As usually , in sprite of the near announcement, the characteristics of video card on the base of sequential video chip begin to be depicted more clearly. Conformably to R600 we know that the models video card will be disseminated in the end of February, and already in the first days of March can take place announcement. Accessibility video card in sale must be almost instantaneous, the need for movement for this principle became one of the basic reasons for transfer anoncement on March.
Video card on the basis of chip r600 will exist as the minimum in two versions: with memory of type GDDR- E and with memory of type GDDR-4. It was previously considered that the latter will be released later, but fresh info make possible to hope that both will leave simultaneously. To The amateurs of impressive characteristics these video card will gladden by support of 1024 mb memory and 512- bit system bus.
Meanwhile company NVIDIA recently decided to enlarge presence of video card with the support Of directX 10 with the price segment of $349, after declaring about plans with respect to the release of the cheap version geForce 8800 GTS with 320 mb memory of type GDDR- E. Its official recommended price must be $299.
Does this indicate that AMD will not have worthy answer to GeForce 8800 GTS 320 mb.? According to the preliminary information available to us, AMD plans to release a third modification video card on the base of chip r600, which will use 256 mb memory of type GDDR- E and sold on price on the order of $249-299. When appears this video card, and what will be its remaining characteristics, we hope to know soon....