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Galaxy Out to Impress at Computex; Dual-GPU Fermi and More

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It seems that Galaxy agrees with the mandate of Captain Jean Luc Picard, as they have boldly gone where no GPU manufacturer has gone before at this year’s iteration of Computex. First on the list of shockers is the beautiful prototype pictured to the right, dubbed the GTX 470 Dual, which combines two GF100’s on a single 12″ PCB. Requiring two 8-pin power connectors (no doubt), this small space heater also sports 3 DVI connectors and an SLI connector on the top. Reported over on HotHardware, this beast may not ever make it to market, but is interesting nonetheless.

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As well, vapor chamber technology has made its way to the GTX 480 thanks to another card showcased by Galaxy. No specs have been reported, but juicy pictures from TechPowerUp can be found in the gallery below. And finally, Galaxy produced yet another non-reference Fermi card, a dual-GPU card in the style of EVGA’s GTX 275 Co-Op. It is claimed to be capable of running 4-way SLI, this GTX 480 with an additional GT 240 chip for PhysX processing is also going to require a very powerful cooling solution.


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Finally, Galaxy is quickly becoming an enthusiast friendly brand and is even working on its own iPhone application for overclocking and monitoring your graphics card. The application uses WiFi only so you won't need to have a bluetooth connection on your motherboard for it work, which is a definite plus.

Galaxy is definitely taking aim at the market that BFG and others are struggling with and its manufacturing prowess might be the key to it all.




All of this innovation is exciting news for enthusiasts, but one has to wonder whether or not either of the dual-GPU boards will be available for purchase any time soon. Since neither card was shown with a cooling solution, plenty of room for speculation has been left and this news poster wouldn’t be surprised that if they are sold at retail, they’d be packaged with a water block.

Amagad I think I just posted the same thing, of which I posted earlier.
 
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NEither are actually innovative, two gpu's, one card, old hat, infact, very very old.

Not to mention its VERY easy to put parts on a pcb to look impressive at a show, its a different matter to put a card together that works, they fact they don't have one in a computer with a ridiculous prototype cooler, two normal gpu only waterblocks, seems like a bad sign to me because theres entirely nothing complex about making one of these with ridiculous cooling they can't sell it with as a prototype, companies do it all the time, thats why often first cards shown working are hidden in cases closed and locked because people don't want them seeing the horrible prototype card.

Its a step up from wood screws, but then, maybe thats why it doesn't have a heatsink on it ;)
 
drunkenmaster said:
NEither are actually innovative, two gpu's, one card, old hat, infact, very very old.

Not to mention its VERY easy to put parts on a pcb to look impressive at a show, its a different matter to put a card together that works, they fact they don't have one in a computer with a ridiculous prototype cooler, two normal gpu only waterblocks, seems like a bad sign to me because theres entirely nothing complex about making one of these with ridiculous cooling they can't sell it with as a prototype, companies do it all the time, thats why often first cards shown working are hidden in cases closed and locked because people don't want them seeing the horrible prototype card.

Its a step up from wood screws, but then, maybe thats why it doesn't have a heatsink on it ;)
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Damn DM, you are like a walking techno book.
 
If Gigabyte can pull off a dual GPU gtx470 card (and that's a big IF, an enormously huge IF) and it is priced cheaper than a 5970, this might actually sell. True it'd be hotter than the sun, and drains whole cities dry of electricity, but benchmarks give the general impression that SLI on Fermi scales very well, and unfortunately better than crossfire, which usually manages around 160-180% for two cards.
Indeed, two GTX470s in SLI are on most occasions able to match 5870s, and in some cases are able to beat it. If Gigabyte can make this dual GPU card cheaper than the 5970, it may become desirable as a high end part.
 
An iphone app for clocking your card? Because apparently using a program on the pc is SOOOO hard..



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Gerard said:
An iphone app for clocking your card? Because apparently using a program on the pc is SOOOO hard..



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Maybe if your running a full screen benchie then you wont be able to see themps. I think its a rather nice idea. I wonder if it will work wit ATI cards?
 
its been asked b4, but where is galaxy getting all this money for R&D? I wouldn't say they were one of the biggest players in the gfx card market.
 
Galaxy is a pretty enormous manufacturer, it's just that their products tend not to make it to EU markets for some reason. Perhaps they operate here via another company. Does anyone know if they own any EU brands?
 
Yeah its a shame, I quite like Galaxy, they often produce modified or interesting cards.

Still got an OcUK special 7300GT here (they did a 30 squid offer a few years back, when they were normally 50), which in my case turned out to be a Galaxy model. The thing was tweaked and clocked to the point it was beating 7600GS in reviews, straight out the box, and came with a Zalman fan as standard, meaning it was almost silent.

Makes a good backup card!
 
radar19 said:
Maybe if your running a full screen benchie then you wont be able to see themps. I think its a rather nice idea. I wonder if it will work wit ATI cards?
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Rivatuner does that though, displays the temps on screen while playing the game.
 
you all forget that in the world of technogeekdom that we live in, that completely pointless app/thing is in fact 'a must have' simply because its on the iphone.
 
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