5870 X2 is 5970..?

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Hauk

Hauk

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Originally posted by: adairusmc
They need to come out already so I can replace this 4870X2
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Hopefully this pic means they're close..
 
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imported_Shaq

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I guess he doesn't need more than one hard drive anyway. lol My case is already like that with the 295 so I doubt this would fit.
 
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jiffylube1024

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Originally posted by: Shaq
I guess he doesn't need more than one hard drive anyway. lol My case is already like that with the 295 so I doubt this would fit.
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You've got a Core i7 with X58 and a GTX 295 and you won't shell out extra cash for a case with enough room for your video cards and several hard drives? I doubt the 5870x2 is that much bigger than the 295.
 
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Ben90

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Please tell me where im wrong because i could have sworn that AMD was spreading it everywhere that the 5870x2 would be 2 cores on one package, kinda like pentium d and core 2 duos

Maybe i was thinking of something else
 
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reminds me of the voodoo5 6000 days. That card was just as long but with 4 gpus. It never made it to market because it was slow and missing alot of features and 3dfx was dying.
Wonder if anyone is crazy enough to put two of those for 4-way xfire! Could break some benchmark records!
 
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Originally posted by: LCD123
reminds me of the voodoo5 6000 days. That card was just as long but with 4 gpus. It never made it to market because it was slow and missing alot of features and 3dfx was dying.
Wonder if anyone is crazy enough to put two of those for 4-way xfire! Could break some benchmark records!
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cpu bottleneck from hell. lol
 
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MarcVenice

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From what I know, the HD 5870X2 was supposed to come out in october, but they probably won't make it. Looks more like second/third week of november. My guess is, that they are using all Cypress-chips they got on HD 5870, instead of putting two of them on a HD 5870X2. Related would be the fact that if there aren't a lot of Cypress-chips, they can't really do a solid launch with the HD 5870X2, so perhaps they are stocking up on them first.
 
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Hauk

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Originally posted by: MarcVenice
From what I know, the HD 5870X2 was supposed to come out in october, but they probably won't make it. Looks more like second/third week of november. My guess is, that they are using all Cypress-chips they got on HD 5870, instead of putting two of them on a HD 5870X2. Related would be the fact that if there aren't a lot of Cypress-chips, they can't really do a solid launch with the HD 5870X2, so perhaps they are stocking up on them first.
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Makes sense. If true, :thumbsdown:
 
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ther00kie16

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It looks long, but probably not as long as the voodoo 6000, which was >13" long. I believe the 4850x2 cards were 11.2" so I doubt we'll see a card longer than the 6000 anytime soon.
 
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Hauk

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Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Its going to be the HD5900 series. Not the HD5870X2.
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Yea I saw this:

"It's clear that ATI is preparing the Radeon 5900 series to match NVIDIA's upcoming Fermi release. It 'could' be the 5870 X2 being positioned under this device ID, but in some drivers these entries already can be found:

"ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series" = ati2mtag_Evergreen, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_689C
"ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series " = ati2mtag_Evergreen, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_689D" source

but it doesn't make sense, unless it's not gonna surface until single 5890's would. Multiple counters for Fermi?
 
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Originally posted by: Hauk
Originally posted by: Cookie Monster
Its going to be the HD5900 series. Not the HD5870X2.
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Yea I saw this:

"It's clear that ATI is preparing the Radeon 5900 series to match NVIDIA's upcoming Fermi release. It 'could' be the 5870 X2 being positioned under this device ID, but in some drivers these entries already can be found:

"ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series" = ati2mtag_Evergreen, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_689C
"ATI Radeon HD 5900 Series " = ati2mtag_Evergreen, PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_689D" source

but it doesn't make sense, unless it's not gonna surface until single 5890's would. Multiple counters for Fermi?
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Or Smoke and Mirrors.
 
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djnsmith7

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Originally posted by: jiffylube1024
Originally posted by: Shaq
I guess he doesn't need more than one hard drive anyway. lol My case is already like that with the 295 so I doubt this would fit.
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You've got a Core i7 with X58 and a GTX 295 and you won't shell out extra cash for a case with enough room for your video cards and several hard drives?
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This.
 
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SlowSpyder

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Originally posted by: Hauk
Originally posted by: MarcVenice
From what I know, the HD 5870X2 was supposed to come out in october, but they probably won't make it. Looks more like second/third week of november. My guess is, that they are using all Cypress-chips they got on HD 5870, instead of putting two of them on a HD 5870X2. Related would be the fact that if there aren't a lot of Cypress-chips, they can't really do a solid launch with the HD 5870X2, so perhaps they are stocking up on them first.
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Makes sense. If true, :thumbsdown:
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My guess is AMD just wants it out in time for Fermi, they probaby don't care about a few weeks one way or another so long as it's out in time for Fermi.
 
Grooveriding

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I'm guessing it's a safe bet that 2x 5870s in CF will be faster than 5870X2, like it was with the 4870 line ?

As I am just going to add a second 5870 to my rig, rather than go X2.
 
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lavaheadache

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So it seems as though this maybe the 5970 or something according to the other thread. Interesting regardless.
 
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