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ATI RV870 / R800 to launch this year

by on03 June 2009


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DirectX 11 hardware likely before Windows 7


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RV870 and R800 are DirectX 11, and both are based on the same chip, as the R800 card consists of two RV870, 40nm chips.

Our sources are quite confident that ATI should have these cards ready for launch either in very late Q3 (late September time), or very early Q4 2009, that starts in October.

Since Windows 7 officially launches on October 22nd, you should expect ATI to have at least two, or more likely three DirectX 11 cards to jump the DirectX 11 bandwagon.

We are not sure about DX11 games, and currently we can only hope that Nvidia's DirectX 11 can also come in 2009, as many people are starting to whisper that Nvidia's DirectX 11 card in 40n, is early 2010 rather than late 2009.

Last modified on 03 June 2009
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