Trivia
- The RD580 was codenamed "Manta". The reason was because of the use of aquarium fishes for codenames within ATI.
- Engineering samples were completed just after the launch of nVidia's nForce 4 16x SLI.
- The RD580 was supposedly launched on the same day the Radeon X1900 but it was delayed to coincide with the launch of the socket AM2. However, with the slippage in the Socket AM2 to June 6, 2006, ATI decided to launch on March 1, 2006.
- The package of the RD580 is no bigger than a US 50 cents and has a thermal dissipation rating of 7 watts.
- The world record for highest 3DMark2005 score using Crossfire was achieved on this chipset during the launch.
- Asus was rumoured selling the chipset before the launch of the Xpress 3200 in Seville. It was confirmed by various overclocking websites all round the world.
- The Xpress 3200 is pin compatible with the Xpress 200 boards, making R&D much more cost effective.
- ATI released the Xpress 3200 for AM2 after nVidia's launch of the nForce 500 series.
- AMD has renamed the chipsets for AMD platform as the AMD 580X Crossfire after the takeover of ATI.
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