In addition to Radeon HD 2900 Pro there is one additional card derived from Radeon HD 2900 XT, known to us by the name Radeon HD 2900 GT. In contrast to the untouched r600 video cards Radeon HD 2900 Pro, the card with GT suffix will possess only 240 shader processors, the GDDR- 3 memory volume will decrease to 256 mb and the system bus will be limited to 256 bits.
According to available data, Radeon HD 2900 GT will have identical design as Radeon HD 2900 XT and Radeon HD 2900 Pro - the clock frequencies will be 600/1600 MHz. Proportional lower price and drop performance in this case will be reached due to the decrease in the number of shader processors, lower memory volume and system bus . Support to HDMI, CrossFire, HDCP and two ports DVI will be preserved.
In sale the video card radeon HD 2900 GT will appear in the end of October. If we consider that for the low-end version radeon HD 2900 Pro AMD set the recommended price at $249 level then the cost Of radeon HD 2900 GT can easily descend to $219-229 or even below. This difference will not be justified for many ($20-30) and they will prefer to pay in order to obtain the easily overclocked to the level of Radeon HD 2900 XT semi finished product name radeon HD 2900 Pro.