<!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--> The time for RV670
Yesterday, we mentioned that ATI plans a RV670 and that the card is scheduled for Q3. You can read the original part here.
We managed to get a more details about the new chip. As we already expected the card will be launched toward the end of the quarter rather than in the beginning of it. A few sources indicated that the card is scheduled for end of Q3 and that it will be probably coming in September time.
This is the card to replace X1950 PRO cards and it has a 256 bit memory interface and DirectX 10 support that might really help it fight the previous card. Older X1950 Pro will end up faster than HD 2600 XT at least at high resolutions and with the AA and Anisotropic filtering on. Radeon HD 2900PRO has a huge potential but we wonder if Nvidia really has G84 with 256 bit interface or it simply plans to drop the price of the 8800 GTS 320 to fight this card.
With ATI the story is rather simple, you just need to wait and to be honest we don’t think that even the ATI management knows until when. They just slipped way to many launches in the past eighteen months.