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R600 supports Quad setups

So does SLI and look at just how much performance sucks when using it... I dont doubt that ATI's Quad-crossfire implementation will be better, only whether it will be good enough to warrant the insane cost increase compared to dual and single-card setups.
 
Even if its true i don't see the point of having 4 physical cards in a typical desktop.Even if they go 7950 gx2 style imagine the power consumption.
this'll be limited to the really high end workstations which need that much power.
 
Originally posted by: hardwareking
Even if its true i don't see the point of having 4 physical cards in a typical desktop.Even if they go 7950 gx2 style imagine the power consumption.
this'll be limited to the really high end workstations which need that much power.
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Or to the people who absolutely, absolutely have to have the fastest gaming system, period.
 
Makes sense as AMD is pushing their 4x4 platform.
4xCPU
4xGPU

afaik they were going to be forced to use Nvidia as a launch partner for this, but it appears they are working on having something in house for us.
 
mmmm

I'm dreaming of the day when I can use 2x Kentsfields CPUs Oced to 3.4 Ghz and 4x x2800xtxs

:: Drool ::

Not to mention 4 GB of Ram. Where would I put my X-Fi Fatality board, though?
 
Originally posted by: JungleMan1
Originally posted by: hardwareking
Even if its true i don't see the point of having 4 physical cards in a typical desktop.Even if they go 7950 gx2 style imagine the power consumption.
this'll be limited to the really high end workstations which need that much power.
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Or to the people who absolutely, absolutely have to have the fastest gaming system, period.
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Quad-crossfire warning: make sure you unplug all eletrical appliances and turn off all lights in the house when running quad-crossfire setup; fire extinguisher highly recommended.
 
seems senseless to me... aside from the fact that performance certainly does not scale well, you have to consider costs, thermal output, etc.

dual gpu setups have already shown us they are shortlived; so far every generation a single gpu card has outperformed the previous gen SLI setup.

the marketing and hype by the manufacturers my have convinced some, but I just don't see the sense in it, at least from a consumer standpoint. it's great from the manufacturer's perspective to have gamers sprend $1200 on their gfx tho...
 
4 R600? That's insane! They would have to convince the mobo industry to build boards with 4 PCI-E. They would have to change the ATX standard, cause 4 video cards would leave no place for any other card (sound, network, scsi/raid controller).
I look at my computer, I can't even get my hand inside, there's no place left. And I only have 2 video cards and a sound card.
Quad R600 would only be possible in GX2 style, if they can cool 2 of them at once. I trust AMD, they can do it.
Regardless of performance, I'll stick with Nvidia, their solutions seem more "elegant".
 
Originally posted by: mooncancook
Originally posted by: JungleMan1
Originally posted by: hardwareking
Even if its true i don't see the point of having 4 physical cards in a typical desktop.Even if they go 7950 gx2 style imagine the power consumption.
this'll be limited to the really high end workstations which need that much power.
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Or to the people who absolutely, absolutely have to have the fastest gaming system, period.
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Quad-crossfire warning: make sure you unplug all eletrical appliances and turn off all lights in the house when running quad-crossfire setup; fire extinguisher highly recommended.
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Yeah, really... how far can we go without flipping the circuit breaker...
 
Reminds me of one of those shaving razor insanities: when you have no better ideas, throw more blades into it. This goes for both Nv and Ati - I'd rather see some real innovation in the IQ and features department.
 
Originally posted by: munky
Reminds me of one of those shaving razor insanities: when you have no better ideas, throw more blades into it. This goes for both Nv and Ati - I'd rather see some real innovation in the IQ and features department.
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The G80 wasn't innovative? 😕
 
I can see the future...
Dual Quad-Core CPUs
Quad GPUs with SLIFire and HavokPhysX
Quad Raptors in RAID-0

All so we can play the same old Half-Life/Quake/Doom/Unreal/Elder Scrolls/Need for Speed sequels and go gaga over more individual leaves on trees and blood splatters unlike anything seen before.

I think music, movies and video games all have the same potential to be a legitimate art form - unfortunately, all these industries are hell bent on reducing them to mass-produced commodities that look attractive enough to fly off shelves with ease.
 
I don't get some of you guys. You want faster video cards but you hate this idea? Its not like Both AMD + NV arn't making their cards nearly 100% faster then the last gen they also allow those folks who are really into gaming or have spare money to spend it on something they enjoy...
It would be one thing if the next gen cards were barely faster than the last but they are still able to catch up to the previous version in SLI or CrossFire with no problems.
 
Originally posted by: Nightmare225
Originally posted by: munky
Reminds me of one of those shaving razor insanities: when you have no better ideas, throw more blades into it. This goes for both Nv and Ati - I'd rather see some real innovation in the IQ and features department.
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The G80 wasn't innovative? 😕
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Other than surprising everyone with the unified scalar shader architecture, I'd have to say no. HDR+AA has already been done on x1k cards, angle-independednt AA has been done many years ago, and the default driver settings still use brilinear filtering, although the g80 now doesn't suffer from texture crawling. On top of that, they disabled the supersampling AA modes that have been present in previous generation cards.
 
Originally posted by: munky
Originally posted by: Nightmare225
Originally posted by: munky
Reminds me of one of those shaving razor insanities: when you have no better ideas, throw more blades into it. This goes for both Nv and Ati - I'd rather see some real innovation in the IQ and features department.
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The G80 wasn't innovative? 😕
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Other than surprising everyone with the unified scalar shader architecture, I'd have to say no. HDR+AA has already been done on x1k cards, angle-independednt AA has been done many years ago, and the default driver settings still use brilinear filtering, although the g80 now doesn't suffer from texture crawling. On top of that, they disabled the supersampling AA modes that have been present in previous generation cards.
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The G80 was as innovative and impressive as the R300 was IMO.
 
Originally posted by: SickBeast
Originally posted by: munky
Originally posted by: Nightmare225
Originally posted by: munky
Reminds me of one of those shaving razor insanities: when you have no better ideas, throw more blades into it. This goes for both Nv and Ati - I'd rather see some real innovation in the IQ and features department.
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The G80 wasn't innovative? 😕
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Other than surprising everyone with the unified scalar shader architecture, I'd have to say no. HDR+AA has already been done on x1k cards, angle-independednt AA has been done many years ago, and the default driver settings still use brilinear filtering, although the g80 now doesn't suffer from texture crawling. On top of that, they disabled the supersampling AA modes that have been present in previous generation cards.
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The G80 was as innovative and impressive as the R300 was IMO.
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However, the g80 and the r300 both made some IQ sacrifices to boost performance. And now that I think of it, the were both the first cards from Ati and Nvidia to drop the fullscreen SSAA support.
 
Originally posted by: SickBeast

The G80 was as innovative and impressive as the R300 was IMO.
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I would still list the 6xxx series at the top. SM3.0, Purevideo, HDR, SLI, etc.

Although the G80 could have a trick up it's sleeve with those "stream processors".
 
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