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www.reghardware.co.uk posted these pics. They were eventually pulled down but no-X at B3D saved them. Props to him. :)
X1950pro:
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7...1950proji4.jpg
http://img205.imageshack.us/img205/7...0propwmrd2.jpg
http://img236.imageshack.us/img236/4...0procfcdk6.jpg
What the heatsink looks like (This picture is of a new x1900gt)
http://kelin.myweb.hinet.net/DSC00060.JPG
linky dont worky
Fixed.
I linked to the front page of reghardware since the link to the article causes a 404 error because the article was pulled.
The article was located at http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/09...1950_pro_pics/
are we looking at the x1950xtx?
Ryan
x1950pro
and... the Pro is the only x1950 series card, yes?
Ryan
Great find turtle :)
X1950XTX - R580 + 650/2000mhz 512mb GDDR4Quote:
Originally Posted by FghtinIrshNvrDi
X1950XT (unreleased..ETA unknown) - R580 + 256mb GDDR4
X1950PRO (October) - Rv570 (12rops/12tmus/36ps alus) 600/1400mhz GDDR3 (256mb/512mb/Gemini [two core] versions expected)
It's the X1900GT replacement some people are waiting for. :)
Notice the digi pwm and "dong-less" (to quote Hexus ;) ) crossfire connector.
NickS: Merci mon ami.
Yeah the dongle-less crossfire is going to be off da hook :).
What does Merci mon ami mean btw?
Thank you my friend. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by NickS
Xtremesystems - It's not just intense hardware, it's also a French class.
I don't think thats RV570 :S ... I do believe thats the R600...
Cos I never heard that 80nm ATI products were going to support dongleless/mastercardless crossfire...all I heard was that R600 would be the first to have that...
Perkam
Well, amigo, you've heard wrong.
The greatest thing about dongle-less crossfire is that I believe, as that DT article hinted, crossfire will become an open platform starting with rv560/rv570 and continue with R600 onwards. It would make sense as Intel is moving away from ATi chipsets, but ATi will still want crossfire on as many systems as possible, not just systems using AMD cpus. This will force Nvidia into a very interesting situation and decision about SLI, especially if they continue to produce sub-par chipsets for Intel's platform. So in essence, I think this will push SLI/Crossfire to work on any 2x16 PEG board without a driver hack. If this comes true, not just AMD+ATi will be about the "open platform/choice" standard...They'll be pulling Nvidia (kicking and screaming) with them.
Yeah, that's RV570....it's hinting at what some of R600's PCB features will be though.
Now to RV570 discussion that I'd like to bring up....
With all the space saved with a digital PWM, why is the PCB still so big? They could fit that onto a much smaller PCB I'd think....
Thats definitely not R600 the die is barely bigger than the BGA chipsQuote:
Originally Posted by perkam
Well, whatever it is... at $199...I think it'll be worth buying just to see what enhancements the R600 will have :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kemist
Perkam
I take it you'll be buying it then? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by perkam
wow digital VRM.
Makes that pcb alot cleaner hehe.
no doubt.
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4...0compartb9.jpg
I don't have a good answer to Vapor's question...
From the looks of it its not a PCB redesign, they just dropped\moved the power components....Quote:
Originally Posted by Vapor
My theory is that there are traces in that area that would need to be re-routed and ati didnt want to spend the money on designing a whole new PCB.
ahhhhhh... yes. very interesting! :) I think this will ultimately benefit the consumer with more flexibility to be able to run SLI or CF freely as you see fit on the same mobo without any hassle... that would be really nice!Quote:
Originally Posted by turtle
Very cool to see the digi pwm.. in the future cards it should help reduce the power consumption/heat output of the card and reduce the gigantic pcb size we have been seeing recently.
yhea :o loads.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Revv23
Finally GPU's who will looks leak and shexay? :p:
now that is a very clean PCB
But the question remains...will they be cooler ? :(
Perkam
What happened to all the DFI RD600 stuff? Theer used to be a picture of it with two RV570s in CF here, and there was a thread on one DFI RD600 picture gone. What happened? Will this be deleted too?