(another) r680 pic

Gerard · 26 Nov 2007 at 08:08

http://hardocp.com/image.html?image=MTE5NjAxMTAxNkJLREJYQk5nZE5fMV8xX2wuanBn

Its funny how that card is very similar to the card that was being called the 2900xtx:

http://www.iamxtreme.net/video/r600/2900xt4.jpg

gurusan · 26 Nov 2007 at 08:30

Any idea when this is going to be released, and what kind of price it will be?

Cartho · 26 Nov 2007 at 08:35

I hope it aint as long as that early OEM XT was

That was hilarious

ihatelag · 26 Nov 2007 at 08:58

Looks like a hacksaw

Finally ATI release a useful graphics card

simonnance · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:02

Cartho said:
I hope it aint as long as that early OEM XT was
That was hilarious

yeah, same length as the OEM GTX?

At least the retail XT was shorter than the retail GTX.

Gerard · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:26

gurusan said:
Any idea when this is going to be released, and what kind of price it will be?

Rumours saying around january, i can see it going for around £280-£300.

gurusan · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:27

hmm, thinking I won't wait for it then as that's a bit too pricey for me.

Darg · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:32

What's with the black handle? It's not long enough already??

Gerard · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:32

gurusan said:
hmm, thinking I won't wait for it then as that's a bit too pricey for me.

Just my estimate though, for a dual core card i really can't see it going for cheaper as it will be ati's high end card (and will most likely be priced as such). Probably inline with the 2900xt prices when it came out.

Gerard · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:33

Darg said:
What's with the black handle? It's not long enough already??

Its around the same length as a gtx.

gurusan · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:33

Darg said:
What's with the black handle? It's not long enough already??

I believe that's Dell's own OEM super e-peen extension.

paradigm · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:37

Darg said:
What's with the black handle? It's not long enough already??

Its to fit into holders for "full length" expansion cards. You will find a lot of workstations have racks for their PCI/ISA/AGP/PCIe cards to hold "full length" cards stable.

It physically couldn't be any bigger!

Darg · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:38

gurusan said:
I believe that's Dell's own OEM super e-peen extension.

Who would want a 14 inch long black e-peen? :eek:

waso_dude · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:43

Its so big they give you a carry handle for ease of fitting.

Darg · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:47

Maybe it's so you can go around with it on your shoulders like an 80s Hi-Fi. Yo beeyatch.. check out my pimpin red devil... yeeaaaa..

gurusan · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:49

Darg said:
Maybe it's so you can go around with it on your shoulders like an 80s Hi-Fi. Yo beeyatch.. check out my pimpin red devil... yeeaaaa..

is that like what chavvy people do with their cell phones in this country :confused:

I always see them riding the back of the bus all sprawled out drinking cider and playing some retarded happy hardcore tunes through their phones, and it sounds terrible and distorted...quite bizarre.

Cartho · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:50

LOL
I too was curious as to why they had stuck a large great lump of plastic on the end of it.
Maybe its so you can easily take it out and carry it to the nuclear power plant so they can make the necessary adaptations, thus allowing it to take a direct feed from one of their generators and so allowing it to actually work?

Darg · 26 Nov 2007 at 09:55

Cartho said:
LOL
I too was curious as to why they had stuck a large great lump of plastic on the end of it.
Maybe its so you can easily take it out and carry it to the nuclear power plant so they can make the necessary adaptations, thus allowing it to take a direct feed from one of their generators and so allowing it to actually work?

Funny man.. we won't need to do that with these. They come to your house to install the 10,000V line directly.

Amonlym · 26 Nov 2007 at 13:05

Its not the same heatsink as the 2900XTX, if you look carefully you can see its 2 entirely distinct small non heatpiped heatsinks in a shared airflow/fan tunnel. the size is simply because there are 2 entire 3870's on 1 pcb. so really, its pretty small. imagine the size of the n-vidia dual gpu card if it wasnt sandwiched! makes this looks small.

Tom|Nbk · 26 Nov 2007 at 17:04

gurusan said:
is that like what chavvy people do with their cell phones in this country I always see them riding the back of the bus all sprawled out drinking cider and playing some retarded happy hardcore tunes through their phones, and it sounds terrible and distorted...quite bizarre.

Wouldn't know the last time I got a bus was over a year and a half ago

But I have seen chavvers round here doing that. I normally give a look of disgust and utter disbelief.