News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Company VP flaunts monstrous Antilles card at Fusion launch event.
Read more.
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Hybrid crossfire just seems so pointless to me. What in percentage terms can an onboard GPU add to a fully fledged GPU? 2-3% after overheads? You'd get more from driver enhancement...
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
The only benefit I can see is power consumption. Reverting to the on-board gfx when not using the discrete solution allowing it to be powered down. Other than that, I couldn't agree more... Just an additional level of complexity and another point of failure to add to a system...
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
wouldnt of been able to see it without that green arrow ;)
why is he holding a PS2 anyway :P
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Originally Posted by
HalloweenJack
why is he holding a PS2 anyway :P
Are you sure it's not a VCR cassette? :p
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Don't forget the number of SPs on the 68xx+ cards is due to VLIW4 rather than VLIW5. So divide by 4 on 68xx, divide by 5 on 5xxx to get a true comparable number.
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Originally Posted by
GheeTsar
Are you sure it's not a VCR cassette? :p
Nah I think that may be Beatamax??
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
How many PCIE slots needed for that monster! I shudder to think!
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Originally Posted by
OilSheikh
How many PCIE slots needed for that monster! I shudder to think!
I would imagine only 1 with further 3 down obstructed by its size...
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Why is that guy walking around holding an old school "Reel to Reel" player or is that a NEO GEO?
Does it come with a 20 inch box fan cause that thing is HUGE!
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Originally Posted by
OilSheikh
How many PCIE slots needed for that monster! I shudder to think!
Asus are releasing a 3 slot GTX 560.
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Wow now I can play all my games at 1 million fps.
Also I saw the picture and thought it was the return on the VHS
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Anyone else find it stupid how things are getting bigger in volume area, rather than smaller, especially considering the fabrication process is getting smaller O_o
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Oobie-
Anyone else find it stupid how things are getting bigger in volume area, rather than smaller, especially considering the fabrication process is getting smaller O_o
My GTX 460 is intrinsically faster than my GTX 260 yet is about 2" smaller IIRC.
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Quote:
Originally Posted by
Terbinator
My GTX 460 is intrinsically faster than my GTX 260 yet is about 2" smaller IIRC.
Unlike AMD, it seems Nvidia has the ability to engineer sane length PCBs nowadays.
I cannot understand why the HD6870 and HD6950 have such long PCBs?
An HD5850 is shorter than an HD6870 and both have the same TDP too.
http://media.bestofmicro.com/E/W/266...850%20comp.jpg
Re: News - Dual-GPU AMD Radeon HD 6990 sneaks out of the lab
Ignore what women say, length does matter ok?! (although this one is more than sorted for girth as well!)