[DonanimHaber] 6870x2 via Powercolor

GodisanAtheist

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I dunno where PC came from but they've been working real hard to make a name for themselves among the ATI crowd (like Galaxy on the greener side of things) and I can't say I dislike it!

6870x2 from Powercolor

warning its translated from DonanimHaber:
Model uses AMD's Radeon HD 6870 XT GPU Barts pair are expected to be the video card, the Radeon HD 6900 series graphics cards in terms of performance seems to constitute a serious threat. Her GPU için 1120x olmak üzere toplamda 2240x paralel işlem birimiyle gelmesi beklenen kart, 2x 256-bit bellek veri yolu desteğine, toplamda 112 adet doku ünitesine, 64 adet ROP birimine ve 2GB GDDR5 bellek kapasitesine sahip olacak. 2240x to 1120x total for each GPU parallel processing unit is expected to come to the card, 2x 256-bit memory bus, a total of 112 tissue units, 64 ROPs, and 2GB of GDDR5 memory unit will have the capacity. Çift grafik işlemcili yeni modele için saat hızları henüz bilinmemekle birlikte özel tasarımlı bir soğutucu kullanacağı tahmininden yola çıkarak farbrika çıkışı arttırılmış saat hızlarına sahip olması da beklenebilir. Dual graphics processor clock speeds for the new model will use a cooler yet unknown, custom-designed clock speeds have increased output farbrika Based on a prediction of the expected.
 
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bunnyfubbles

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This should be relatively similar to what EVGA did with their dual GTX460 card, although I'd wager it will be a faster solution considering the 6870 is a faster (and more expensive) part than the GTX460.

I'd be surprised if its less than $400 and is more likely to be near the $500 mark considering its ability to best a single GTX580. Crossfiring a pair of 6950s would likely be the better performance and price/performance alternative but this solution will have the advantage of a single-card/dual-slot configuration
 

notty22

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This is going to appeal to people that coveted the 4870x2, this solution is about 75% faster. I wonder if it will have special eyefnity features. If it can come it at 400 dollars its a winner.
 

Arkadrel

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This is bound to be ~10%+ or more faster than a single 580.

So Im guessing if it goes for like 450$, it ll sell pretty well, and probably drive 580 prices down abit.
 

-Slacker-

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This is going to appeal to people that coveted the 4870x2, this solution is about 75% faster. I wonder if it will have special eyefnity features. If it can come it at 400 dollars its a winner.

In my opinion, $400 isn't that good a price either, because 2 separate 6870's can now be had for $360, not to mention that they'll probably go down even more by the time the dual gpu version comes out...
 

bunnyfubbles

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In my opinion, $400 isn't that good a price either, because 2 separate 6870's can now be had for $360, not to mention that they'll probably go down even more by the time the dual gpu version comes out...

it simply doesn't matter if two 6870s are cheaper, you're paying for the convenience of a single card solution just as the GTX580 is "overpriced" because its a single GPU solution

in a proper air cooled setup two 6870s will take up 5 slots (or at least 4 if we're being less than ideal and sandwiching the cards together) - which doesn't leave much room for anything else such as a soundcard, of which if there is still an applicable slot left, the video cards and their heat and EMI will wreck havoc on the sound card.

whereas a single card with dual 6870s will, more than likely, only take up two slots

such a solution becomes particularly enticing in smaller form factor rigs as well. mATX boards only have 4 expansion slots, so CF/SLI with two video cards likely consumes all 4 slots leaving absolutely no room for any thing else (again, such as a sound card) and be less than ideal for cooling. ITX boards only have one expansion slot, and this solution would be the 3rd fastest single card option and not quite as insane as the idea of putting a 6990 or 590 into such a rig.
 
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happy medium

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The only thing that worries me about these *special* cards is the driver support.

Now that the cats out of the bag expect to see gtx560 x2 story leak next.
 

notty22

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I noticed the 'prototype' card had a crossfire finger. As far as driver support, I imagine , driver tweaks are very similar to Cayman. And the 5850/70 did support quad-fire, so maybe someone could choose to run 2 of those. Like 2- 5970's.
Probably not ideal though. If someone wanted more power than 1 6870x2, just move up to 6990.
Oh, the many ways to spend money, lol
 

Spikesoldier

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The only thing that worries me about these *special* cards is the driver support.

Now that the cats out of the bag expect to see gtx560 x2 story leak next.

here we go with the FUD.

at the end of the day, there are two 6870's on the PCB, which have no driver issues.

but, somehow, you think that any variation on reference design is immediately going to be met with driver hurdles. oh wait, i forgot its an amd card. /cue driver FUD

this card can be excellent where others were meh, because of 6xxx series' near linear scaling.
 

bunnyfubbles

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I noticed the 'prototype' card had a crossfire finger. As far as driver support, I imagine , driver tweaks are very similar to Cayman. And the 5850/70 did support quad-fire, so maybe someone could choose to run 2 of those. Like 2- 5970's.
Probably not ideal though. If someone wanted more power than 1 6870x2, just move up to 6990.
Oh, the many ways to spend money, lol

EVGA's dual GTX460 card has an SLI connector but does not support SLI to any extra cards
 

happy medium

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here we go with the FUD.

at the end of the day, there are two 6870's on the PCB, which have no driver issues.

No fud here bro, have you ever owned a 4850 x2? These *special* Vendor made cards sometimes have a lack of driver support, especially early on.
 
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Spikesoldier

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No fud here bro, have you ever owned a 4850 x2? These *special* Vendor made cards sometimes have a lack of driver support, especially early on.

its a good thing that i can expect to have it supported next month with the next catalyst release. the bad rap amd gets for drivers is undeserved in modern times.

i have never, ever had a driver issue with ati/amd or geforce. i did have a driver problem with nforce as NV was too lazy to make a vista driver for NF3 when the NF3 was only a year old. thanks, NV, that was my last NV chipset.

now, would i blame the single vendor for the driver problems? only if the driver on the CD it shipped with was not functional at all.

if i tried to install a driver that came out later, and it said no-go, then i would be pissed, but i see this being fixed within 1mo or 1 version after release.

i can see where you say that early on it would be a problem, since it is not developed by AMD and is only being developed by 1 vendor. you did not mention this in your first post.
 

wahdangun

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if power color release lcs version for this card then it will be perfect for my super mini itx, lanparty build