Advanced Micro Devices(AMD) Monday released a high-end graphics card ATI R adeon 3870 X2, which combines two chips on one board and is more power efficient and delivers better performance than its predecessor, ATI Radeon 3870.
"The chips consist of 55-nanometer process, which would double its performance," said Patrick Moorhead, vice president of advanced marketing at AMD.
Targeted at PC users who want high-end graphics, the X2 graphics board supports Microsoft's DirectX 10.1 gaming platform, said John Taylor, an AMD spokesman.
The graphics board plugs into a PCI Express slot, and supports up to 1G byte of memory. It includes DVI (digital visual interface) and DisplayLink ports to support external multimedia devices.
The card will support CrossfireX technology by the end of this quarter, which will allow up to four graphics cards to work together to scale multimedia performance, AMD said in a news release.
With high-end features and midrange pricing, AMD's Moorhead hopes the new graphics card will boost the company's product offerings and heat up competition with rival Nvidia.
"It's hard to predict whether the card will help AMD steal graphics market share from Nvidia," said Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research. "It has the potential to do that if AMD is able to manufacture [X2] in volume."
Source:Xinhua/Agencies
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