ASUS Unveils World’s First Onboard Triple RV670PRO Graphics Card Enjoy Extra 139% Performance Boosts with ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G Hemel Hempstead, United Kingdom; Apr 8th, 2008. ASUS, producer of top quality graphic solutions, has today unveiled the world’s first on-board triple GPU solution with the concept model ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G graphics card. With three RV670PRO GPUs onboard, users can enjoy an astonishing 139% improvement in speeds when compared to single-GPU solutions. Additionally, the EAH3850 TRINITY is equipped with a MXM module for upgrade possibilities and two exclusive extra DVI outputs. It also features a specially designed water cooling solution – ensuring efficient heat dissipation for stable performance. On top of all this, the ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY is equipped with a world-exclusive large onboard memory size of 1.5GB – designed to provide feature-rich DirectX 10 gaming and the best multimedia playback at ultra-high resolutions and maximum quality settings. Unparalleled Performance with Just One Card As the world’s first onboard triple GPU solution, the ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G is able to elevate 3DMark06 scores from 4880 to 11662 – an astonishing 139% speed improvement when compared to the single-GPU solutions *. Gamers can now truly feel the exhilarating rush of extreme gaming performance only with the ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY. Exclusively Designed Hardware Features The EAH3850 TRINITY comes with the MXM module design that allows users to obtain the flexibility to upgrade the MXM VGA module in regards to GPU and memory size with lower costs. The EAH3850 TRINITY also utilizes a specially designed water cooling solution that effectively dissipates heat away from the three GPUs through heat pipes that are specially connected to the main board of the graphics card instead of the GPUs. Due to the fact that the water cooling solution works exceptionally well even with upgraded GPU and memory, the hassles of displacing the thermal module when upgrading the MXM VGA module is avoided for minimized upgrading costs. On top of all this, the EAH3850 TRINITY is equipped with two extra DVI outputs for a maximum of four-display video outputs. World Exclusive 1.5GB GDDR3 Onboard Memory for the Best Graphics Memory size is paramount if one does not want to suffer from graphic bottlenecks. With most current and upcoming games requiring high video memory requirements; plus the fact that game developers still constantly increasing the estimated video memory size, the ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G is able to truly deliver a world-class graphical performance – allowing users to fully enjoy games or movies without lag or stuttering even at very high resolutions and maximum quality settings. Unprecedented Rock Solid Quality from ASUS In line with the Rock Solid promise of quality from ASUS, the EAH3850 TRINITY comes with several solutions to provide top quality graphic performance. The temperature of the newly adopted DIP Spring Chokes is 5~10°C lower in comparison to traditional Toroidal Coil Chokes; while the Japan-made polymer capacitors lowers power loss to provide more stability. Users will thus feel at ease while enjoying extreme performance with ASUS’ uncompromising quality only with the ASUS EAH3850 TRINITY. Note: *Performance Configuration PCI-Express 16X: MB: P5B Deluxe REV: 1.03G BIOS: 0804 CPU: P4-2.66 GHz/8M Kentsfield-1066 Memory: 2048MB (DDR2-Transcend TS128MLQ64V8J 1024M*2) HDD: WD WD1600JS DVD-ROM: ASUS DVD-E616P3 Overclocking capabilities may vary when using different cards The 3DMark06 score was obtained using resolutions of 1600*1200 EAH3850 TRINITY/3DHTI/1.5G Graphics Engine Radeon HD 3850 Video Memory 1.5G DDR3 Engine Clock 660MHz Memory Clock 850 MHz (1.7GHz DDR3) Memory Interface 256-bit + 256-bit + 256-bit DVI Max. Resolution 2560 * 1600 Bus Standard PCI Express DVI Output DVI *4 HDCP compliant Yes HDMI Output Yes, via DVI to HDMI adaptor D-Sub Output Yes, via DVI to D-Sub adaptor HDTV Output Yes, via HDTV Out cable TV Output Yes, via S-Video to Composite Thermal Solution Water Cooling System Adaptor/Cable Bundled DVI-to-D-Sub adaptor DVI-to-HDMI adaptor HDTV-out cable Power Cable Software Bundled ASUS Utilities & Driver •Specifications are subject to change without notice •PCB color and bundled software versions are subject to change without notice •Brand and product names mentioned are trademarks of their respective companies About ASUS ASUS is a leading company in the new digital era. With a global staff of more than 8000 and a world-class R&D design team, the turnover for 2007 was 6.9 billion U.S. Dollars. ASUS has been ranked in Business Week InfoTech 100 for 10 consecutive years, and has been ranked No.1 by the Wall Street Journal Asia for best quality products in Taiwan.
I dont think you need to see the price to know its going to cost the earth. Also did a bit of googling saw some pretty cool pics of it. If this is triple core and comes with its own water cooling kit you can bet your ass its going to cost a lot. pics http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7559.html
So if you got 3 of these bad boys in 3 pci-x16 slots, for 9Way Crossfire, then you could play Crysis?
Only if you're willing to forgo antialiasing. I'm impressed by the audacity of it, but this is nothing more than showing off. I don't really like the idea of cramming a hundred cores onto one card and installing a factory peltier-to-water system to handle the billion watts of heat (yes, I know it's not quite that bad). What I'd really like to see is some more focus on power consumption in graphics cards - CPUs have made huge improvements lately, and ATI has worked wonders with the idle power of their graphics cards, but it's not enough. My video card currently draws more power than my processor.
DUDE! http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03/28/asus_shows_off_its_hd_3850_x3_trinity/1 Does no one read the site they post on You can't buy it, it's an engineering sample.
interesting as a proof of concept, but woudnt really be good as a retail product (asus knows that though, so it wont come out in retail (for now)), a oc'd 3807x2 will beat it anyday. the cost would be high due to the number of pcbs used and enthusiasts (i.e. the market for expensive hw) would never consider a thermaltake watercooling.
