Dual-Chip Radeon X1600 XT Graphics Card to Cost $399 ? GeCube.

[apoppin]

Just saw this [and haven't seen it posted here] . . . btw, it's edited

Dual-Chip Radeon X1600 XT Graphics Card to Cost $399 ? GeCube.

Infotek, the maker of graphics cards based on ATI Radeon graphics processors under GeCube brand-name, said recently it had plans to release a graphics card based on two ATI Radeon graphics processing units (GPUs). The first of such products will be released as early as in April 2006, providing customers a relatively fast solution based on mainstream graphics chips.

?We?ll be releasing a dual-GPU graphics card, which we?ve tentatively named ?Gemini?. It?ll be based on the [Radeon] X1000 series GPU from ATI and will have four DVI output ports,? said Larry Yeo, general manager of Infotek?s multimedia business unit, in an interview with DigiTimes web-site.

. . .

?This probably will be available by April after we display it at CeBIT and fine tune the drivers. We?ll probably first launch the X1600XT high-end version for around $399,? Mr. Yeo said.

ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics processor sports 12 pixel processors, 5 vertex processors and 4 texture units. The chip works at 590MHz and is equipped with 1380MHz 128-bit memory. Theoretically, the product can demonstrate performance similar to the Radeon X1800 XT, but in reality multi-GPU technologies, such as Nvidia Scalable Link Interface (SLI) or ATI CrossFire, cannot boast with maximum efficiency. Moreover, recommended pricing of the Radeon X1600 XT is $179, which means that users demanding a multi-GPU computer based on two of such chips can get two Radeon X1600 XT GPUs at a lower cost than $399.

One of the selling points for dual-chip Radeon X1600 XT-based graphics cards could be four DVI outputs (two dual-like DVI and two single-link DVI), which will provide ability to drive up to four displays at once, according to Mr. Yeo.

now Crossfire that.

i guess the Dual-GPU war is really on
:Q

4 displays at once!

 

[SickBeast]

Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: Xbit Labs
...recommended pricing of the Radeon X1600 XT is $179, which means that users demanding a multi-GPU computer based on two of such chips can get two Radeon X1600 XT GPUs at a lower cost than $399.

:thumbsdown:
What a waste of silicon. The idea is novel, but they should only be doing it with the X1900 chips IMO.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

I would still rather have a "good" graphics card, and just buy an X1300 or something to have the extra DVI outputs.

I might even take a Parhelia over the X1600Pro.

I would bet that you could get a single X1800XT and come cheap PCI-E card (or a motherboard with an IGP) that could do 4 DVI outputs while being faster, cheaper, and just plain better than that insane card.

It reminds me of that Gigabyte dual 6600 card that came out. Why don't they do this type of thing with a high end GPU? It boggles my mind...

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

I would still rather have a "good" graphics card, and just buy an X1300 or something to have the extra DVI outputs.

I might even take a Parhelia over the X1600Pro.

I would bet that you could get a single X1800XT and come cheap PCI-E card (or a motherboard with an IGP) that could do 4 DVI outputs while being faster, cheaper, and just plain better than that insane card.

It reminds me of that Gigabyte dual 6600 card that came out. Why don't they do this type of thing with a high end GPU? It boggles my mind...

why? cost.

'Cause the mainstream chips are cheap and easy to cool and provide good performance for relatively cheap.

reason enough for the manufacturer.

and if it's MSRP is $399, expect its street price to be lower . . . might be a good alternative for a gamer who also wants 4 displays.

i know my next rig will have at least two displays.

 

[apoppin]

in case the morning crew missed it

 

[tuteja1986]

for $399 i can get a X1800XT :!

 

[Wreckage]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: Xbit Labs
...recommended pricing of the Radeon X1600 XT is $179, which means that users demanding a multi-GPU computer based on two of such chips can get two Radeon X1600 XT GPUs at a lower cost than $399.

:thumbsdown:
What a waste of silicon. The idea is novel, but they should only be doing it with the X1900 chips IMO.

So far nothing above a X1600 can run without a dongle. This may be why (for now) only the X1600's can be run on the same card.

Asus has a dual 7800 setup which can perform on the level of a X1900, but the price makes it just a novelty.

 

[v8envy]

Let's see, dual GPU card that works out to be X1900XT chopped in half (minus losses due to compositing friction) for about $100 less. What a horrible idea.

Like the 6600GT dual gpu cards, this is cool in a geek sense, and absolutely worthless at the current price. Considering the 1600Pro is hovering around $150 etail now, a dual X1900XT should be doable for about $250 street. For $200 it'd be an interesting card.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

I would still rather have a "good" graphics card, and just buy an X1300 or something to have the extra DVI outputs.

I might even take a Parhelia over the X1600Pro.

I would bet that you could get a single X1800XT and come cheap PCI-E card (or a motherboard with an IGP) that could do 4 DVI outputs while being faster, cheaper, and just plain better than that insane card.

It reminds me of that Gigabyte dual 6600 card that came out. Why don't they do this type of thing with a high end GPU? It boggles my mind...

why? cost.

'Cause the mainstream chips are cheap and easy to cool and provide good performance for relatively cheap.

reason enough for the manufacturer.

and if it's MSRP is $399, expect its street price to be lower . . . might be a good alternative for a gamer who also wants 4 displays.

i know my next rig will have at least two displays.

I've got two displays right now - a 2405FPW and an old Samsung 17" LCD. Believe me, you don't need more than that! On the 17" I run iTunes and MSN tiled vertically, then on the 24" I'm either running a game or two Firefox windows tiled vertically. I *never* beg for more screen space. Sometimes I just sprawl windows on top of one another like newspaper clippings. It's fun, but really, I think I would lose track of 4 monitors and I don't know of *anyone* that has 4 monitors for their personal use.

As I said, there are better and cheaper ways of outputting to 4 monitors. Heck, even an old 9700Pro paired with a cheap PCI Radeon 7000 would be a very usable solution. If you need quad DVI I'm sure it could be done for under $200, even on AGP.

 

[BassBomb]

they did it with 6600GT, 6800GT and 7800GT

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

I would still rather have a "good" graphics card, and just buy an X1300 or something to have the extra DVI outputs.

I might even take a Parhelia over the X1600Pro.

I would bet that you could get a single X1800XT and come cheap PCI-E card (or a motherboard with an IGP) that could do 4 DVI outputs while being faster, cheaper, and just plain better than that insane card.

It reminds me of that Gigabyte dual 6600 card that came out. Why don't they do this type of thing with a high end GPU? It boggles my mind...

why? cost.

'Cause the mainstream chips are cheap and easy to cool and provide good performance for relatively cheap.

reason enough for the manufacturer.

and if it's MSRP is $399, expect its street price to be lower . . . might be a good alternative for a gamer who also wants 4 displays.

i know my next rig will have at least two displays.

I've got two displays right now - a 2405FPW and an old Samsung 17" LCD. Believe me, you don't need more than that! On the 17" I run iTunes and MSN tiled vertically, then on the 24" I'm either running a game or two Firefox windows tiled vertically. I *never* beg for more screen space. Sometimes I just sprawl windows on top of one another like newspaper clippings. It's fun, but really, I think I would lose track of 4 monitors and I don't know of *anyone* that has 4 monitors for their personal use.

As I said, there are better and cheaper ways of outputting to 4 monitors. Heck, even an old 9700Pro paired with a cheap PCI Radeon 7000 would be a very usable solution. If you need quad DVI I'm sure it could be done for under $200, even on AGP.

For my next upgrade, i am looking to run two displays - just for gaming. . . . and this card is showing what we can expect from higher end dual GPUs in the future. i'd much rather have dual core gpus than xfire or sli.

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

I would still rather have a "good" graphics card, and just buy an X1300 or something to have the extra DVI outputs.

I might even take a Parhelia over the X1600Pro.

I would bet that you could get a single X1800XT and come cheap PCI-E card (or a motherboard with an IGP) that could do 4 DVI outputs while being faster, cheaper, and just plain better than that insane card.

It reminds me of that Gigabyte dual 6600 card that came out. Why don't they do this type of thing with a high end GPU? It boggles my mind...

why? cost.

'Cause the mainstream chips are cheap and easy to cool and provide good performance for relatively cheap.

reason enough for the manufacturer.

and if it's MSRP is $399, expect its street price to be lower . . . might be a good alternative for a gamer who also wants 4 displays.

i know my next rig will have at least two displays.

A gamer doesnt want an X1600...

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: Acanthus

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: SickBeast
Anyone with half a brain would pay the extra $100 for the X1900XT IMO.

not to drive 4 displays . . . which is the real strength of this setup.

and in RELATED news:

PowerColor to Supply Dual-Card Packages with Liquid Cooling.

At CeBIT 2006 trade show in Hannover, Germany, in March PowerColor will showcase ?a unique CrossFire package that includes two graphics cards and a dual liquid-cooling system?. The package will include two ATI Radeon X1600 XT graphics cards along with a special EVO2 liquid-cooling system. For operation of such bundle a special mainboard with two PCI Express x16 slots, or more advanced, will be needed.

?This combination allows gamers to take advantage of multi-graphics cards gaming power and shun the torment of fan noise,? a statement by PowerColor read.

I would still rather have a "good" graphics card, and just buy an X1300 or something to have the extra DVI outputs.

I might even take a Parhelia over the X1600Pro.

I would bet that you could get a single X1800XT and come cheap PCI-E card (or a motherboard with an IGP) that could do 4 DVI outputs while being faster, cheaper, and just plain better than that insane card.

It reminds me of that Gigabyte dual 6600 card that came out. Why don't they do this type of thing with a high end GPU? It boggles my mind...

why? cost.

'Cause the mainstream chips are cheap and easy to cool and provide good performance for relatively cheap.

reason enough for the manufacturer.

and if it's MSRP is $399, expect its street price to be lower . . . might be a good alternative for a gamer who also wants 4 displays.

i know my next rig will have at least two displays.

A gamer doesnt want an X1600...

probably not, but the idea is catchy

 

[jdkick]

The dual-GPU idea has been tried before and wasn't entirely impressive... anyone remember the Rage Fury MAXX?

I just wonder what heat would be like on a dual X1600XT? Mine is very composed at idle but gets a little toasty under load...

As for the X1600XT in general, it makes for a decent gaming card for the casual/moderate gamer... if you're after blistering "pure speed" performance or want to enable all the eye candy at high resolutions (1280x1024) then yeah, you'll need to make more of an investment in something more powerful.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: jdkick
The dual-GPU idea has been tried before and wasn't entirely impressive... anyone remember the Rage Fury MAXX?

I just wonder what heat would be like on a dual X1600XT? Mine is very composed at idle but gets a little toasty under load...

As for the X1600XT in general, it makes for a decent gaming card for the casual/moderate gamer... if you're after blistering "pure speed" performance or want to enable all the eye candy at high resolutions (1280x1024) then yeah, you'll need to make more of an investment in something more powerful.

Geforce 7900 GTX Duo cards emerge

Two chip per card for Quad SLI

NVIDIA has one more surprise up its sleeves for CeBIT. You all know that it will really announce its ghost Quad SLI systems. It won't be a Dell feature only; Nvidia will offer this monster to its other customers.

Nvidia plans to introduce 7900 GTX cards with two chips per card. Those cards should fit and work with normal Nforce 4 SLI motherboards. This is Nvidia's well kept secret - at least it was.

Normal Quad SLIs have four different graphic cards, especially designed by Nvidia. This new SLI will let you plug two new cards, each with two GPUs in your Nforce 4 SLI motherboard and it should work.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Quite frankly this is getting insane. Double GPU's, quad GPU's - it's cool for bragging rights and stuff but there aren't that many new AAA games to take advantage of them. You can only play Far Cry (with our without HDR) so many times before you've had enough!