14 DAY TRIAL // Stop holding your breath, this time AMD might actually launch the R600 based video card, the Radeon X2900XTX. Apparently, they went to a dry place where computer enthusiasts can quench their thirst for technology and feast their eyes on the 9.5-inch long card.
The new, and hopefully final, launch date will be on the 23rd and 24th of April in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia. There, AMD will be launching computer components ranging from low-end, mainstream and up to high-end segments for both desktop and mobile segments. Also, they will show a completely new line of desktop and mobile processors. If this is true, then we should expect the RD790+, RX740+ and RS740+ chipsets along with Agena and Kuma processors from the ?stars? line.
The main point of interest isn't just the one, but it's made out of many, including the eagerly awaited R600XTX a.k.a. X2900XTX a.k.a. Dragonhead 2, a video card built on a 12 layer PCB with a maximum TDP of 240W. It's built on the 80nm manufacturing process, with a 512-bit memory interface and 1GB GDDR4 memories. Its core processor runs at 800MHz and from previews available on the Internet, it only surpasses NVIDIAs GeForce 8800GTX by a mere 200 points.
There is also a possibility that AMD could launch the video cards built on the 65nm, if they get out of the oven by the launch date. What technological advancements will AMD bring on its new line of processors, besides a smaller die and another manufacturing process, is still a reason for speculations, any official comments on their processing power being scarce, to say the least.
The video card itself has been on display at CeBIT, in AMDs booth, however, they have kept a pretty strict policy regarding who gets to even see the video card, yet alone take pictures of it. So this video card that tweaktown site presented fits another blurry imagery seen on the web, and according to them, the people responsible for sending them the pictures made it impossible to recognize what company manufactured them.