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Arcane · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:25

Just spotted some pics of what appears to be G80.

Gibbo · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:29

HI there

Looks like an absolute monster!!
Two PCI-E connectors though, how much power does this beat require?

Plus H20/Air hybrid, so does that mean you can air cool it but if you H20 cool then you can clock it more or must it be H20 cooled?

Cyber-Mav · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:31

either way that card takes the wee. and i was scared of x1900 power consumption and heat :rolleyes:

qwerty07 · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:33

Cyber-Mav said:
either way that card takes the wee. and i was scared of x1900 power consumption and heat

Thats why the sensible people will wait for the DX10 refresh before buying, just look at the 7800-->7900

MeatLoaf · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:33

Looks longer than 7900GTX/X1900 as well. Dont know if i like how the power connectors are orientated. Probably because if they were in the usual place the card wouldnt fit in a lot of cases with the powr cord in as well.

qwerty07 · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:34

MeatLoaf said:
Looks longer than 7900GTX/X1900 as well. Dont know if i like how the power connectors are orientated. Probably because if they were in the usual place the card wouldnt fit in a lot of cases with the powr cord in as well.

Looks as long as the GX2

MeatLoaf · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:34

qwerty07 said:
Thats why the sensible people will wait for the DX10 refresh before buying, just look at the 7800-->7900

I thought G80 was going to be a DX10 part?

qwerty07 · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:35

MeatLoaf said:
I thought G80 was going to be a DX10 part?

It is. I am saying wait for the 2nd generation of the G80 series before buying = less power consumption/less heat/higher clocks. Eg. 7900 series

The Asgard · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:36

At least it will be easier to add to my loop. It looks a beast.

Can't wait for some specs and benchmarks.

qwerty07 · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:37

The Asgard said:
At least it will be easier to add to my loop. It looks a beast.

Can't wait for some specs and benchmarks.

It has to beat the GX2 so theres a start

Arcane · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:42

Gibbo said:
Plus H20/Air hybrid, so does that mean you can air cool it but if you H20 cool then you can clock it more or must it be H20 cooled?

It could be an aftermarket solution although the hybrid water/air rumour's been doing the rounds for a while...pure speculation of course.

Cyber-Mav said:
either way that card takes the wee. and i was scared of x1900 power consumption and heat

What with the rumoured 250W requirments for the next gen ATI part and this having 2 PCI-E connectors, I can see 1K PSU's becoming the norm soon.

qwerty07 said:
It has to beat the GX2 so theres a start

Again, rumours seem to be of the opinion it will be faster than a 7950gx2, makes sense really, 5800>6800>7800, they all pretty much doubled in performance.

Cyber-Mav · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:48

so this card should be as fast as a quad sli setup??

w3bbo · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:50

SLI connector too: 4x pci-e cables required :eek:

. Time to get them PC P&C 1100 w psu's in Gibbo

Rob43 · 29 Sep 2006 at 16:54

Theres going to be a lot of small power plants needed setting up in rooms up & down the country to run these :eek:

Rob

Voltage · 29 Sep 2006 at 17:02

whats the eta on the card?

Kezmo · 29 Sep 2006 at 17:14

"so we are looking in Novemberish launch, it seems"

Inquirer

Arcane · 29 Sep 2006 at 17:18

I think it's a november launch, i've personally got zero will power and will probably end up with a couple of them, I'm thinking of going for a 24" monitor so they'll be a nice new toy to play Crysis with.

wnm0 · 29 Sep 2006 at 17:26

Looks good but mr no knoledge here must gen up on the new items coming out lol... :confused:

qwerty07 · 29 Sep 2006 at 17:49

Looks accurate due to the 384bit memory, hence the 12 chips

shrek2 · 29 Sep 2006 at 19:28

Wow. looks really good. Cant wait to drop one of these in my rig come november.

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