Dual GTX470 card spotted at Computex

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FragKrag

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nuclear fusion inside your very own case :D

I am curious as to what heatsink they are going to use.
 
MagickMan

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How long is that card? Am I being sucked in by a photo chop?
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"my girl don't go for smokin'
and liquor just make her flinch
seems she don't go for nothin'
'cept for my big 12 inch...

card with NV GPUs."

Hope that thing comes with a fire extinguisher. :p
 
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Mr. Pedantic

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So...does it actually perform better than a 5970? Because then it might be marginally worth it. If not, then this is just a waste of money.
 
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According to DT, it pulls 430 watts:

NVIDIA Brings Out the Big Guns -- a Dual Fermi GPU 430W Beast

Today, along with board partner Galaxy it unveiled a beastly dual-GPU Fermi board designed to make even the toughest gaming rigs weep over some incredible high framerates -- and power draws.

The board carries two GTX 470 chips and draws over twice what a single Fermi draws -- which means that it sucks down loads of power, falling inside a massive 430 W TDP. It requires two (!) 8-pin connectors to feed its mighty cities of transistors.

Power supply manufacturers can breathe a brief sigh of relief, though; there's no word when or if the card will be officially released. The card is thought to carry 3 GB of GDDR5 memory -- matching NVIDIA's current Quadro card, which primarily retails for commercial use. And it can likely double for a portable space heater in a pinch.

The dual GPU spotting in the wild confirms months of rumors. Many rumors point to an upcoming release of a dual chip version called the "GTX 490". While there's no word from NVIDIA on whether this is indeed the official title, we can at least take the dual core Fermi off the list of mythical monsters, leaving behind dragons, sasquatches, and, of course, the ever-popular Kraken.
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Which brings us back to an earlier discussion. Will PCI-SIG even allow this board to be built?

Up until this point, both ATi and Nvidia have been VERY careful not to exceed the 300W average power draw limit spelled out in the specs for PCI-E 2.0. Both the GTX480 and HD5970 could have easily exceeded 300W on their shipping cards, but their clocks were kept low enough to slide in under that figure. So what has changed? Is this nothing more than an engineering exercise? Is this a practice design for day when Nvidia can deliver a low power version of Fermi? Does Nvidia figure it can strong arm PCI-SIG into giving them a design exception to allow a 300W+ card?

I'm doubtful this card will ever make it to market under the current PCI-E 2.0 spec. My vote is 'engineering exercise'.
 
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Lonyo

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They should have gone with that approach for extra power.
 
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Considering that Fermi exceeds its rated TDP i wonder how much power do you really need for it
 
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Kenmitch

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I don't think Nvidia cares as long as it's #1:D
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Being #1 only will last so long....Surprised ATI has worn the crown so long :)

I think ATI's next refresh will be interesting as will Nvidia's!

As far as the card in question I'd think that a full water block would be best suited for it.

It's just a matter of time before water cooling will be the norm on all high end systems.

If your willing to produce a card like that then why not make it a dual pcb card upper card with the lower card a mirror image and sandwitch a nice EK water block in between them. Don't many would care if it took up 4 slots if you got quad-fire or quad-sli in one whack....Although it would be costly :)
 
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Borealis7

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nobody has shown anything yet. they basically brought a brick and wrote "dual 470" on it. this is a non-working prototype meant to draw attention. nothing to see here.
 
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thilanliyan

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Creig said:
Which brings us back to an earlier discussion. Will PCI-SIG even allow this board to be built?
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I'm fairly certain some of the non-reference 5970s (ie. Asus Ares) draw more than 300w. It's just that OEMs would not use the cards I think.
 
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Face2Face

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I am interested to see if it will beat the 5970?? Nvidia really want's the Crown Back!!
 
toyota

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two 8 pin connectors= 300 watts
pci-e slot= 75watts


how can a card that will need 430 watts even without overclocking be able to run at all? not to mention that Nvidia already underestimates the 215 watt rating on the single gtx470 to begin with. in realty you could easily exceed 500 watts for dual gtx470 card with just a little overclocking.
 
GaiaHunter

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toyota said:
two 8 pin connectors= 300 watts
pci-e slot= 75watts


how can a card that will need 430 watts even without overclocking be able to run at all? not to mention that Nvidia already underestimates the 215 watt rating on the single gtx470 to begin with. in realty you could easily exceed 500 watts for dual gtx470 card with just a little overclocking.
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Probably is 430W at wall so "only" around 350W.
 
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Blue Shift

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Heh. Why would you want one? This appears to be merely a "we have the fastest card again" exercise at best.
 
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