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ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
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ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 SeriesAMD Spider Platform Innovation Firsts
HD Technology Leadership
DirectX® 10.1 & PCIe® Generation 2.0HD video and display leadership
Energy Efficient Design
Power-efficient 55nm designATI PowerPlay™ Technology
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55nm
Scalable Platform Performance
Enhanced Multi-GPU support with ATI CrossFireX™ATI OverDrive™ for Multi-GPU*
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*AMD warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking.
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ATI Radeon™ HD Product Line
Summer Winter
ATI Radeon™HD 2900 XT
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 XT
ATI Radeon™ HD 2600 PRO
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 XT
ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 PRO
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ATI Radeon™HD 3800 Series
DirectX® 10.1 Enthusiast Gaming
at a Performance price!
ATI Radeon™HD 3870 X2
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Introducing ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
XTX?
XT PE?XT?
XL?
VE?
Ultra?
Turbo?
SE?
SDR?
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PRO?Nitro?
MX?
MAXX?
MAX?
LE?
GX?
GTX?
GTS?
GTO?GT?
GS?
DDR?
CE?
• Significant new technologies and features– DirectX® 10.1, PCIe® 2.0, 55nm– ATI CrossFireX™, ATI PowerPlay™, UVD
• New model number taxonomy denotes end-user value proposition
• Two variants: 3870 and 3850
ATI Radeon HD 3870
Generation Family Variant
Higher number indicates higher GPU engine performance
Currently xx50 equivalent to PRO, xx70 equivalent to XT
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HD Technology Leadership
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Leading GPU Architecture
DirectX® 10.1 Unified ShaderCore
• Superset of ATI Radeon™ HD 2900 features
• 320 Stream Processing Units • 16 Texture Units• 16 Render Back-Ends• Programmable Tessellator Unit
Optimized Memory Controller• Efficient use of bandwidth• 256-bit Memory Interface with
512-bit Ring Bus• Equivalent performance per
clock to ATI Radeon HD 2900
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The First DirectX® 10.1 GPU
Feature DirectX®10 DirectX
®10.1
Shader Model 4.0 4.1
Separate per-MRT blend modes
No Yes
Pixel coverage mask
No Yes
Sample Pattern Selection
No Yes
Cube Map Arrays No Yes
Min 4x MSAA Required No Yes
VS Inputs 16 32
Blending INT8,FP16/32 INT8/16,FP16/32
Filtering FP16 FP32
New and improvedupdate to DirectX 10 Scheduled to ship with Windows Vista SP1 (1H2008)
Enhanced Features• Programmability• Pipeline
precision• HDR lighting • Anti-aliasing
Image Quality Benefits
• Real-time global illumination
• Frees restrictions on AA support
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DX10.1 Benefits
• DX10.1 demo explaination
• How DX10.1 enables realistic global illumination routines
• - Dave N
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DirectX® 10.1 Global Illumination
Simulated Image
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PCI Express® 2.0PC Graphics Interconnect Evolution
Doubles the bus data rate
Up to 16GB/sec on two x16 links
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PCI Express® 2.0 Performance Benefit
90%
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ATI Radeon HD 3850 256MB PCI Express 2.0 Performance Difference
PCIe 1.1
PCIe 2.0
• Modern titles have high frame buffer demands
• Game data (textures, vertex caches, etc.) spills to system RAM
• Higher PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth equates to higher performance in these instances
*Phenom @ 2.1 GHz, RD790, 2GB RAM, Windows Vista 64-bit
80%Company of Heroes Company of Heroes Call of Juarez Call of Juarez Lost Planet first runs World In Conflict
16x12 4xAA 8xAF, DX9
16x12, DX10 16x12, DX10 19x12, DX10 16x12, DX10 16x12, DX10
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ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series HD Decode with UVD+
VLCEntropyDecode
VLCEntropyDecode
UVD / UVD+
iDCTFrequencyTransform
iDCTFrequencyTransform
PixelPrediction
PixelPrediction
InloopDeblocking
InloopDeblocking
VC-1 decoder
CAVLC / CABAC
Entropy Decode
CAVLC / CABAC
Entropy DecodeFrequencyTransformFrequencyTransform
PixelPrediction
PixelPrediction
InloopDeblocking
InloopDeblocking
H.264 / AVC decoder
• UVD Implemented in ATI Radeon HD 3800 Series GPU’s• Provides full HD decode for H.264 and VC-1• Offloading HD decode from CPU for a smooth video playback• High quality HD video with low system noise and power
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Providing Superior HD Playback Performance
Some recent VC-1 releases
VC-1 H.26487% 10%26% 30%
• VC-1 is the dominant HD codec
• UVD offloads CPU for both H.264 and VC-1
Codecs used in HD titlesSource: http://www.highdefdigest.com
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Utilization (Low
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8600 GTS OC
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HD Video Quality Beyond 1080p2560
• Video playback on displays beyond 1080p
• Protected content playback on 2560x1600 panels
• Video post processing algorithms for best quality: advanced de-interlacing inverse telecine, color vibrance, edge enhancement and noise reduction
• Achieving perfect score on HQV HD including noise reduction test, without ghosting artifacts
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Truly Integrated HD Solution
• Integrated audio for HDMI video and digital surround sound output no cables required
• AMD certified active HDMI dongle for maximum configurability
• Integrated HDCP
• Protected content playback at dual-link DVI rates (full panel resolution playback)
HDMIHDMI
Digital outAnalog outLine(s) in
Digital outAnalog outLine(s) in
HDMIHDMI
S/PDIFS/PDIF
Non-AMD GPU
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Energy-Efficient Design
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Industry’s First 55nm GPU
ATI Radeon™ HD 290080nm
408 sq.mm700M transistors
ATI Radeon™ HD 380055nm
192 sq.mm666M transistors
ATI Radeon™ HD 380055nm
192 sq.mm666M transistors
Smaller Die SizeOver 2x the transistor density
More Energy EfficientLess than half the power draw
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*AMD Athlon 6400+, RD790, 2GB RAM, Windows Vista 64-bit
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Introducing ATI PowerPlay™Dynamic Power Management for the Desktop
Embedded power state controller• Monitors command buffer to asses level of GPU
utilization• GPU % utilization shown on Overdrive CCC panel
• Automatic state adjustment based on activity• Engine and Memory clocks, voltages, clock
gating and other parameters can be altered
Benefits• More efficient than previous desktop GPUs• Cooler and Quieter• Not dependant on application state
• No more 2D / 3D performance issues; intensive 3D applications run at full performance in windowed mode
General Use
LightGaming
IntensiveGaming
General Use
LightGaming
IntensiveGaming
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• ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 power draw halved from ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT levels
• Automatic power state adjustment based on GPU activity
• Light gaming mode offers big power savings at medium GPU utilization levels
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Intens ive Gaming Light Gaming Genera l Use
Performance on Demand Introducing ATI PowerPlay™ for the Desktop
*AMD Athlon 6400+, RD790, 2GB RAM, Windows Vista 64-bit
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Breakthrough Processing Efficiency
Processing Efficiency
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GigaFLOPS per $
ATI Radeon X1800 XT
ATI Radeon X1900 XTX ATI Radeon X1950 PRO
2x
ATI Radeon HD 2900 XT
2x
ATI Radeon™HD 3870
*AMD Athlon 6400+, RD790, 2GB RAM, Windows Vista 64-bit
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Scalable Platform Performance
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Introducing ATI CrossFireX™
Performance Scalability Compatibility
Industry’s First Quad DirectX® 10.1 GPUs
Quad Scalability forPerformance Leadership
Overclockability*on Multi-GPU
New Display modes, up to 8 monitors supported
*AMD’s warranty does not cover damages caused by overclocking
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ATI CrossFireX™ with ATI OverDrive™
Push the Envelope with Multi-GPU Overclocking*
• ‘Unlock’ the GPU clocks through ATI Catalyst™ software
• Temperature display and VPU recover safety features
• Manually set engine and memory clocks, or…
• …use the auto-configure utility option for stable overclocking*
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ATI Radeon™ HD 3800Multi Display support
• Seamless “Extended Desktop” and CrossfireX support– Driver support coming Jan ‘08
• Support up to 8 monitors with RD790– See 8 display rendering Flight Simulator demo on You Tube online
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Productivity Mode Support
3D Mode Support
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ATI CrossFireX™: Great Scaling
• With ATI Catalyst™ 7.10, “Compatible AFR” mode is the default for both DirectX9 and DirectX10 applications
• Provides high scaling in the latest games*AMD Athlon 6400+, MSI K9A (RD580), 2GB RAM, Windows Vista 64-bit
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ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Specifications
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The Most Feature-Rich GPU
ATI Radeon™HD 3870
ATI Radeon™HD 3850
ATI Radeon™HD 2900 XT
Transistors 666 million 666 million 700 million
Manufacturing Process 55nm 55nm 80nm
Stream Processors 320 320 320
Texture Units 16 16 16
Render Back-Ends 16 16 16
Core Clock Speed 775+ MHz 670 MHz 740 MHz
Memory Clock Speed 2.25 GHz 1.66 GHz 1.65 GHz
Math Processing Rate (Multiply-Add) 497+ GigaFLOPS 428 GigaFLOPS 475 GigaFLOPS
System Bus Support PCI Express 2.0 x16
PCI Express 2.0 x16 PCI Express x16
DirectX Support 10.1 10.1 10
Tessellation Unit Yes Yes Yes
UVD Yes Yes No
ATI PowerPlay Yes Yes No
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Leading Price Performance
ATI Radeon™HD 3870
ATI Radeon™HD 3850
Memory Interface 256-bit
Memory Type 1.2 GHz GDDR4
900 MHz GDDR3
Frame Buffer 512MB 256MB
Form Factor Dual slot Single slot
Power Connector 6-pin PCIe 6-pin PCIe
Peak Board Power ~105W ~95W
Acoustics 34 dBA 31 dBA
Display Interfaces2x Dual-link DVI with HDCP (HDMI+Audio with adapter)
+ HDTV Out
ATI PowerPlay Yes
ATI CrossFireX Dual interconnects(2, 3, or 4 boards)
Availability November 15
ATI RadeonHD 3870
ATI RadeonHD 3850
* Not all features may be implemented by third party manufacturers. HDMI and HDCP are integrated into the processor itself; availability in
consumer products is determined by the specific solution provider (board partner or PC manufacturer)
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ATI Radeon™ HD 3800 Series
HD Gaming HD Video Efficiency
Next-Gen Performance & Quality
• DirectX® 10.1• PCI Express® 2.0• ATI CrossFireX™
HD Beyond 1080p
• UVD @ full 1080p• Upscale to 2560x1600• HDMI & HD Audio
Break-Through Efficiency
• First 55nm GPU• Performance per Watt• Performance per $
DirectX® 10.1 Enthusiast Gaming at a Performance price!
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