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New dual GPU ATI card in 2010

ATI don't hang about, can very well see a 6000 based dual GPU out this year, be interesting to see if nvidia have anything planned in regards to a dual card.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
ATI don't hang about, can very well see a 6000 based dual GPU out this year, be interesting to see if nvidia have anything planned in regards to a dual card.
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If Nvidia do make a dual GPU card, it will almost certainly be based on the GF104 (Currently in the GTX460).
 
NathWraith said:
Just grant me one thing ATI.


Good drivers.
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Indeed, ATI have the hardware down to a T at the moment but the drivers after 10.4 have got steadily worse.

If it was ATI making the hardware with nvidia doing the drivers + game support for it, crossfire users would actually smile for the first time since purchasing their cards lol.
 
RavenXXX2 said:
Yeah but not necessarily based on a 460, remember they have other GF104 cards in the works that are faster than a 460.
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The other 460 is going to be 15-20% faster, its not going to come close to a 5870, let alone 2x5870 slightly downclocked for no other reason than the 300W pci-e spec, let alone 2x6870 slightly downclocked for no other reason than the 300W spec.

Depending on exactly how much of a speed boost they'll get, a 6970 could be pushing twice the speed of a 384sp gf104 dual card.

5870 to 6870 performance boost is likely going to be 35-45%, the 460 to 475gtx is a 15% shader bump, because of the power usage a dual gf104 is actually a lot more likely to be either 2x475gtx downclocked, or 2x460gtx's.
 
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