The big shock is RD600 was designed for the ground up to support not only DDR-2 but also upcoming DDR-3 memory. In fact, ATI has already fully tested DDR-3 memory on RD600 and it is working fine, months ahead of before it is due to be released for public consumption. ATI are ready for DDR-3 memory whenever it enters the market, which is likely after Q2 2007, according to our sources. Since DDR-3 memory uses a different slot to DDR-2, you won’t be able to use new DDR-3 memory on current RD600 motherboards you buy this year or early next year. As well as the new memory slot, our friends in the bunker also told us that a new PCB design is required but it only requires a very small change to the internal circuitry – nothing too complex.

The motherboard we looked at last week was an ATI reference board named “Marlin”. We’re unsure of the revision number but we were told it was the latest reference version from ATI. In fact, we have been informed that motherboard makers have already started to receive the first versions of their RD600 retail boards and now they will spend a month or two tweaking the product and BIOS for maximum performance and overclocking support.
http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/931/

Tak nevim, je to zajimave zprava nebo neni?
Je sice super, ze RD600 je DDR3 ready, ale k cemu nam to je, kdyz je stejne potreba vymenit sloty pro pamet, protoze DDR2 pouzivaji jine?

Vyhoda by to byla, pokud by nV pro AM3 pracovala na uplne novem chipsetu a ATI by stacilo pouze vydat novou revizi uz overeneho chipsetu. Ale to se mi moc nezda a nV muze mit uplne stejne plany jako ATI. Uvidime.