Dual 7900GTX Cards Emerge

[TecHNooB]

Sweet Jesus!

 

[sisq0kidd]

Sweet Jesus! More stuff I can't afford

 

[SpeedZealot369]

imagine 4 of those in real quad sli

*just got a heart attack*

 

[Capt Caveman]

How will a single dual 7900GTX compare to single 7900GTX SLI? Just curious...

 

[nib95]

Lol, I posted this thread first! By about 6 mins!

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
How will a single dual 7900GTX compare to single 7900GTX SLI? Just curious...

Well, I read somewhere (maybe Maximum PC), that the Asus dual 7800GT is faster than two 7800GTs in SLI.. with the right drivers of course. I guess 2 7900GTX on one board will be faster.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
How will a single dual 7900GTX compare to single 7900GTX SLI? Just curious...

Sli performance is usually %80 increase

 

[AzNPinkTuv]

probably similar to 7800gt sli on a card vs 7800gt...

which if memory serves.. is about sli vs normal

 

[Keysplayr]

This news might actually be exciting if only CPU's suddenly got waaaaay more powerful.
Single UBER high end cards are just about bottlenecked these days.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
This news might actually be exciting if only CPU's suddenly got waaaaay more powerful.
Single UBER high end cards are just about bottlenecked these days.

I disagree. If you have money to spend on those cards then you definitly have for water cooling. AMD processors have hit over 3.2ghz with watercooling so I don't think theres any card/cards that will bottlenecked by that.

 

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: SpeedZealot369

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
This news might actually be exciting if only CPU's suddenly got waaaaay more powerful.
Single UBER high end cards are just about bottlenecked these days.

I disagree. If you have money to spend on those cards then you definitly have for water cooling. AMD processors have hit over 3.2ghz with watercooling so I don't think theres any card/cards that will bottlenecked by that.

... and the money for two 30 inch "3007FP" Dell monitors :shocked:

 

[TecHNooB]

So if current AMDs clocked between 2.4-3.0 ghz are bottlenecking the high-end DX9 cards, then if the trend continues, pretty soon no matter how high you OC (reasonably) your AMD cpu, your card will experience a bottleneck. But with DX10 putting more load on the GPU than on the CPU, you'd be able to run your card at its maximum potential without having to OC much. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[Cooler]

Better get Rollo im sure he will test them for us.

 

[Ronin]

I'll be fighting for a pair (and that comment wasn't necessary, Cooler).

We'll see if I can get a set sent post CeBit (I don't expect to see anything beforehand).

 

[RichUK]

Are these supposed to have external power supplies?

If so then having these in SLI would mean two power bricks :shocked:

 

[nib95]

Originally posted by: Cooler
Better get Rollo im sure he will test them for us.

No he wouldnt because he was only given his 7800 GTX 512mb very late in the game.
After many users had already used them for quite a few weeks.

A better user to put your money on to test them wouldbe Ronin.

 

[nib95]

Ignore

 

[SkylinGTR26]

Originally posted by: RichUK
Are these supposed to have external power supplies?

If so then having these in SLI would mean two power bricks :shocked:

Yeah man i read in maximum pc that the single sli 7800gts have an external power supply. so running both means 2....

Very very saddening but i dont care cause ill never get 1.5k-2k to get those cards anyway...

 

[Acanthus]

Good news!

 

[Genx87]

Doesnt surprise me at all this is the route they are going if they stay with a die shrunk 7800GTX.

They have the technology so why not slap multiple cores on the PCB and then SLI those for quad SLI?

May also explain the rumored lower than expected cost of the 7900GTX at 499?

Going the dual core route the single cores are pushed into a lower price point.

Price tag on this thing? 649?

 

[TecHNooB]

This totally kills the concept of conventional SLI. You're either gonna get a single 7900GTX card and leave it at that or the faster-than-SLI dual gpu cards.

 

[Genx87]

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
This totally kills the concept of conventional SLI. You're either gonna get a single 7900GTX card and leave it at that or the faster-than-SLI dual gpu cards.

Most likely but I dont think Nvidia will care that much and instead try to sell Quad SLI to the same enthusiasts. If they can manage to do that they just doubled the amount of GPUs they will sell into that space.

 

[TecHNooB]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
This totally kills the concept of conventional SLI. You're either gonna get a single 7900GTX card and leave it at that or the faster-than-SLI dual gpu cards.

Most likely but I dont think Nvidia will care that much and instead try to sell Quad SLI to the same enthusiasts. If they can manage to do that they just doubled the amount of GPUs they will sell into that space.

Yea, that's true.

 

[SpeedZealot369]

Originally posted by: Genx87

Originally posted by: TecHNooB
This totally kills the concept of conventional SLI. You're either gonna get a single 7900GTX card and leave it at that or the faster-than-SLI dual gpu cards.

Most likely but I dont think Nvidia will care that much and instead try to sell Quad SLI to the same enthusiasts. If they can manage to do that they just doubled the amount of GPUs they will sell into that space.

QFT

Couldn't have said it better myself.

 

[nitromullet]

Originally posted by: Genx87
Doesnt surprise me at all this is the route they are going if they stay with a die shrunk 7800GTX.

They have the technology so why not slap multiple cores on the PCB and then SLI those for quad SLI?

May also explain the rumored lower than expected cost of the 7900GTX at 499?

Going the dual core route the single cores are pushed into a lower price point.

Price tag on this thing? 649?

$650 would be a steal... You really think a card with TWO of the new NVIDIA cores on it is going to sell for the MSRP of ATI's single core flagship? Not a chance.