwidth of the HD 3850 and 3870 depending on the type and speed of memory used. http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Preps+R...ticle11189.htm
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21st March 2008, 17:12 | #2 |
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| was there a point in time where the 8600GTS could be considered a smart buy? I never thought of that card as offering good performance for acceptable money. It was not much faster than 8600GT, but reasonably more expensive. Or as one once put it: You got 40% of performance of 8800GTS(320Mb) for 60% of the price. Now with 9600 GT in the picture, I don't know who would consider this 8600GTS? Looking at large online shops... 8600GTS is mostly available between €140~150. (on backorder only!) Cheapest 9600 GT in those same shops are ~€150 ( http://alternate.be/html/productDeta...l?artno=JBXYJ1 ) conclusion? 8600GTS is dead. phased out. AMD should not introduce a card in competition to a none-exisiting product. They already have the 3400 series to compete with 8500 and 3600 to compete with 8600 (GT). Why spend money on PR/packaging/etc for a product which doesn't really fit in anywhere...
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22nd March 2008, 12:28 | #3 |
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| They have crippled cores and they don't know what to do with it? |
22nd March 2008, 12:32 | #4 |
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| Then the 3400/3600 would be better served, no?
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22nd March 2008, 16:42 | #5 |
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| HD3650? Different core. This is RV670, the high-end AMD video processor, the 128-bit bus ain't that great but with lower GPU performance it should not be a bottleneck. It may overclock great, but then the memory bus width may become a problem. Lower priced as the 3850, maybe around 100€, I think this product could have a high performance/price ratio. |
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