AMD AIB Partners Working on Custom 7970 X2

[tommybhoy]

What a pointless card.

Agreed, a huge amount of money for a very temporary increase in e-peen size.

It's pointless to the end user(as BodgeITandRun pointed out the difference in price is incredible), but the publicity(=sales) it brings to the manufacturer if it achieves the accolade of being the 'fastest card on the planet', well, that speaks volumes in sales all the way down to the slowest card in the inventory.

 

[Tea_Bag]

well thanks, but if I'm dropping 1200e, I'd rather just get 3 7970's.

 

[Bobisuruncle54]

It's pointless to the end user(as BodgeITandRun pointed out the difference in price is incredible), but the publicity(=sales) it brings to the manufacturer if it achieves the accolade of being the 'fastest card on the planet', well, that speaks volumes in sales all the way down to the slowest card in the inventory.

Hmm possibly, but I daresay that halo products will only affect AMD or Nvidia, not one particular board partner.

 

[BodgeITandRun]

It's pointless to the end user(as BodgeITandRun pointed out the difference in price is incredible), but the publicity(=sales) it brings to the manufacturer if it achieves the accolade of being the 'fastest card on the planet', well, that speaks volumes in sales all the way down to the slowest card in the inventory.

That is a good point tommy. AMD are desperate to use their "fastest gpu in the world............again" or whatever their slogan was for the 6990. I am not agreeing or disagreeing with that statement for the record. My 6990 seemed to have the fastest fan in the world.

I suppose it's like when companies build a supercar to wow you and then say it's never going into production. It's all to raise the company profile.

But yeah as already said, give me 3 7970's instead please.

 

[andybird123]

It's only 2 of the connectors on the 24 pin that need to make a circuit to turn on a psu. Water coolers "bump start" their psu's when filling a loop using a bridge or paper clip. It would be fairly easy to just split a second set of wiring from the power switch to turn on both psu's.

google dual psu cable, you can get a piggy back ATX connector that splits the signal wire and automatically starts up a second PSU when the first one comes online

 

[Scooby_WR1]

Wow another x2 card for people who like stuttering and poor drivers.

 

[tommybhoy]

Here's the HIS variant too:

'HIS Radeon HD 7970 X2 IceQ Graphics Card Pictured
We knew back in May, that PowerColor isn't the only AMD AIB partner with a custom-design dual-HD 7970 graphics card (≠ HD 7990) in the works, and that other partners are also attempting high-end dual-GPU designs. We got to see one of those at Computex, courtesy of HIS. Called the HIS HD 7970 X2 IceQ X2, is a 100% custom-design (cooler and PCB) dual-GPU graphics card, which makes use of two 28 nm "Tahiti" GPUs in an internal CrossFire configuration.

Like the PowerColor HD 7970 X2 Devil 13, the HIS HD 7970 X2 IceQ X2 draws power from three 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and packs two "Tahiti" GPUs with all components enabled. The two GPUs could have clock speeds higher than even single-GPU HD 7970, although HIS did not finalize them. HIS implemented a super-sized triple-slot variation of its otherwise dual-slot IceQ X2 cooler. Its card has a different display output configuration from PowerColor's, with one dual-link DVI, and four mini-DisplayPorts. Earlier today, we confirmed that PowerColor's card will reach the market only by late-July. HIS, on the other hand, wants to beat PowerColor to it, and is confident of launching the industry's first HD 7970 X2. '

http://www.techpowerup.com/167377/HIS-Radeon-HD-7970-X2-IceQ-Graphics-Card-Pictured.html



I have left this here in case anyone reading more on the story misses this addition to post 2.

 

[Vega]

HIS X2 is much better display output config than the Powercolor X2. The HIS allows the use of 5x1 portrait Eyefinity using 1440P or higher monitors, or 5x1 120 Hz 1080P monitors.

This is the only 79xx series card that allows that. I will be buying two for quad-fire to run a 5x1 portrait 2B 1440P Catleap monitor config at 107 Hz refresh rate. Great news from [H] stating the new updated 12.6 drivers have fixed tri-and quad crossfire problems.

 

[dave_beast]

I think it would be suitable to round the product off with a back plate.

It will have a backplate as seen in this video (The actual card near the end running in the case)

 

[tommybhoy]

ASUS Readies ROG ARES 2 Graphics Card with Dual-HD 7870 GPUs:

'ASUS is working on its second Republic of Gamers (ROG) ARES graphics card, the ARES 2 dual-HD 7870. Its first ARES was dual-HD 5870. ASUS' decision to go with a pair of Radeon HD 7870 GPUs, instead of the premium HD 7970, certainly comes as a surprise. With it, one could deduce the target market-segment ASUS is aiming at: US $650-750, providing a solution that outperforms even the fastest HD 7970 GHz Edition and GTX 680 graphics cards, while being cheaper than Radeon HD 7990 (which is MIA), dual-HD 7970 X2, and of course, the GTX 690.

ASUS ARES 2 will back two 28 nm "Pitcairn" GPUs with all components unlocked; likely factory-overclocked speeds beyond those of the HD 7870 GHz Edition; and a total of 4 GB of GDDR5 memory (2 GB per GPU system). The card will draw power from two 8-pin PCIe power connectors, and will have a TDP of around 300W. It will take advantage of AMD ZeroCore CrossFire, with which it powers down the second GPU when not gaming, or with light 3D loads that the first GPU can munch on. With the monitor idling for a set amount of time, both GPUs power down. It's likely that ASUS will use a triple-slot cooling solution, despite the fact that the HD 7870 is a generally cool GPU. Pictured below is the first-generation ROG ARES (dual-HD 5870).'