Yes it does. Go here to start checking it out.

Additional news...RV635 is going to be released with DisplayPort. Here is the news. Supposedly to be released for R700 and RS780...oh well...

There's no G100. It's either D9M (mainstream), D9P (performance) or D9E (enthusiast). There's no R780 as well. It is RS780...but then again, the roadmap may change and it could be R780.

Straying too much from topic again...

Wow...you guys Croosfire like mad. I only buy one card at a time. When the game demands more graphics, I'll buy another card to pair it up...Buying 2 cards at a time...don't seem like a viable option to me. Better to get one greater performance card now, but keep in mind that it can be extended later through Croosfire/SLI. Thus, HD3850 is not an option for me.

Drivers are always maturing for current products unless you have old or EOL stuffs.

GDDR3 vs GDDR4
1) 7.2 vs 11.2 GBps per chip max data speed
2) 1.8 vs 2.8 GBps per pin max data rate
3) 1.8 vs 1.5 v minimum power consumption which results in a 20-25% energy savings
4) 2.1 vs 1.9 v maximum power for overclocking
5) 4 vs 8 bit burst length which allows more memory bandwidth and lower latency
6) no DBI vs DBI: Data Bus Inversion - it takes more energy to transfer 0s than 1s. When there are a lot of 0s to move, it will send them as 1s instead and then use DBI to signal that all those 1s needed to be flipped back to 0s. This is a power saving feature.
7) Three point voltage control via video card driver for fine tuning and overclocking

As a comparison, the X1900xt uses GDDR3 at 1.45GHz while the X1950xtx uses GDDR4 at 2GHz. This difference helps the the X1950xtx get 64GBps memory bandwidth over the 46.4GBps of the X1900xt. As for the future, GDDR5 is expected in 2008 and will use 1.2-1.5v. The next GDDR interation might be in 2010 and use 1.2v max.

Source: Computer Power User

TomsHardware (reviews of 8800GT, 8800GTS and HD38x0) mentioned that the rated speed for GDDR3 is 1000MHz while GDDR4 is 1200MHz. Hence, GDDR4 can be overclocked much further than GDDR3. That will make a lot of difference.

This post has been edited by clayclws: Dec 13 2007, 06:00 PM

See those bold parts? Let me explain something for you. People list down things as they want...even those price list that you see.

GDDR3 (not DDR3 - G stand for Graphics) has a rated speed of 1000MHz. At Double Data Rate, it is rated at 2000MHz.

GDDR4 (also not DDR4) has a rated speed of 1200MHz. At Double Data Rate, it is rated at 2400MHz.

So what you read is wrong...typo or marketing ploy. GDDR3 will always be at 1000MHz (2000 DDR) or less (JEDEC Standards and not OC types) and GDDR4 will always be at 1200MHz (2400 DDR) or less (JEDEC Standards and not OC types).

Not the same. You can refer to Wikipedia or Anandtech. The technology of DDR3 is somewhere between GDDR3 and GDDR4.

DDR3 has better specs than GDDR3. Compare the specs.

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Added on December 14, 2007, 3:18 pm

So...anyone want to start a new thread?

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This post has been edited by clayclws: Dec 14 2007, 03:18 PM

Yes you are right. DDR3 is for CPU. GDDR3 is for graphics as I pointed out earlier that the G stands for Graphics. DDR3 has specifications better than GDDR3. JEDEC had wanted to incorporate GDDR4 specs into DDR3 but, well, as you know, GDDR and DDR has different...erm, let's call it architecture...different architecture.

Which? The DDR3 vs GDDR3 part? I've explained that.

R680? I don't have much info. I post it up so that someone that is better informed could start a new thread on it. You could look around the web for lots regarding R680. Even the "leaked" pictures are available.

Indeed it is. 2 cores on a single PCB. I don't know how they Crossfire or whatever that they are doing though. The scalability of performance would probably be similar to two HD3870 running in Crossfire...but I wouldn't rely on that.

7950GX2 has 2 cores on 2 PCBs being connected through SLI and being sold as a single card. R680 has 2 cores on 1 PCB being connected through some kind of Crossfire. But that's not confirmed yet...

How many people that owns the HD38x0 have tried the CF?

Waiting for HIS IceQ version of HD3870? Sapphire has something nice up their sleeves as well...

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Wow...you should have bought HD3870 in the first place. Anyway, not wise decision. If you are going to ditch your HD3850, wait for R680 in January/February...most likely will be introduced at CES.

Not confirmed yet...but, yeah...seems like it.

That money is for studying la...do part time work to fund your hobbies la...

Are you sure it is poor at overclocking?

Are you sure you want to risk your motherboard, CPU, GPU, RAM, HDD and DVDx with a normal PSU? Well, if you are not an enthusiast, CM Real Power 450W or CM Extreme Power 550W (both RM250 at PC-Zone) may be enough. Or you can look up the garage sales.

Supposedly USD15 more than the vanilla HD3870. In Malaysia, expect it to go RM100+ more. But don't expect it to be available in the market anytime soon.

This post has been edited by clayclws: Jan 3 2008, 12:20 PM

Why not take the 750W? At least you'll know that you are on the safe side, and it may prolong your PSU by not straining its workload. It is also future-proof for any upgrades and can accomodate all the case modding that you may fancy.