AMD Radeon Pro Duo introduced at GDC 2016

[HEXUS]

Touted as the "World's First Platform for VR Content Creation and Consumption".

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[WiranDPA]

3x8 PCI-E connectors? Guess it was to be expected, but daaaaaaaaamn

[Xlucine]

I can see what looks like two sets of tubes for radiators running off the card in the last picture - one pair by the power connectors, and another pair over by the mounting bracket. Bit of an odd way of doing it

[outwar6010]

3x8 PCI-E connectors? Guess it was to be expected, but daaaaaaaaamn

Looks like two 8 pin and one six.

[kalniel]

Looks like two 8 pin and one six.

It's 3x8. Count the cables.

I can see what looks like two sets of tubes for radiators running off the card in the last picture - one pair by the power connectors, and another pair over by the mounting bracket. Bit of an odd way of doing it

It's just looping around at the bottom of the card. The only connection is on the left as we're looking at it (by mounting bracket).

[Biscuit]

I'm looking forward to seeing how this beasty performs, but I also really hope this VR thing dies off sooner rather than later.

[Jowsey]

*Whistles* 525 watts of available power.

Plus it looks like a dual thickness rad. This is exactly the kind of over the top, bonkers numbers a crazy powerful GPU should have!

Can't wait to see it in action!

[scaryjim]

If you follow the first link in the article, AMD have a really nice picture of the card with its shroud off, showing off the mad crazy layout of tubes and waterblocks underneath it! They also have FireStrike results for the Pro Duo against the 295X2 and Titan Z, and it smokes them both, with a FHD score of over 20k. I've compared their results to the Hexus ones and they're in the same ballpark (AMD's are slightly higher as they're using an i7 5960X), so that should give you some idea of the performance on offer - almost but not quite twice the Nano, as expected. That would (based on AMD's Nano review) mean it hits 60fps @ 4k in every game except Total War: Rome II (assuming the rest of your susbsystem can keep up, that is ).

Surprised they've kitted it out with that much power circuitry though, tbh. The Nano TDP is only 175W. Going power heavy suggests they're using less-highly binned silicon, and perhaps running the power targets high to allow higher clocks too?

However they've gone about it, it's a bit of a monster...

[Corky34]

AMD really need a new PR and marketing department, was it really a good idea to name the event where this was revealed as Capsaicin.

[scaryjim]

... was it really a good idea to name the event where this was revealed as Capsaicin.

Bit geeky perhaps. Presumably it's because they're unveiling "hot" new products...

[Corky34]

Yea i get what they were trying to convey but "hot" probably isn't the sort of thing you want associated with electronics, least of all AMD with the amount of flak they've received over heat issues, personally i would've gone with something "cool"

[Biscuit]

Yea i get what they were trying to convey but "hot" probably isn't the sort of thing you want associated with electronics, least of all AMD with the amount of flak they've received over heat issues, personally i would've gone with something "cool"

I'm fairly sure they would have received the same kind of flak and in similar volume if they did. Really there is no way to win.

[kalniel]

I thought the same initially, but then realised so what? - This is a hot product both figuratively and literally - they're making no bones of the fact it's performing at such high speeds that it needs good power+cooling solutions - and they're providing that too.

[lumireleon]

ohhhhh will it beat 980TI in SLI?

[kalniel]

ohhhhh will it beat 980TI in SLI?

In what task?

[lumireleon]

not the tera-category floating point number crunching (I don't mine bit coins) but the plain old U.H.D Graphics.