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We've already told you a bit about ATI's upcoming mainboard chipset RD600. With Computex around the corner more details are now surfacing. Something very interesting .. loads of features we saw on the nForce 590 SLI mainboard will be introduced at the RD600 chipset. While NVIDIA has LinkBoost which overclocks the HyperTransport links between the MCP and SPP, ATI will have a similar feature that will overclock the PCI Express bus 25% which they claim improves dongle-less CrossFire performance.
ATI has developed an elaborate memory controller that operates asynchronously from the front-side bus. No more memory dividers means the front-side bus can be overclocked drastically without being limited to memory. There will also be support for DDR2-1066 too. ATI claims the RD600 has been overclocked to 375 MHz (1500 MHz Quad pumped) using the current reference board.
One very distinctive feature however will be a third graphics slot .. to be used for a graphics card that'll process physics calculations and obviously Intel support (Conroe Core Duo 2 for example) Sweet ! Let's have a look at some slides (courtesy of HKEPC).
ATI RD600 chipset for new Intel-based motherboards, it's going to be a very enthusiast targeted platform. Though its features are similar to those of RD580 (Radeon Xpress 3200) introduced in March, it still has a number of typical differences.
It seems that the mainboard will support 1333MHz nominal and up to 1.5GHz (!) overclocked FSB. There also will be an asynchronous memory controller with clock rate independent from the FSB. The chipset will support memory up to DDR2-1066.
http://www.guru3d.com/admin/imageview.php?image=7837
Taking on the NVIDIA nTune software will be the ATI System Management (ASM) software application. ASM is a Windows XP utility that supports FSB, Memory Clock, PCI-E clock, memory timings and voltage adjustments Also supported will be three fully-featured PCI-Express x16 interfaces for three graphics cards. Two of these may work in the CrossFire mode, while the third can process physics calculations. The CrossFire mode won't require any connectors anymore.
The RD600 will be made using 90nm process, so it will be cooled passively due to lower heat dissipation. Besides the top-end RD600, boards on which will cost $150 and more, several cheaper solutions will be released also.
Source: hkepc
We've already told you a bit about ATI's upcoming mainboard chipset RD600. With Computex around the corner more details are now surfacing. Something very interesting .. loads of features we saw on the nForce 590 SLI mainboard will be introduced at the RD600 chipset. While NVIDIA has LinkBoost which overclocks the HyperTransport links between the MCP and SPP, ATI will have a similar feature that will overclock the PCI Express bus 25% which they claim improves dongle-less CrossFire performance.
ATI has developed an elaborate memory controller that operates asynchronously from the front-side bus. No more memory dividers means the front-side bus can be overclocked drastically without being limited to memory. There will also be support for DDR2-1066 too. ATI claims the RD600 has been overclocked to 375 MHz (1500 MHz Quad pumped) using the current reference board.
One very distinctive feature however will be a third graphics slot .. to be used for a graphics card that'll process physics calculations and obviously Intel support (Conroe Core Duo 2 for example) Sweet ! Let's have a look at some slides (courtesy of HKEPC).
ATI RD600 chipset for new Intel-based motherboards, it's going to be a very enthusiast targeted platform. Though its features are similar to those of RD580 (Radeon Xpress 3200) introduced in March, it still has a number of typical differences.
It seems that the mainboard will support 1333MHz nominal and up to 1.5GHz (!) overclocked FSB. There also will be an asynchronous memory controller with clock rate independent from the FSB. The chipset will support memory up to DDR2-1066.
http://www.guru3d.com/admin/imageview.php?image=7837
Taking on the NVIDIA nTune software will be the ATI System Management (ASM) software application. ASM is a Windows XP utility that supports FSB, Memory Clock, PCI-E clock, memory timings and voltage adjustments Also supported will be three fully-featured PCI-Express x16 interfaces for three graphics cards. Two of these may work in the CrossFire mode, while the third can process physics calculations. The CrossFire mode won't require any connectors anymore.
The RD600 will be made using 90nm process, so it will be cooled passively due to lower heat dissipation. Besides the top-end RD600, boards on which will cost $150 and more, several cheaper solutions will be released also.
Source: hkepc
