AMD decided to postpone the launch of its highly anticipated R600 graphics circuit, which cause annoyance, irritation and a certain amount of pondering. Speculations about why the delay happened have been thriving, but it seems the delay was actually not because of any bugs or manufacturing problems. According to AMD the delayed launch is only because the manufacturer is planning to launch the R6xx series with cards in all segments; high-end to low-end, all at once. The statement was made during a press event, simply answering the question of why AMD decided to postpone R600.
“Instead of having them separate, we thought, lets line that up, so we delayed for several weeks,” Orton continued, referring to the R600 family as a whole, which AMD now says will come out at the same time (a matter of weeks as opposed to months, according to Richard) instead of just the high-end version.
It also confirmed that R600 will be named Radeon X2900 and be launched in three different shapes, XTX, XT and XL. We will have to wait longer for R600, but at the same time there will be considerably more DX10 capable cards to choose from when they do arrive.
