Daamit RD790

[metro.cl]

Hello mates i got some inside files from ATI chipset, we made lots of noise a while back when we leaked the roadmaps from AMD/ATI

RD790

1 It has HTX support.

2 PCI-E 2.0 compatible, 52 PCI-E lines

3 HTT 3.0 compatible

4 Internet Teaming, Dual Gigabit Ethernet

5 The RD790 Chipset has its own cache, it is has 16KB of it, not much info out of the files i got but, should give more bandwidth and also lower latencies

Source: Chilehardware

[turtle]

HTX is the part that's news to me...hadn't heard that before, although it makes sense as it fits with the time frame.

I hope 'stars'' are good enough to push the platform forward.

Shame there's no sb700 on RD/RX790 though, flash support sounds pretty swayt.

While the 4/8x or 2/16x is not new information, I still wonder why ATi would pick that setup over a 3x16 route...I mean, if someone is going to run a crossfire + physics/quossfire rig, isn't it possible they'll be using the newest gfx cards which (hopefully) by that time should start to be limited by the 8x bus?

I love ATi's tech, but I question how they design their products setup (and especially their execution) sometimes.

8x pci-e lanes at end of 07...why that's as odd as designing a gfx card with 48 pixel shader ALUs and 16 TMUs...

...oh...they did?...Crap.

[Noob-ftw]

Lame, just got a new GPU and now theres going to be PCI-E 2.0

[cky2k6]

pci-e 2.0 is backwards compatible, do research before complaining...

[nn_step]

Shame there's no sb700 on RD/RX790 though, flash support sounds pretty swayt.

well there probably is a SB700 but it doesn't seem to be included in the info

[Noob-ftw]

pci-e 2.0 is backwards compatible, do research before complaining...

Thanks for the information.

[Syn.]

well there probably is a SB700 but it doesn't seem to be included in the info

The SB700 is showing as being released a bit later on then the RX/RD790, so i guess boards that came out at end of 2007 will have the RD790+SB700 package but the early ones will have Sb600.

[HamidFULL]

Whats HTX??

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

new socket with serious bandwidth and lower latencies for 'coprocessors.'

It'll be used mainly by you and me for video cards and physics.

Ryan

[metro.cl]

Whats HTX??

HTX is a hypertransport implementation for comunication between VGA and chipset

[3NZ0]

HTX is the part that's news to me...hadn't heard that before, although it makes sense as it fits with the time frame.

I hope 'stars'' are good enough to push the platform forward.

Shame there's no sb700 on RD/RX790 though, flash support sounds pretty swayt.

While the 4/8x or 2/16x is not new information, I still wonder why ATi would pick that setup over a 3x16 route...I mean, if someone is going to run a crossfire + physics/quossfire rig, isn't it possible they'll be using the newest gfx cards which (hopefully) by that time should start to be limited by the 8x bus?

I love ATi's tech, but I question how they design their products setup (and especially their execution) sometimes.

8x pci-e lanes at end of 07...why that's as odd as designing a gfx card with 48 pixel shader ALUs and 16 TMUs...

...oh...they did?...Crap.

isnt pcie 2 twice as fast as current gen?

so pcie 2 8x is as fast as pcie 1 16x?

[turtle]

I don't believe so, I believe it means the pci-e bus can handle more bandwidth, ie you could see more lanes total or bigger actual lanes (32x?). I don't believe the actual slot spec will change, but don't quote me on that.

As for SB700, yeah...It looks like it'll be on the lower-end boards as they are both scheduled for completion later. Knowing DFI though, they won't release a RD790 board until SB700 is around ()...Which is both a good and bad thing.

[NapalmV5]

eta? 2008?

[xenolith]

eta? 2008?

Q3 07

[jbizzler]

Octo FX!

So HTX is just implemented into PCIe 2 or a whole new slot?

[metro.cl]

Octo FX!

So HTX is just implemented into PCIe 2 or a whole new slot?

I believe it supports HTX but doesnt mean it will actually have it working on the first gen of the chipset but we never know maybe there will be a HTX line which is much better than PCI-e 2.0

[Cooper]

Octo FX!

So HTX is just implemented into PCIe 2 or a whole new slot?

Using the same mechanical connector as a 16-lane PCI-Express slot (plus an x1 connector for power pins), HTX allows plug-in cards to be developed which support direct access to a CPU and DMA access to the system RAM

pci-e 2: 5Gbit/s BW
HTX (curently limited to 16bit/800MHz): 25600 Mbit/s BW
not to mention lower latencies

*EDIT*
Corrected numbers

[oshox]

Q3 '07 is the release date I've seen for the Altiar, so it looks like we're going to be able to get a great AMD CPU/chipset combination here. What kind of DDR should we be expecting? I haven't heard much about DDR3. From what I understood, current CPU's rarely exceed the bandwidth of original DDR. What other benefits will DDR3 bring (and please say lower latencies)?

I can't wait to see what nVidia pulls out to counter. They're up against both of the x86 CPU manufacturing their own chipsets now, and the RD600 looks pretty sweet. They'd better have some ace up their sleeve if they want to stay the dominant chipset manufacturer for AMD's.

As for PCIe 2.0 stuff, besides the unnecessary bandwidth and the increased power supply, it's also supposed to be cheaper to make components for. We can all appreciate that, especially since it might convince some of the manufacturers to make some PCIe 1x compatible devices!

[nn_step]

Dual DDR2 and DDR3 support (since they are backwards compatible)
DDR3 features much lower latency than DDR2.
However it would be a logical guess to say that RD790 will be released with SB600 and later SB700

[K404]

it might convince some of the manufacturers to make some PCIe 1x compatible devices!

Now you're just being crazy!

The DDR3 trend will be the same as DDR2.

[mascaras]

AMD RD790 details leaked

AMD's first chipset with integrated DX10 graphics has some very impressive features. Among them, the most important are...

* 52 PCI Express lanes, enough for 3 x16 slots and 1 x4 slot.
* HTX Support.
* Hypertransport 3.0 ready, meaning support for AM2+ and Socket F processors from AMD.
* Dual Gigabit Ethernet.
* Independant mainboard cache which should lower latencies and improve bandwidth.

AMD's RD790 should be released in 2007.

http://www.theinq.com/default.aspx?article=36589

cumps

[turtle]

Props for getting Inq blotted Metro.

[Qkjhfhaiguihfma]

Dual DDR2 and DDR3 support (since they are backwards compatible)
DDR3 features much lower latency than DDR2.
However it would be a logical guess to say that RD790 will be released with SB600 and later SB700

you never give up do you

[elec999]

This is kind of crazy, but I wish companies would put on some 64 meg cache to use with vista ready boost.
Thanks

[turtle]

What do you think flash support is on the later Rx7xx products?

I imagine it's support for exactly that. IIRC laptops that demoed ready boost used flash.