Wow，ASUS Dual GeForce6800Ultra

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03-09-2005, 01:56 PM
kryptobs2000

I don't see why it wouldn't work in sli, only thing is it would have to be supported by the drivers which nvidia probably won't do. And even if they all ran at 4x, that would still be plently of bandwidth for them.
03-09-2005, 02:11 PM
Kanavit

wow, awesome. i think multi cpu/ gpu is the new wave of things. sweet.

Nvidia should start making cpus! they are good chip making company.
03-09-2005, 04:56 PM
Stuperman

I wonder what the power requirements for that card are?

I'd hate to shell out another couple hundred bucks for a 700W zippy, after spending god knows how much on one of those just. Then again if I could afford that I don"t think I'd care too much either.
03-09-2005, 05:45 PM
mr_knowitall15

HOLY mother of god!!!if only they could make an agp version of that somehow....also i like th eidea of giving that sucker an sli connector, imagine 4 6800 ultras tearing up a 20,000 in 3dmark05 :D
03-09-2005, 06:04 PM
Playful_Buffalo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuperman

I wonder what the power requirements for that card are?

I'd hate to shell out another couple hundred bucks for a 700W zippy, after spending god knows how much on one of those just. Then again if I could afford that I don"t think I'd care too much either.

think of it as 2x 6800u's in SLI.....Pc Power and Cooling / OCZ offer PSU's that can handle that load for around $200-230

EDIT: that load along with the likes of other top end hardware
03-09-2005, 06:18 PM
Bloody_Sorcerer

Quote:

Originally Posted by saaya

the final pcb will be smaller, much smaller than two single card pcbs + fets +caps etc... its cheaper to build one card than two single cards :)

i highly doubt it...
i dont think that dual vpu cards will run in sli, despite the huge power and cooling requirements dont forget that if you have 4 vpus each would only receive pciE 4x bandwidth!
this would cripple the performence notably i think, and a 4 vpu solution would be very cpu limited as well...

actually... I saw a test somewhere (maybe THG... dunno) where they got special BIOSes and taped off parts of the cards to run all the latest stuff at 16x, 8x, 4x, 2x, and 1x speeds. if i recall correctly, the only speed hits were in either professional applications or <4x (2x and 1x, that is). So, in the end, the performance boost of having 4 cores would far outweigh the fact that they each only get PCI-E 4x.
ooooor.... if it was with an nForce Pro chipset combination... 2x true 16x lanes could be used and... wait, no, that motherboard doesn't exsist (yet).
Either way, it would kick ass.
03-09-2005, 06:25 PM
Kanavit

Quote:

Originally Posted by Stuperman

I wonder what the power requirements for that card are?

I'd hate to shell out another couple hundred bucks for a 700W zippy, after spending god knows how much on one of those just. Then again if I could afford that I don"t think I'd care too much either.

they should bring back AC adaptors , like what 3dfx had with there quad cpu Voodoo6 4 VSA-100 chips that never made it production.
03-09-2005, 06:59 PM
Dissolved

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanavit

they should bring back AC adaptors , like what 3dfx had with there quad cpu Voodoo6 4 VSA-100 chips that never made it production.

direct ac power isnt clean enough, and without a good ac connection it could easily kill the card
03-09-2005, 07:05 PM
Kanavit

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dissolved

direct ac power isnt clean enough, and without a good ac connection it could easily kill the card

how about use those APC power back ups?
03-09-2005, 07:40 PM
Dissolved

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kanavit

how about use those APC power back ups?

thats what i use, but not everyone elses them keep in mind
03-09-2005, 10:18 PM
Tha SmokaH

That card looks like one hell of a peice of meat!! yummy..The wonder is..will Asus even put it in retail channel?
03-09-2005, 10:44 PM
haPpydUde

Wondering the same thing my self alot of this dual gpu's don't hit the market just like the 9700 and so many others ive seen the market just isnt there for most of them. But there is a 6600 dual gpu so... who knows
03-10-2005, 12:40 AM
STEvil

V5 6K didnt use direct AC power, that power adaptor was a power supply... just a small one.
03-10-2005, 02:03 AM
Kanati

Get ready for some hits, this thread just got linked on TheInquirer. Sweet card though.
03-10-2005, 04:26 AM
blueworm

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Originally Posted by Kanati

Get ready for some hits, this thread just got linked on TheInquirer. Sweet card though.

It would cool to see the flip side. How much memory does it have? 1024Mb???
$$$$$$$$$!
03-10-2005, 04:36 AM
FX Freak

i think 512MB:)
03-10-2005, 04:47 AM
neoman

holy sh**t that looks great :)
03-10-2005, 08:57 AM
Mr. Tinker

Quote:

Originally Posted by saaya

i highly doubt it...
i dont think that dual vpu cards will run in sli, despite the huge power and cooling requirements dont forget that if you have 4 vpus each would only receive pciE 4x bandwidth!
this would cripple the performence notably i think, and a 4 vpu solution would be very cpu limited as well...

From Xbit labs:

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our reliable sources close to NVIDIA claim that that company does approve the use of dual-chip PCB designs and four-chip system configurations.

So dual-dual 6800U in SLI does have Nvidia's blessing.
03-10-2005, 10:46 AM
thebluesgnr

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Originally Posted by saaya

for the prototype maybe... doubt the final card will have it...
abit also claimed they would release a card that allows users to bump up vgpu and vmem, but they never did it...

ABIT released them, in the "Guru" series.
03-10-2005, 11:11 AM
isp

I can't keep track of all this stuff. :confused:
03-10-2005, 11:32 AM
scrible88

That card in SLI would be sweet! 4 cores!!!

*drool*
03-10-2005, 12:03 PM
Sphinx

Just think about two of this monsters in SLI! Performance? Hmm....
03-11-2005, 09:15 AM
RAndomaN

Well correct me if im wrong, PCI-Express specifications go all the way up to 32x... so eventually you'll be able to have 4 x SLi (2 of these cards) with no problems at all
03-12-2005, 02:34 AM
Kanavit

some more pics?

http://www.hardocp.com/images/news/1...v03F_1_1_l.jpg

http://www.hardocp.com/images/news/1...v03F_1_2_l.jpg

that about the size of a motherboard. lol , i like it.

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