Two RV570 on a single board pixellated

Max_87 · 25th Dec 2006, 10:38 AM

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SAPPHIRE is making a dual RV570 board with internal Crossfire. It sounds just similar to the Quad SLI GX2 cards from Nvidia. We have some pictures of the card and the card running a 3Dmark.

The card has two power connectors and a huge heat pipe cooler on top of two chips but just a single fan.

We don't know how well it performs, but Sapphire will probably show this card off very soon. It is longer than the motherboard so it is probably at least as big as the 7950GX2 card.

We still don't know if it will work as a Quad Crossfire with two cards, each having two chips but it should be possible. You can pair up to 128 Radeons if it helps, the chips supports it. µ

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36531

SAMSAMHA · 25th Dec 2006, 10:54 AM

I think we are more interested in the next gen of amd's card (still feels weird saying amd)

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zy · 25th Dec 2006, 08:26 PM

that card is a monster

it looks like it half the size of the motherboard

graphic cards have evolved to be bigger & meaner to the pocket in your pants ?

sbrehm72255 · 25th Dec 2006, 10:53 PM

That thing is huge, you'll need a special bracket just to support it in your case...........But I'd still like to give one a shot..........

Gasjatt · 26th Dec 2006, 12:13 AM

It must be worth a bomb!! Considering that some people might need to get a new case or mobo to use this giant card... I dont think anyone would want to buy it, better wait for R600.

empire23 · 26th Dec 2006, 01:57 AM

It is big, but not as big as Xbox lol.

But then again, it might make a nice foundation for quad crossfire. But i think i'll stick to waiting for the R600 to swing by next year. It isn't that long a wait anyways.

PowerSlide · 26th Dec 2006, 04:16 AM

plz make it for agp!!!

CALLOFDUTY05 · 26th Dec 2006, 05:18 AM

Ne idea about the price ?

Max_87 · 16th Jan 2007, 12:27 AM

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Asustek Computer, the world’s largest producer of mainboards and graphics cards, is working on a dual-chip Radeon X1950 Pro board that would offer roughly the same performance as the recently announced Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual. Details of the product are vague, but if the graphics board is set to emerge on the market, it would be better to do it shortly.

Asustek will use dual print-circuit board design to construct its dual-chip graphics card, pictures of the EAX1950 Pro Dual board published by OC.com.tw web-site reveal. The product itself is pretty long and resembles Nvidia’s GeForce 7950 GX2, the former flagship offering from Nvidia Corp. Asustek’s dual-chip EAX1950 Pro, however, does not feature additional CrossFire connectors, which means that it will be impossible to make two of such graphics cards efficiently in order to get a quad graphics processor system.

The EAX1950 Pro Dual clocks the Radeon X1950 Pro graphics processing units (GPUs) at 581MHz and 256MB of GDDR3 memory at 1404MHz in full accordance with recommendations by ATI, Advanced Micro Devices’ graphics division. It is yet unclear whether dual-GPU boards with PLX PEX8522 PCI Express bridge are compatible with mainboards that fundamentally do not support ATI CrossFire multi-GPU technology and whether special certification will be required to ensure broad compatibility of Asus EAX1950 Pro Dual.

ATI Radeon X1950 Pro (code-named RV570) graphics chip has 36 pixel shader processors, 8 vertex shader processors 12 texture units, 256-bit memory bus and so on.

Recommended pricing for single-chip Radeon X1950 Pro graphics card with 256MB of memory is $199, thus, a dual-GPU board is unlikely to be really affordable. This is not the first time when Asus is developing a dual-processor graphics card using its own research and development teams. Back in 2005 the company designed dual-GeForce 6800 graphics accelerator, but when it was ready to mass produce the product, Nvidia introduced its GeForce 7800 GTX and the company had to scrap its dual-chip card.

It is uncertain whether end-users really demand dual-chip DirectX 9-supporting graphics cards today in the light of the fact that ATI is gearing up to introduce DirectX 10-compatible chips, while Nvidia Corp. is shipping its DirectX 10 supporting GeForce 8800-series products now. However, by working on boards like Asus EAX1950 Pro Dual, manufacturers learn how to more efficiently produce dual-chip graphics cards as well as adopt new design methodologies required to make dual-GPU graphics accelerators.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/video/d...110210512.html

Asus is also making one

Adrian Wong · 16th Jan 2007, 12:32 AM

Hmm.. Is this a sign that even ASUS thinks that the R600 may not be released quite so soon?

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