Sapphire ATOMIC: waiting for the Radeon HD 3850 and HD 3870 X2

The official announcement of the overclocked version of Radeon HD 3870 with custom cooling system, and generously equipped and marked the beginning of a series of biographies Sapphire ATOMIC. According to the plans of industrial partner, AMD, in the new line should be present not only the exclusive video, and motherboard for the enthusiast and various accessories. However, successive carriers will be named ATOMIC products of graphics accelerators.

In the near future, a prestigious series of dual- head graphics card Sapphire Radeon HD 3870 X2. According to the publishing site TweakTown, it is an unusual model, equipped with a liquid cooling system. Developers set the video card compact aluminum water-block, providing the heat from a couple of chips RV670, memory chips and the power of food chains. Of course, ' one-story ' construction simplifies the installation of two copies of three thousand eight hundred seventy ATOMIC Radeon HD X2 WaterCooled to work in CrossFireX configuration.

The other key components of the cooling system, such as a container of hydraulic fluid, radiator with fan and pump, collected in a separate building, connected to the water-block flexible hoses. The fan coil is connected to the video cable to individual. It should be recalled that a similar block, we could see a Leadtek WinFast PX8800 Ultra Leviathan, the leader of last season based on the GeForce 8800 Ultra.

According to the source, the new graphics card from AMD partners will go on sale immediately after the Chinese New Year celebrations which began yesterday and runs until February 12. Unfortunately, the frequency of claims and the scope of delivery is not reported. It is likely, the availability of efficient cooling provoke engineers to overclock Sapphire. At least, such a product from Leadtek liquid system has helped achieve good results.

It also became known that in the near future, other than the flagship Radeon HD 3870 X2 in the ' Atomic ' series will be more affordable, Radeon HD 3850. Its main feature will be a dual-slot cooler equipment Hurricane HC92 Cu production of the Korean company APACK, a recognized expert in the field of refrigeration, which owns the trademark ZEROtherm.

The appearance, specifications and design of the VGA-cooler ZEROtherm with an abundance of copper and heat pipes suggests that future accelerator ATOMIC Radeon HD 3850 simply must be dispersed.

By the way, the official website ATOMIC we have found a hidden page dedicated Radeon HD 3850. In its lower part is the flash banner referenced source.