Triple crossfire from AMD

[JAG87]

http://theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=41256

and there is 3.0 ghz barcelona love too.

 

[manimal]

Can you imagine the power requirements of triple xfire 2900s overclocked? Time to bust out Marty Mcfly's mr fusion to power the PC. Interesting that they would use that case as well, the amount of case cooling needed to run that thing must be insane. At least you wont need a space heater in the winter.



EDIT:


Look at the top of the case in that picture. Is that a 1200W power supply?

 

[JAG87]

lol thats so true. you can turn off the furnace and redirect all your ducts to the exhausts of your pc.

 

[ayabe]

Cool.....I guess.

I would think however it would be better for them to show off something a little more mainstream that could actually compete with an Intel/Nvidia solution instead of showcasing awesome tech that very few will be interested in.

I can see the press release now - "AMD has announced that they can top two 8800GTX's in SLI with ONLY 3 2900XT's and only consume twice the total power!!!!"

wow.

 

[Ackmed]

I thought there was going to be a third card for physics, thats what was said awhile ago?

Oh well, if this is true, pretty expensive. Not all that much more than SLI or CF of yesteryear though. I paid over $600 for each of my 7800GTX's for SLI. Or two 8800U's now. 2900XT's are about $400 each, so about the same. Lot more heat and power though. Neither of which bother me since.

 

[chizow]

I'm a lot more interested in that 3GHz Barcelona than XXX-T Kris-Krossfire. So few even go with 2 cards, but at least it shows its possible I guess. Odd that the 3rd is done in software, aren't all the top-end parts for both NV and ATI supposed to allow for 2 bridges and infinite daisy-chaining or is this a mobo limitation in this case?

 

[manowar821]

I, too, am more interested in that 3.0ghz Phenom. That's what I'm waiting for.

I'll probably get an 8800 Ultra or 9800 GTX (if it comes out this year) to run on it.

 

[Raider1284]

it looks like that 3rd card is just doing physics calculations. The sli bridge is going to just the top two cards. Using a 2900xt as a better replacement physx card?

 

[Ackmed]

Originally posted by: manowar821
I, too, am more interested in that 3.0ghz Phenom. That's what I'm waiting for.

I'll probably get an 8800 Ultra or 9800 GTX (if it comes out this year) to run on it.

I cant get used to that 9800GTX name. I keep on thinking of the 9800XT every time I see it.

But yes, the CPU is of more interest to me. But I never buy top end, just a few notches below, and overclock it, saving lots of money.

 

[chizow]

Originally posted by: Ackmed

Originally posted by: manowar821
I, too, am more interested in that 3.0ghz Phenom. That's what I'm waiting for.

I'll probably get an 8800 Ultra or 9800 GTX (if it comes out this year) to run on it.

I cant get used to that 9800GTX name. I keep on thinking of the 9800XT every time I see it.

But yes, the CPU is of more interest to me. But I never buy top end, just a few notches below, and overclock it, saving lots of money.

Yeah I think most people here tend to do that but a top-end part gives us a glimpse of what's possible and what to shoot for in our OCs. Too early to expect a C2D OC'ing phenomenon, but still gives hope to those waiting for Barcelona.

 

[Creig]

Originally posted by: chizow
Odd that the 3rd is done in software, aren't all the top-end parts for both NV and ATI supposed to allow for 2 bridges and infinite daisy-chaining or is this a mobo limitation in this case?

Actually, they've updated their article to say that all three cards were connected via their bridges.

WE THOUGHT the third was software and said that in the original. All three GPUs are connected with a bridge. Sorry.

The second bridge strap is hidden by the side panel cooling fans.

 

[ShadowOfMyself]

This would actually look pretty attractive considering the refresh is gonna be a 65nm part, obviously more focused on less power consumption/heat, so it COULD work out... Whats the schedule for the refresh again? I hope its coming before G92

 

[nyker96]

the name triple cross just don't sound too nice but if 3x is indeed better than 2x I guess it would be a hit, but like the gentleman before said the power requirement will be off the chart.

 

[Laminator]

Triple Crossfire? Yeah, real practical. Instead of releasing a better product, they announce ways to daisy-chain existing products together to get an inefficient way of improving performance by a factor of less than what is actually there. This is the same thing as Intel placing their bets on a 10GHz Pentium 4, or the Voodoo 6000...

Why don't focus on making a single card that performs better than the HD 2900XT? nVidia has their next-generation coming out in November. Remember X1950XTX Crossfire? How many people went for that instead of an 8800GTX?

 

[Munky]

Originally posted by: Laminator
Triple Crossfire? Yeah, real practical. Instead of releasing a better product, they announce ways to daisy-chain existing products together to get an inefficient way of improving performance by a factor of less than what is actually there. This is the same thing as Intel placing their bets on a 10GHz Pentium 4, or the Voodoo 6000...

Dont for get the 7950gx2. And QuadSLI - what a joke that was. Why can't companies actually give us what we want? Oh, wait, they're only in it for the money, and dont give a sh!t about the enthusiast consumer.

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: Laminator
Triple Crossfire? Yeah, real practical. Instead of releasing a better product, they announce ways to daisy-chain existing products together to get an inefficient way of improving performance by a factor of less than what is actually there. This is the same thing as Intel placing their bets on a 10GHz Pentium 4, or the Voodoo 6000...

Why don't focus on making a single card that performs better than the HD 2900XT? nVidia has their next-generation coming out in November. Remember X1950XTX Crossfire? How many people went for that instead of an 8800GTX?

This solution is quicker to market as it uses already existing technology, you will eventually see a single GPU card more powerful then HD 2900 XT it will just take some time.

 

[*kjm]

My Gosh this forum is almost as bad as listening to congress!

You get what you get when the getting is good end of story! I have owned both ATI and Nvidia and both have been great cards at the time? drivers sometimes took time to mature but they did. I also owned 3DFX (been in the game a LONG time, best drivers ever) ect. And can tell you everyone (some) looking for doomsday, will hate the day!

When we lost the major players in the 90?s all heck broke loose and it?s looking like it may happen again?. Not good! I still think (hope) ATI can pull it out and they seem to be doing a better job with the new drivers.

Who said history always repeats itself? I hope he is wrong for our sake$$$$

 

[BFG10K]

Presentation slides here.

 

[fire400]

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: Laminator
Triple Crossfire? Yeah, real practical. Instead of releasing a better product, they announce ways to daisy-chain existing products together to get an inefficient way of improving performance by a factor of less than what is actually there. This is the same thing as Intel placing their bets on a 10GHz Pentium 4, or the Voodoo 6000...

Why don't focus on making a single card that performs better than the HD 2900XT? nVidia has their next-generation coming out in November. Remember X1950XTX Crossfire? How many people went for that instead of an 8800GTX?

This solution is quicker to market as it uses already existing technology, you will eventually see a single GPU card more powerful then HD 2900 XT it will just take some time.

Quad GPU already hit the market, we're talking nVidia's 7900 series.

Originally posted by: *kjm
My Gosh this forum is almost as bad as listening to congress!

You get what you get when the getting is good end of story! I have owned both ATI and Nvidia and both have been great cards at the time? drivers sometimes took time to mature but they did. I also owned 3DFX (been in the game a LONG time, best drivers ever) ect. And can tell you everyone (some) looking for doomsday, will hate the day!

When we lost the major players in the 90?s all heck broke loose and it?s looking like it may happen again?. Not good! I still think (hope) ATI can pull it out and they seem to be doing a better job with the new drivers.

Who said history always repeats itself? I hope he is wrong for our sake$$$$

So far, nVidia has been first to release it's highend models before ATI within the past few years. 7800GT and the 8800 series over the Radeon's x1800 and the terribly performing 2900 video card.
The merge between ATI and AMD, maybe they put their resources into redefining their culture(s) and less of their technology?
I remember people praising the Geforce 3 Ti back in the early millenium days.

It used to be that integrated AGP graphics could play "just about" any game, but not anymore. LOL, Intel GMA950 graphics can barely play UT2004. I mean, a Geforce 5500 is stronger than any integrated craphiX.

edit: GMA950 on UT2004 max settings on 1280x1024

 

[CrystalBay]

Looks like teh cpu heatsink/fan is the old standby Ajigo. I wonder if that means the cpu runs cooler than thought. Of course all those side fans help cool the radeons .

 

[adairusmc]

Originally posted by: JAG87
lol thats so true. you can turn off the furnace and redirect all your ducts to the exhausts of your pc.

I already to that in the winter here. I just pull the door of my case off and let it keep my feet warm.

 

[Laminator]

Originally posted by: fire400
It used to be that integrated AGP graphics could play "just about" any game, but not anymore. LOL, Intel GMA950 graphics can barely play UT2004. I mean, a Geforce 5500 is stronger than any integrated craphiX.

edit: GMA950 on UT2004 max settings on 1280x1024

Ha ha ha...I saw GMA950 on UT2004 too and I was pretty amazed at what was going on; it can definitely play smoothly at medium and probably max settings.

But then I saw GMA950 try to play Need for Speed: Most Wanted - even with all the settings turned absolutely all the way down, it can't even get 20fps at 640x480!!! Bwahahahahaha! The game looks almost like Midtown Madness 2 (okay, not quite but you get the idea) and it still can't run it smoothly at VGA!

 

[JAG87]

Originally posted by: adairusmc

Originally posted by: JAG87
lol thats so true. you can turn off the furnace and redirect all your ducts to the exhausts of your pc.

I already to that in the winter here. I just pull the door of my case off and let it keep my feet warm.

:laugh:

 

[coldpower27]

Originally posted by: fire400

Originally posted by: coldpower27

Originally posted by: Laminator
Triple Crossfire? Yeah, real practical. Instead of releasing a better product, they announce ways to daisy-chain existing products together to get an inefficient way of improving performance by a factor of less than what is actually there. This is the same thing as Intel placing their bets on a 10GHz Pentium 4, or the Voodoo 6000...

Why don't focus on making a single card that performs better than the HD 2900XT? nVidia has their next-generation coming out in November. Remember X1950XTX Crossfire? How many people went for that instead of an 8800GTX?

This solution is quicker to market as it uses already existing technology, you will eventually see a single GPU card more powerful then HD 2900 XT it will just take some time.

Quad GPU already hit the market, we're talking nVidia's 7900 series.

And Quad SLI doesn't exist on the current generation G80 hardware, so ATI using Triple Crossfire could just edge out SLI 8800 Ultra possibly or remain somewhat in the running give or take.

This doesn't change my point in anyway regardless, greater then 2 card Crossfire doesn't exist on ATi's side prior to this, so it's new for AMD/ATi. It doesn't matter that it was done last generation on Nvidia hardware.

 

[lupi]

Originally posted by: ayabe
Cool.....I guess.

I would think however it would be better for them to show off something a little more mainstream that could actually compete with an Intel/Nvidia solution instead of showcasing awesome tech that very few will be interested in.

I can see the press release now - "AMD has announced that they can top two 8800GTX's in SLI with ONLY 3 2900XT's and only consume twice the total power!!!!"

wow.

:thumbsup: