R520 Desktop Chip running at E3

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For those of us who were wondering exactly when the R520 would be working on Desktop platforms, AnandTech have seen one running on an Intel PCI-E based system.

The R520, not the GPU in the upcoming Xbox 360 but rather the next-generation PC GPU, was running in an Intel PCIe system at ATI's booth.

The system was used to demonstrate Remedy's upcoming title called Alan Wake. The game itself was quite impressive, with an incredibly large and interactive environment, as well as some of the most impressive weather effects we'd ever seen.

Alan Wake is designed for the next-generation consoles (e.g. Xbox 360 and PS3), and thus wasn't running perfectly smoothly on the R520 but performance was quite respectable.

So looks like this year for a release.

Article:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2421