ATi 4870X2(R700) PCB Debut

honestly I'm glad its black to combat the heat.. looking good for us intel mobo people! times are good when your weakest link is a 4.0Ghz q6600.

This card looks to be a huge step forward! waiting for results:)

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Originally Posted by Hornet331

8 weeks was 1 week ago, so its 7 now. :p

i think we'll see first cards at the end of august.

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Beguining of August I think;)
Remember the Slide from AMD? 8 weeks counting from the day of the release of HD 4850.

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Originally Posted by v_rr

Beguining of August I think
Remember the Slide from AMD? 8 weeks counting from the day of the release of HD 4850.

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I think you may want to check your math.

that first pic shows what looks to be 6 empty spaces for ram ?

could be the angle. but anyways it looks like there only two on the top side & eight on the back of the PCB

the 4870 have 8 gddr5 on one side. http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...r_hd4870/2.htm

maybe those are high capacity chips & thats why it's not coming out as soon

2 power plugs thiis thing is going to run hoooot

I heard it is going to have 3slot cooling solution

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Originally Posted by demonkevy666

that first pic shows what looks to be 6 empty spaces for ram ?

could be the angle. but anyways it looks like there only two on the top side & eight on the back of the PCB

the 4870 have 8 gddr5 on one side. http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...r_hd4870/2.htm

maybe those are high capacity chips & thats why it's not coming out as soon

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Uh?
We might be looking at different pictures but what i see on the X2 are 8 chips on both pcb sides, divided in groups of four next to each gpu; can't see any empty space.
I certainly hope higher density chips are gonna be available or there'll be no 1gb framebuffer on the X2 :(

Loving the black PCB.

Sooo long lol!

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Originally Posted by XS Janus

I heard it is going to have 3slot cooling solution

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there is a link in the first page, shows similar cooling to the HD3870X2

hehe I was joking :D
But it would be cool if it had 2 slot cooler that extends to the back of the card via heat pipes for an additiona single slot sized fins.

yes black pcb!!!!

this or 280gtx that is the question.

And is a 3.4ghz e6750 enough for these cards?

This and e6750 would be a little weak for these

at last! black :D

Suddenly my rig felt the need for a bigger e-penis..

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Originally Posted by disruptfam

yes black pcb!!!!

this or 280gtx that is the question.

And is a 3.4ghz e6750 enough for these cards?

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You would really want to use this card with C2Q@3Ghz,at least.

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Originally Posted by informal

You would really want to use this card with C2Q@3Ghz,at least.

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dualcore @ 3,4ghz is enough for any game out there right now (well if we ignore supreme commander).

Also higher clocked dualcore own slower clocked quadcore in nearly any game.

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Originally Posted by Hornet331

*cough* IHS *cough*

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Hmm...
You may very well be right. I guess the images on PLX's site aren't that accurate. And since they list PEX 8648 is FCBGA so it most likely features an IHS. And the size of the chip mathes spot-on.
:)

I'd go dual for gaming anyday over a quad. I love my quad but its utterly useless to me since I don't do encoding or anything. That said, a 45nm quad is still in my future just cause I can OC those closer to 4.0GHz a lot easier than my Q6600 did.

Also, black PCBs are one of the single coolest and best inventions ever for video cards.

BTW in B3d's interconnect speculation thread here. Dave Baumann suggests that the PLX chip might be a custom design in cooperation between ATI/AMD and PLX and not listed sooooooo..... who knows

He does suggest that it is not yet listed, not much on how custom the chip really is....
Here is hoping that the CrossFireX Sideport is a separate interconnect between the 2 GPUs, a (more) direct connection between the GPUs as this will cut latencies and may increase bandwidth.

True, so we don't know exactly what it will have either way.

It looks interesting though. After reading about all the changes done to RV770 from RV670, I wouldn't put anything past ATI / AMD anymore. Now if only AMD CPU's had that same turnaround...

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Originally Posted by zerazax

True, so we don't know exactly what it will have either way.

It looks interesting though. After reading about all the changes done to RV770 from RV670, I wouldn't put anything past ATI / AMD anymore. Now if only AMD CPU's had that same turnaround...

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You can sure say that, the GPU guys are making it look so easy compared to the CPU guys....

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Originally Posted by zerazax

BTW in B3d's interconnect speculation thread here. Dave Baumann suggests that the PLX chip might be a custom design in cooperation between ATI/AMD and PLX and not listed sooooooo..... who knows

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its a possibility, someone just tell the guy who has the X2 to rip off the IHS and look what chip it is. :p:

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Originally Posted by zerazax

True, so we don't know exactly what it will have either way.

It looks interesting though. After reading about all the changes done to RV770 from RV670, I wouldn't put anything past ATI / AMD anymore. Now if only AMD CPU's had that same turnaround...

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We can always hope :).They do have the brains for it,now only if they had time to do it(and balls,since Shanghai is done on a new process node,a risky move).

edit:
Got this pic from B3d forum topic on 4870X2:
http://i32.tinypic.com/156tg05.png
http://i29.tinypic.com/2mnestj.png
http://i31.tinypic.com/2qwd9c5.png
http://i30.tinypic.com/2v1suwy.png
Enjoy :)