[newzhunter]

Sooner than expected, we've been served some more information about the prototype triple-core card from ASUS. Radeon HD 3850 Trinity will sport three RV670 cores, all on separate MXM modules. Last we reported we did not know the exact specifications of the card, but those have been unveiled today. The core clock is 668MHz and each core has 512MB GDDR3 memory running at 1656MHz, that's a total of 1536MB (and 960 unified shaders if you want to get technical).



3DMark 03: 94,110 points



3DMark 06: 24,909 points


Kinc has served us with some benchmarks with the card, using an air cooled system and the card overclocked to the maximum setting in Catalyst Control Center, 769/1053MHz, he managed to achieve some quite impressive scores. The results in 3DMark 03 has to be one of the highest single card scores we've seen, if not the highest. He used a system based on the ASUS Rampage Formula X48 with an Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9770 overclocked to 4.6 GHz (11x419).

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[Niceone]

Original news were bogus.. this has 512MB usable vram which makes much more sense. With that memory this gets similar scores in 3dMark06 than 9800 GX2 (which means that in games it will lose).
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If this card arrives then it's up to price. That card is way too expensive in current form and would be more expensive than 9800 GX2. This would at least need air cooler in order to fight pricewise. Problem is that this kind of card would consume much more than HD3870 X2 which already has the highest powerconsumption of current gen cards.

[PhiBer]

OMG.. new hoot! Will it be cheaper than 3870x2?

[Niceone]

Originally Posted by PhiBer

OMG.. new hoot! Will it be cheaper than 3870x2?

Erhm.. This card has 3xRV670 when 3870X2 has 2xRV670. This card has 3x512MB vram, 3870X2 has 2x512MB vram.

This card has heavy water cooling solution, HD3870X2 has simple air cooling solution

This card has actually four PCBs, HD3870X2 has only one.

Think.

[halocast]

Originally Posted by Niceone

Erhm.. This card has 3xRV670 when 3870X2 has 2xRV670. This card has 3x512MB vram, 3870X2 has 2x512MB vram.

This card has heavy water cooling solution, HD3870X2 has simple air cooling solution

This card has actually four PCBs, HD3870X2 has only one.

Think.

Not possible?

3850 x 3 + WC hmm.. i say possibly same price as a 3870X2 to make it competitive

[Niceone]

Well if they don't want any profits from this card then it is possible. HD3870 X2 is already very aggressively priced.

[nOtmeme]

From what i think the idea behind this card is not about how much core you can squeeze into one card but the 3 MXM slot on a PCIX16. just imagine you can upgrade the Core by plugging out the card and change to newer one.(smaller PCB, less connector etc..) this save the earth by reducing electronic waste..

It will increase frame rate in Crysis from 7 fps to 13 fps on max settings.

[Fatfool]

what the hell?!

wasn't this a concept card nia? how did they get it working and benching so fast.

anyway, they really should leave out that WC solution. that TT system has been reviewed before and it sucks.

just the waterblock to connect to an existing WC system will do.

[nubie2]

Originally Posted by nOtmeme

From what i think the idea behind this card is not about how much core you can squeeze into one card but the 3 MXM slot on a PCIX16. just imagine you can upgrade the Core by plugging out the card and change to newer one.(smaller PCB, less connector etc..) this save the earth by reducing electronic waste..

Better yet, why can't we have the MXM slots on the motherboard , then I can put a TR-120 Extreme on it , and use HR-05's to cool the RAM.

Originally Posted by Fatfool

what the hell?!

wasn't this a concept card nia? how did they get it working and benching so fast.

anyway, they really should leave out that WC solution. that TT system has been reviewed before and it sucks.

just the waterblock to connect to an existing WC system will do.

They just put 3 of their laptop video cards onto a PCI-Express card. Next they need to put it on a motherboard with the core facing outward, finally no more stupid PCB at a right angle to the motherboard ruining the airflow

[nOtmeme]

Originally Posted by nubie2

Better yet, why can't we have the MXM slots on the motherboard , then I can put a TR-120 Extreme on it , and use HR-05's to cool the RAM.


They just put 3 of their laptop video cards onto a PCI-Express card. Next they need to put it on a motherboard with the core facing outward, finally no more stupid PCB at a right angle to the motherboard ruining the airflow

if the MXM on motherboard then u will not have space for other PCI/PCIx slot for expansion card.