Gigabyte United, Micro-Star International (MSI) and Asustek Computer have announced new product lines based on AMD's latest ATI Radeon HD 3800 series GPUs.
Gigabyte United's GV-RX38 series includes the GV-RX387512H-B featuring 512MB of 256-bit GDDR4 memory and the GV-RX385256H-B with 256MB of GDDR3 265-bit memory. With PCI Express 2.0 compatibility, easy AMD CrossFireX scalability, built-in HDMI and 5.1 surround audio, the GV-RX38 series allows users to completely immerse themselves in a total HD gaming experience, said Gigabyte.
MSI unveiled RX3870 and RX3850 series graphics cards with an all-copper pipe cooling solution and fanless design to provide a silent and quiet working environment.
MSI offers an exclusive image quality enhancement technology, Vivid, allowing adjustment of screen display settings, according to the company.
Asustek introduced the EAH3800 TOP series the EAH3850 TOP/G/HTDI/256M and the EAH3870 TOP/G/HTDI/512M. The cards are overclocked for an 8% performance boost over reference design boards, Asustek noted.
The EAH3800 series also comes with the exclusive Asustek GamerOSD that is able to deliver GPU overclocking from onscreen displays during game play.
| Asustek Radeon HD 3800 series graphics cards specifications | |||||
| Model | EAH3870 TOP/G/HTDI/512M | EAH3850 TOP/G/HTDI/256M | EAH3870/G/HTDI/512M | EAH3850/G/HTDI/512M | EAH3850/G/HTDI/256M |
| Graphics Engine | Radeon HD 3870 | Radeon HD 3850 | Radeon HD 3870 | Radeon HD 3850 | Radeon HD 3850 |
| Video Memory | 512MB DDR4 | 256MB DDR3 | 512MB DDR4 | 512MB DDR3 | 256MB DDR3 |
| Engine Clock | 850MHz | 730MHz | 775MHz | 668MHz | 668MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2.28GHz (1.14GHz DDR4) | 1.9GHz (950MHz DDR3) | 2.25GHz (1.125GHz DDR4) | 1.65GHz (828MHz DDR3) | 1.65GHz (828MHz DDR3) |
| Memory Interface | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| DVI Max. Resolution | 2560×1600 | 2560×1600 | 2560×1600 | 2560×1600 | 2560×1600 |
| Bus Standard | PCI Express 2.0 | PCI Express 2.0 | PCI Express 2.0 | PCI Express 2.0 | PCI Express 2.0 |
| DVI Output | DVI-I | DVI-I | DVI-I | DVI-I | DVI-I |
| HDCP compliant | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| D-Sub Output | Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor | Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor | Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor | Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor | Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor |
| HDTV Output | YES, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor | YES, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor | YES, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor | YES, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor | YES, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor |
| TV Output | YES, via HDTV Out cable | YES, via HDTV Out cable | YES, via HDTV Out cable | YES, via HDTV Out cable | YES, via HDTV Out cable |
| Adaptor/Cable Bundled | YES, via S-Video to Composite | YES, via S-Video to Composite | YES, via S-Video to Composite | YES, via S-Video to Composite | YES, via S-Video to Composite |
| DVI-to-D-Sub adapter | DVI-to-D-Sub adapter | DVI-to-D-Sub adapter | DVI-to-D-Sub adapter | DVI-to-D-Sub adapter | |
Source: Company, compiled by Digitimes, November 2007
| Gigabyte Radeon HD 3800 series graphics cards specifications | ||
| Model | GV-RX385256H-B | GV-RX387512H-B |
| Chipset | ATI Radeon HD 3850 | ATI Radeon HD 3870 |
| Memory | 256MB | 512MB |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Type | GDDR3 | GDDR4 |
| Card dimension | ATX | ATX |
| Bus Type | PCIe 2.0 | PCIe 2.0 |
| D-SUB | Yes | Yes |
| TV-OUT | Yes | Yes |
| DVI Port | Y (DVI-I) | Y (DVI-I) |
| VIVO | No | No |
| Multi View | Yes | Yes |
Source: Company compiled by Digitimes, November 2007
MSI ATI RX 3870 graphics card
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Gigabyte GV-RX387512H-B graphics card
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Gigabyte GV-RX385256H-B graphics card
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Asustek EAH3870 graphics card
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