Nvidia has been quiet with the dual GPU parts as of late. The six series scale pretty nicely in Crossfire, I bet Nvidia will have a tough time (though nothing is impossible) matching a ~300 watt 6990 part.
Grooveriding
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The pictures of the 6990 showed it having two 8-pin connectors.
http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2137255&highlight=6990
The short of the situation is the 6990 is out next month and is confirmed. A dual gpu from nvidia is still a rumor and there is no confirmation.
LiuKangBakinPie
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Short Answer
PCI-E 3.0
Long Answer
PCI-E 3.0
To answer everyones questions about the power limits
PCI-E 3.0
So what are we waiting for?
PCI-E 3.0
Long Answer
PCI-E 3.0
To answer everyones questions about the power limits
PCI-E 3.0
So what are we waiting for?
RaistlinZ
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wtf, there are no board that support PCI-E 3.0 yet.
btw can't wait for next month,
No chipset supports native USB3 either. But like all things it's coming and you'll probably have to buy a new CPU to go with it. Probably not memory though.
The PCI spec should be 375 watts since that is what is provided with 2 8 pin connectors and the PCIe slot. The advancement in design can occur at the new limit of 375 watts.
Castiel
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Man would they have to cut the clocks on that allot, otherwise it'll be like having a toaster in your case
Were all thinking 600 core clocks and undervolted to hell for the 595
SolMiester
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The thread got derailed when joe bloggs started spouting a NV dual GPU was impossible!
No one ever said it was impossible, many people just said that there's no point in believing yet another NV dual GPU on one card rumour given there have been many before that never actually appeared.
That doesn't mean it won't happen, but that it's by no means a sure thing. It is easily possible for NV to get at least something released as a dual GPU card, whatever that may be, but so far they have yet to execute with their most recent architecture, despite many many rumours and even preview pictures of cards.
Until it is officially announced and respectable channels talk about it, it's still all rumour as far as many people are concerned, because there is nothing to back it up.
Or, they could just add some cores, etc..., and make a faster card that draws more power, but gives us nothing really new.
Question: Is ATI/nV allowed to release a card that draws more power than the ATX spec?
Not if they want it to meet pci express specs and get it certified.
Something like that. Actually anything over 225W and many system builders turn their noses up at it. That's why you don't see Quadro cards with fully functioning Fermi chips, or even over 448SP. Although with the power throttling they're doing now with the GF110 that might be able to change.
I never saw the appeal of a dual GPU single card.
You have to live with all the downfalls of running dual GPU's such as microstutter, bad scaling in some games, a 375-500w GPU in a single slot(if you overclock over the stock 375w, which most will). And get no benifits in return.
With dual cards you can overclock higher due to having much better cooling, more stable power supply(4, 6 or 8 pin connectors used not 2) and not to mention will be cheaper than the dual GPU single card.
The only thing a dual GPU single card could be said to have going for it is you dont need 2 16x/8x slots. But with the money you save buy getting 2 seperate cards(usually 100-200 cheaper than the single card) you can buy a new mobo if needed.
You have to live with all the downfalls of running dual GPU's such as microstutter, bad scaling in some games, a 375-500w GPU in a single slot(if you overclock over the stock 375w, which most will). And get no benifits in return.
With dual cards you can overclock higher due to having much better cooling, more stable power supply(4, 6 or 8 pin connectors used not 2) and not to mention will be cheaper than the dual GPU single card.
The only thing a dual GPU single card could be said to have going for it is you dont need 2 16x/8x slots. But with the money you save buy getting 2 seperate cards(usually 100-200 cheaper than the single card) you can buy a new mobo if needed.
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If you are satisfied with performance of 2 cards then your arguments bold but a dual GPU on a single card means you can fit more power into your case. Not only that but my 5970 cost less than 2 5870's -about the same as 2 5850's.
Grooveriding
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That's not all that fair. You just have to overclock the 5970 and it is two 5870s. It does contain 2 5870 cores and the same memory, etc.
Elfear
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True, it has a couple of underclocked 5870s. Something like dual 5860s if such a thing existed. Still proves his post was wrong about dual gpu cards being $100-200 more expensive.
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