ATI to make Quad Crossfire
What happens when you combine R590 and Gemini
By Theo Valich: Tuesday 04 April 2006, 14:15
ALTHOUGH ATI first laughed at Nvidia's SLI concept, it will use its "Gemini" concept not just for two X1600s.
ATI has decided to combine two Gemini boards that feature two R590 chips each. You're reading it right, we're talking about dual R590 boards working together, or a Quad GPU powered ATI product.
The final physical design is far from being completed but ATI's Gemini X1600 is a concept where two chips fit on a single PCB. However, in order to create room for two 256 bit memory interface and quadrupled power consumption and heat dissipation - you need to be very creative. Enter creative engineering.
When it comes to the software side, ATI will have an easier ride. Since first dual ATI Crossfire originally used a tiling system, there is no problem for ATI to make four GPU configurations - each GPU will just render its own tile and SuperTiling mode can work right away.
For Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) and Split Frame Rendering (SFR), more work needs to be done, but you can be sure of one thing. It is coming.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30751
What happens when you combine R590 and Gemini
By Theo Valich: Tuesday 04 April 2006, 14:15
ALTHOUGH ATI first laughed at Nvidia's SLI concept, it will use its "Gemini" concept not just for two X1600s.
ATI has decided to combine two Gemini boards that feature two R590 chips each. You're reading it right, we're talking about dual R590 boards working together, or a Quad GPU powered ATI product.
The final physical design is far from being completed but ATI's Gemini X1600 is a concept where two chips fit on a single PCB. However, in order to create room for two 256 bit memory interface and quadrupled power consumption and heat dissipation - you need to be very creative. Enter creative engineering.
When it comes to the software side, ATI will have an easier ride. Since first dual ATI Crossfire originally used a tiling system, there is no problem for ATI to make four GPU configurations - each GPU will just render its own tile and SuperTiling mode can work right away.
For Alternate Frame Rendering (AFR) and Split Frame Rendering (SFR), more work needs to be done, but you can be sure of one thing. It is coming.
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30751
