Single-board dual RV570 boards in the pipeline
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3016
looks like a good start
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=3016
looks like a good start
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ATI's Single-PCB Dual-GPU Plans
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It's good that it's an actual dual-GPU card, unlike the 7950GX2 which is just two cards slapped together and sharing a lot at 8x speed each, but there's no way in Hell something like that would fit in my case lol! 
They should both get back to work focusing on single cards instead of marketing gimmicks IMO.
They should both get back to work focusing on single cards instead of marketing gimmicks IMO.
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Pity they can only use Mid Range cards though like the x1600's etc..., Nvidia don't have to worry about competition to their 7950, as theres no way ATi could slap 2x X1800's etc... together, not with the cooling they need, Nvida's won the 2x GPU's on one card hands down.
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Yup 7950 is 2x GPU's on one card, its 2x 7900's, this is ATi's counter, 2x of their GPU's on one card, but they can only use mid range like x1600's as said, as the x1800's etc... have huge cooling etc...
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Who on earth is gona buy a card with 2x x1600 GPU's on it, be absolutely rubbish, probably be about as fast as an x800, and theres Nvidia got 2x 7900' GT's on one card, bet their scared when this thing comes out.
The 7950GX2 is two GO 7900s stuck together and running at 8x each so they can share a slot, it's simply the next stage in PCI-E development. It's not a single card, it's a marketing gimmick.LoadsaMoney said:
I'm not saying it's crap, it's the best card(s) available right now, but it's still just a gimmick.
The ATi "Gemini" is a single card, it's a joke though. The thing is huge and not to mention, as you said, a crap performer anyway. I don't know why ATi didn't try it with two X1800XL cores as they did fine with single slot cooling, would make more sense, at least to me.
Addition: Finally, I was looking all over for this picture. It basically shows how the second card plugs into an 8x PCI-E slot stuck to the first. They both have a PCI-E connect, two cards.
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I still have to grin at nvidia's propaganda at having the fastest "single card". Single my ass.
Another thing that comes to mind is the way nvidia fans were ranting about the voodoo 5 with 2 cores, the one thing i heard a ton of times was "3dfx can't beat nvidia with one gfx core so they have to use 2", i guess this then also applies for the 7950?
I very much doubt ati is gonna have an answer to the 7950 anytime soon, id sort of expect an r600 dual gpu varient to appear but thats entirely dependant on the amount of heat it generates.
Another thing that comes to mind is the way nvidia fans were ranting about the voodoo 5 with 2 cores, the one thing i heard a ton of times was "3dfx can't beat nvidia with one gfx core so they have to use 2", i guess this then also applies for the 7950?
I very much doubt ati is gonna have an answer to the 7950 anytime soon, id sort of expect an r600 dual gpu varient to appear but thats entirely dependant on the amount of heat it generates.
Aye, it looks like ATi are pretty stuck until next year, but from what I have heard R600 will be much cooler as it's on a smaller fabrication process. Hopefully will mean single-slot cooling and dual-core graphics all around.Gerard said:
Knowing ATi though, they will continue their recent trend of simply ramping up clockspeeds to insane amounts and sticking noisy dual-slot coolers on it.
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Its mad that ati are stil using the blower style coolers, there must be thermal engineers on it etc but im very suprised that the x1900 series never had a cooler with a larger fan like the 7900 series. The main criticism of x1800 was heat, noise,power consumption, a better cooler would have eliminated 2 of the complaints.
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The x1950 is supposed to be single slot cooler, as they are supposed to give out less heat, and use less power as they are a smaller die process, 80 i think, be interesting. 
Yeah that card is bloody huge, it looks about the same size as that first 7900 GX2, the one which easyrider got.
Yeah that card is bloody huge, it looks about the same size as that first 7900 GX2, the one which easyrider got.
Not if you had a high end card you wouldn't.Gerard said:I wouldn't even bother with an x1950, its rumoured to be what 150mhz faster, like 5fps in most games if even.
However if you were upgrading from something older You'd buy one over a X1900 because it would run much cooler.
That what ATI is aiming at, the people that chose High end NVidia cards as they ran cooler.
