ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 Series Introduced

AMD today announced the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series, a new family of discrete video cards for notebook computers. The initial offerings consist of the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 series and ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3600 series.

ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series, optimized for the forthcoming AMD notebook platform, code-named “Puma”, provides Microsoft DirectX 10.1 and PCI Express 2.0 support, as well as DisplayPort connectivity.

“The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series offers support for DirectX 10.1 by enabling a higher level of visual quality through new lighting and rendering techniques designed to enhance the realism and quality of 3D games. New PCI Express 2.0 support enables faster throughput and greater overall system performance as compared to PCI Express 1.1 - ideal for high-performance gamers. Notebook users can play the latest Blu-ray and HD-DVD movies in full-HD 1080p resolution (HD display required) using ATI Avivo HD Technology which frees the CPU for other tasks. With a choice of digital outputs, notebook users can connect to a variety of displays featuring DVI, HDMI and the first ever next-generation DisplayPort support on a notebook platform,” AMD’s press release says.

These new notebook GPUs provide breakthrough battery efficiency and superb performance-per-watt, according to the chip maker.

The ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400 and HD 3600 video cards are currently shipping in notebooks from ASUS. Additional products in the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 series are scheduled for availability from notebook manufacturers in the first half of 2008.

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[…] All of the Radeon HD 3000 notebook GPUs have the Unified Video Decoder for hardware-based decoding of high definition video playback. These laptop video cards support Microsoft DirectX 10.1, PCI Express 2.0, and feature HDMI, DVI, and Display Port output capability, as well as PowerPlay Technology for an optimal balance between performance and power. […]

[…] According to AMD, the integrated graphics in “Puma” deliver “up to three times” the 3D graphics performance of comparable competitor graphics. The platform also offers the ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3000 discrete video cards, including the new ATI Mobility Radeon 3800 Series and older Radeon 3400 and 3600 Series. […]