HEXUS.reviews :: GeCube Radeon X1650 XT Dual 512MB

[Bob Crabtree]

Some makers of graphics cards tear up the reference design, stamp on it, burn it, throw it out of the window and start all over again. GeCube is such a company and we're taking a close look one of its cards - a Radeon X1650 XT with a real difference.

Check it out.

[Quantum-M]

This may be a very stupid question but, is it remotely possible to put two GPU cores on one die, sort of like dual-core GPU? I mean, aren't GPUs already as complex as CPU's? I apologize of this may seem a very stupid question to some people.

[Bob Crabtree]

Originally Posted by Quantum-M

This may be a very stupid question but, is it remotely possible to put two GPU cores on one die, sort of like dual-core GPU? I mean, aren't GPUs already as complex as CPU's? I apologize of this may seem a very stupid question to some people.

Very far from being a stupid question - and it's what NVIDIA and AMD are planning.

AMD's strategy will be to have silicon that can the GPU and CPU on a single bit of silicon, some with multiple GPUs others with multiple CPUs - mix and match to suit the application.

A bit like this, in fact:

Here's a bigger version.

Bob

Here's some background reading.

And some more.

[shaidarharan]

Minor correction on pg2:

"Stripping it down, you see the two RV530 cores are apportioned their own 256MiB framebuffer, making 512MiB in total."

X1650 XT = RV560

Also here on pg5:
"Strapping a couple of RV530s provides decent framerates in Far Cry"

[Tarinder]

Well spootted, that man