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For OEMs
Due to a delay of RV710 and RV730 mainstream chips,ATI is going to simply rename its existing Radeon HD 3000 series tomatch the OEM requests.
There will be a new bios coming shortly that will allow OEMs tore-brand Radeon 3450, 3650 and even 3850 to Radeon 4xx0 series. Westill don’t know the final brands of these “new” cards but we know thatthis will happen.
Traditionally, such products end up with lower designations and Radeon4250 was the only real name that we heard. We can assume that Radeon4450 will be the real RV710 and the one with the smaller number will bethe rebranded one.
The reason behind this controversial decision is because RV730 andRV710 are late for most OEM Christmas projects and ATI needs to sellsomething to its big accounts.
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通过简单升级显卡BIOS的方式,AMD允许OEM厂商将Radeon HD 3450、3650甚至3850几款型号重新命名升级成Radeon HD 4xx0系列显卡。
现在已经得到确认的型号是Radeon HD 4250,它将采用RV610核心,是HD 4000系列的最低端型号。真正基于RV710芯片的显卡命名Radeon HD 4450,延续上代HD 3450的定位。
按照AMD的计划,RV730/710会在9月以后发布,RV730产品线为Radeon HD 4600系列,定价在149美元以下,RV710产品线命名为Radeon HD4400系列,定价在99美元以下。RV730/RV710不能按时交货意味着AMD将赶不上惠普、戴尔几家大厂第四季度的圣诞节PC采购大单。对于一向重视OEM厂商的AMD,自然不肯错过这笔肥单,不得不迫使AMD做出这样的更名决定。 |
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