Asus has officially announced its Trinity HD 3850, or triple RV670 graphics card branded EAH 3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G. This card is actually three RV670 MXM modules strapped onto a single PCB and cooled by a water-cooling solution.

The RV670 cores work at 660 MHz, and the card comes with 512MB of GDDR3 memory for each core, clocked at 850MHz (1.7GHz). This all adds to 1.5GB of video memory. The card has four DVI ports and comes with DVI to HDMI and DVI to VGA adapters. According to the press release, the MXM module design allows users to upgrade the MXM VGA module in regards to GPU and memory size with lower costs, and additionally the water-cooling solution will be able to cope with an upgraded GPU and memory.

This leads us to the conclusion that we might even see HD 3870 Trinity in the near future. According to that same press release, the HD 3850 Trinity gets 11662 in 3DMark06, which is a 139 percent higher score when compared to the single GPU solution.

It is still unknown when this card will hit retail shelves, and as always Asus's press release is blank when it comes to the suggested price. You can check out the press release here.





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