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ahmad
02-21-2006, 06:41 PM
http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=909

This means no external connector between the cards which means its gonna have to use a bridge. I am hoping that Crossfire won't lose its efficiency in terms of performance (I mean now it kicks ass at very high AA modes).

So the new 80nm... I hope they mean the x1800GTO
n00b 0f l337
02-21-2006, 06:43 PM
Maybe its a tiny bridge between the cards outside of the case still?
ahmad
02-21-2006, 06:55 PM
Maybe its a tiny bridge between the cards outside of the case still?

There is no way you are going to fit 2xDVI ports and an Svideo variant port and a bridge port on the back of a PCI-E card.

On another note, they might stick it in the rear of the cards?
GoriLLakoS
02-21-2006, 06:58 PM
The new 7900GT dual cards have the bridge from the inside side of the pcb....so the cards are like they have stucked......!!!!

ATi may use the same method!
BRiT
02-21-2006, 07:25 PM
The ATI X1300 and X1600 do not need a master card and do not use any sort of physical connections other than the normal PCI-Express slots. There is plenty of bandwidth in PCI-Express 16x lanes for future cards to not need a dedicated sli/crossfire connection.
ahmad
02-21-2006, 09:42 PM
The ATI X1300 and X1600 do not need a master card and do not use any sort of physical connections other than the normal PCI-Express slots. There is plenty of bandwidth in PCI-Express 16x lanes for future cards to not need a dedicated sli/crossfire connection.

Yes I am aware of that, but this will apply to future video cards; low and high end. ATi has some of the best engineers in the world. I am sure they have considered a lot of possibilities (as well as tested) ;)