7950GX2 block from DD

it looks very good to me. anyone have idea when it will be up for sale?

where have you heard that the g80 is 300w @ load? more than tripple than now, i dont believe it!

Info about DX10 cards being 300W draw was whispered around @ computex.

ATI & NV havent denied it, and they have mentioned that power consumption has indeed gone up. Theyve also been working with PSU makers about supplementary PSUs that fit 5.25" bays for your GPU... which strangely enough pump out about 350W each.

scary!

300W for a gpu...? OMG!

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Originally Posted by creidiki

no. im not putting a GPU that uses 300W in my pc, just like ive never put a P4 in it.

theyre not getting any of my cash until they start doing power use optimizations.

when the R600 comes out will be a good point for me to get an X1950XTX.

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Wouldn't be suprised if X1950XTX used more power than GF 7950GX2. X1900XT are the power hungriest cards on the market. Also that block seems nice and if you would put it in separate loop for gpu only the flow restriction wouldn't be problem.

i shouldnt expect so. core speed for the X1950XTX is the same as the X1900XTXs, it just uses refined architecture (more efficient) and GDDR4. I doubt the power draw increase will be very large.

R600 and G80, thats another matter :)

Anyone know the ETA on this block?

or when eddy comes with one...!

EK version would be sweet.

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Originally Posted by Nazu

Wouldn't be suprised if X1950XTX used more power than GF 7950GX2. X1900XT are the power hungriest cards on the market.

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Looks like a regular X1900XT consumes more the GX2:

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/7...0609/12204.png

http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/7...0609/12205.png


I'm looking forward to this block:)

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Originally Posted by eXa

or when eddy comes with one...!

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That's what I was thinking.

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Originally Posted by mdzcpa

Looks like a regular X1900XT consumes more the GX2

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Thats what you pay for having 300M transistors and being able to AA+HDR.

I aint buying any nV card until they get off theior butts and make one that can do that =p

i can see the price tag now :faints:

i'd liek to just say as soon as i saw vapb400's sig i forgot what this topic was all about and said, out loud, to myself: "winnar"

not bad I just hate full coverage blocks like that, def looks like it needs its own loop. hmm i do have a mcp350/bip2 laying around.. no news on pricing?

the orientation of the barbs do SUCK though