3870 X2 Pictured running in CrossFire

[wickedld9]

Haven't seen these pictured before...wow, that is pretty sexy.


http://www.legitreviews.com/article/593/1/

[Eddie3dfx]

Ati should include a grilling cage in there because I'm sure that kebobs and steak would come out perfectly@!

[irev210]

Ati should include a grilling cage in there because I'm sure that kebobs and steak would come out perfectly@!

power usage is actually low on the 55nm process they are using.


they are doing the best they can. At ~399 it should be a decent product if the drivers are decent.

[zerazax]

Very sexy to say the least

[MotF Bane]

Damn, that looks excellent. Should even fit paired MCW60's per card.

[gillll]

anyone knows which mobo is being used ?

[[XC]Atomicpineapple]

From the heatpipes, PCB and slot colours I'll guess its some sort of Gigabyte board. After having played Crysis today I think my 8800GTS can last long enough for those to come out.

[SKYMTL]

Anyone notice the Crossfire interconnect on the cards is different with only a single CF bridge connector on each card?

I am thinking ATI is using Quad Crossfire to detect 4 seperate "cards" with 2 GPUs on each actual card. That is why 4-way CF cannot happen with 4 HD3870X2 cards

[kemist]

Anyone notice the Crossfire interconnect on the cards is different with only a single CF bridge connector on each card?

I am thinking ATI is using Quad Crossfire to detect 4 seperate "cards" with 2 GPUs on each actual card. That is why 4-way CF cannot happen with 4 HD3870X2 cards

May also be electrical limitation of the gpu's i.e. they only have 2 connectors and 1 is already being used for the internal crossfire.

[[XC] gomeler]

I prefer the look of the 4 standard HD3870's over the 3870X2, just looks cooler with 4x gfx cards.

[duploxxx]

anyone knows which mobo is being used ?

looking at pcb and color of first pic-e i think it is a gigabyte 790x or fx board

[vmsein]

Will the 3870X2 in Crossfire mode run on an Intel motherboard with 2x16 PCIe slots? If so, this could prove to be very interesting. The more pressure is brought upon nvidia to allow SLi on any motherboard the better for us. Choice is always a good thing.

[PrometheusCon]

I prefer the look of the 4 standard HD3870's over the 3870X2, just looks cooler with 4x gfx cards.

I like the dual look a little bit better. Sure the 4 gfx cards just scream "badass", but I've gotten used to my 7950gx2 look. This card looks interesting to say the least. Super long, massive, and overall crazy.

[screwtech02]

Quad X-fire on Intel chipsets should be no problem, as long as its 2 x16 slots, from what the article says....

But, those cards are supposed to be like $700 each, so time will tell....

[wickedld9]

Quad X-fire on Intel chipsets should be no problem, as long as its 2 x16 slots, from what the article says....

But, those cards are supposed to be like $700 each, so time will tell....

$700??? Where did that come from? No pricing has been set but a little birdie has mentioned $399-$499.

[Tuvok-LuR-]

I hope these kind of mobos will be a little % of the incoming, I can't stand wasting that much room losing pci slots for nothing

[SKYMTL]

But, those cards are supposed to be like $700 each, so time will tell....

BASELESS RUMOR ALERT!!!

[Kunaak]

guess we'll see these cards somewhere around the middle of 2009 when they dont matter anymore...

why are they always so damn late with dual GPU cards?

[Cooper]

guess we'll see these cards somewhere around the middle of 2009 when they dont matter anymore...

why are they always so damn late with dual GPU cards?

More like Q1`08 mate

[aiya]

this looks interesting. it should work on P35 boards with a single pci-e x16, no? i'm assuming its just like the 7950GX2 where it can run in SLI mode in any board.

[Origin_Unknown]

woah, the 3870 x2 looks awesome!

arg, i want an upgrade but its a PITA with all the new stuff coming out all the time

[EnJoY]

guess we'll see these cards somewhere around the middle of 2009 when they dont matter anymore...

why are they always so damn late with dual GPU cards?

How are they late? They have just launched RV670 and this card uses two of those on one PCB, so wouldn't it make sense for it to arrive a few months afterward? It's not like the 7950GX2 came out at the same time the 7900 series debuted.

[Unbornchild]

Attractive, except if it would turn out to be no more than a singlecard crossfire solution and performance effectively wouldn't surpass 2x RV670 512MB in Crossfire and has 'only' 1 GB total VRAM ( 512MB x 2). To be the exceptional monster i'm waiting (hoping) for it should also carry 2 x 1 GB VRAM... ... but then ooops the price!

[wickedld9]

CES 2008 sounds good.

[largon]

6+8pin PCIe power connectors are back with a vengeance!