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Davros
16-May-2009, 15:31
Link:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10241583-64.html
MfA
16-May-2009, 18:02
Hopeful thinking?
Arun
16-May-2009, 18:16
Yes and no, notice for now they just want to sell their DDR3 to GPU manufacturers; for now they don't have GDDR3 or GDDR5. DDR3 is seemingly cheaper and lower power than GDDR3, so there's definitely a very real market for that in the low-end; they claim they're targeting the mid-range, but I think that's just marketing.
ShaidarHaran
16-May-2009, 18:33
Depends on whose definition of each market segment is being used. IIRC ATi's 46xx range supports DDR3.
Dave Baumann
17-May-2009, 13:59
Actually the entire HD 4000 Series product range can support DDR3. As pointed out on Fudzilla there is already a Mobility Radeon HD 4850 available with DDR3.