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03-01-2006, 04:11 PM
ATI Technologies Inc., has changed the rules of the motherboard industry with the introduction of its CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset-delivering the enthusiast gaming platform of the future. Developed from the ground up for multi-GPU gaming, the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset enables the world's fastest gaming performance, advanced overclocking capabilities and bedrock stability available in an AMD-based PC motherboard today. The first chipset to unleash true, unrestricted dual x16 PCI Express performance, CrossFire Xpress 3200's architecture enables exceptionally advanced game play. Whether you're gaming with two top-of-the-line ATI Radeon graphics cards such as the Radeon X1900 XTX or two of ATI's mainstream graphics cards like the Radeon X1600, the CrossFire Xpress 3200 chipset is engineered to deliver the ultimate blistering acceleration and maximum ease of use in a multi-GPU gaming platform. Motherboards with CrossFire Xpress 3200 will be available starting March 1, 2006 from ATI partners including ABIT, ASUS, DFI, Sapphire and PC Partner with more to follow.

Source: ATI (http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=823772&highlight=)
Dynamic
03-01-2006, 04:26 PM
ASUS A8N32-MVP is the first one to come out with that chipset. The motherboard has already been release in other Countries...
zekrahminator
03-01-2006, 06:20 PM
hmm, no bias here! :roll: . sounds hot off the ATI press release...however I have to admit that it DOES look cool. its probably hilariously overpriced and will make Nvidia look good...lol
Dippyskoodlez
03-01-2006, 09:23 PM
hmm, no bias here! :roll: . sounds hot off the ATI press release...however I have to admit that it DOES look cool. its probably hilariously overpriced and will make Nvidia look good...lol


ya know.. it really helps people to read up on stuff these days... would eliminate a lot of sceptic posting......

Smallest northbridge die in the market at 39mm˛ (22 million transistors)

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/ATI/RD580Preview/2

Should be really cheap to produce.. its quite.. tiny...
Bob The Fish
03-02-2006, 05:52 AM
When will they release a intel chipset? not everyone used AMD.
FLY3R
03-02-2006, 06:12 AM
Can't wait to see what they do with these things when they strape on some LN2 and boy i bet these things will rip for a pretty penny.