ATI is also working on an interesting Core 2-compatible chipset, currently codenamed RD600. When ATI ships it in Q4 this year, it’s rumored that most RD600-powered motherboards will have three PCI-E x16 slots. The Intel D975XBX already has this type of physical slot configuration, but the RD600 will support more actual PCI-E lanes, so each slot will likely have more electrical connections. ATI’s goals with the RD600 will be to offer full-bandwidth CrossFire compatibility using a pair of PEG slots, with the third PCI-E x16 slot being used for an additional graphics card to handle physics calculations. ATI has been showcasing a system featuring three graphics cards in physics demos, so the rumors look true. The RD600 will be coupled with the upcoming SB600 southbridge and share many features and specifications with the currently available RD580, or the CrossFire Xpress 3200. This new chipset will, if the rumor circulating right now are true, support three graphics cards. THREE. ATI thinks that people are going go out and buy three ATI graphics cards just so that they can use one for physics. Intel will probably not pull Intel's chipset bus lisence, yet. So, RD600 is
probably safe but RS700 due out sometime in '07 will be endangered. Special thanks to
Dailytech and
CPU.
ATI is also working on an interesting Core 2-compatible chipset, currently codenamed RD600. When ATI ships it in Q4 this year, it’s rumored that most RD600-powered motherboards will have three PCI-E x16 slots. The Intel D975XBX already has this type of physical slot configuration, but the RD600 will support more actual PCI-E lanes, so each slot will likely have more electrical connections. ATI’s goals with the RD600 will be to offer full-bandwidth CrossFire compatibility using a pair of PEG slots, with the third PCI-E x16 slot being used for an additional graphics card to handle physics calculations. ATI has been showcasing a system featuring three graphics cards in physics demos, so the rumors look true. The RD600 will be coupled with the upcoming SB600 southbridge and share many features and specifications with the currently available RD580, or the CrossFire Xpress 3200. This new chipset will, if the rumor circulating right now are true, support three graphics cards. THREE. ATI thinks that people are going go out and buy three ATI graphics cards just so that they can use one for physics. Intel will probably not pull Intel's chipset bus lisence, yet. So, RD600 is probably safe but RS700 due out sometime in '07 will be endangered. Special thanks to Dailytech and CPU.
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