ATI Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition videocard review

Radeon HD 3870 Mac Edition videocard released by ATI; release date: 12 June 2008. The videocard is designed for desktop-computers and based on TeraScale microarchitecture codenamed RV670.

Core clock speed - 777 MHz. Texture fill rate - 12.43 GTexel / s. Pipelines - 320. Floating-point performance - 497.3 gflops. Manufacturing process technology - 55 nm. Transistors count - 666 million. Power consumption (TDP) - 106 Watt.

Memory type: GDDR4. Maximum RAM amount - 512 MB. Memory bus width - 256 Bit. Memory clock speed - 2252 MHz. Memory bandwidth - 72.1 GB / s.

Specifications (specs)

Essentials
Architecture	TeraScale
Code name	RV670
Launch date	12 June 2008
Place in performance rating	not rated
Type	Desktop
Technical info
Core clock speed	777 MHz
Floating-point performance	497.3 gflops
Manufacturing process technology	55 nm
Pipelines	320
Texture fill rate	12.43 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	106 Watt
Transistor count	666 million

Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	2x DVI, 1x S-Video
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 2.0 x16
Length	241 mm
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin
API support
DirectX	10.0
OpenGL	3.3
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	512 MB
Memory bandwidth	72.1 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	2252 MHz
Memory type	GDDR4