9800GX2 Pictures & Specs Revealed

[tbone8ty]

they probably jsut squeezed the 8800gt boards in there and connected them with a tiny sli bridge and slaped a black box around it all so u couldnt see it.

[Eastcoasthandle]

Show me how well it plays Crysis then I just might actually be impressed.

Wasn't there a patch for that game last year

[The0men]

Show me how well it plays Crysis then I just might actually be impressed.

touche

I don't want to hear the labour pain's, just give me the baby.

[NightCrawler™]

That thing looks interesting... what's even more surprising is that the second card is below the card with the PCIe connector instead of on top..

[krille]

At first I thought the picture in the OP portrayed a triple-sized radiator.

[Rob94hawk]

Wasn't there a patch for that game last year

Huh?

[PrometheusCon]

I own the 7950gx2 now and it's kept up with a lot of things up until now. It is definitely showing its age on BioShock and current games, but it powered me through a lot. I liked the SLI on a single card option just because I wanted an intel chipset board and the performance would be better than getting a single card solution. Sure it was expensive at the time, but I don't regret my decision. I don't go through tons of hardware so I'm pretty set with what I buy.. it's lasted a year and a half so far so it's worth it IMO. I am just anxious to see how this new gx2 does.

[naokaji]

the problem with the 7950GX2 besides the terrible scaling in Quadsli performance was that the next gen cards where very close.... as we all know by know the 8series was a big step forward performance wise, so no wonder 7950GX2 coudnt shine.

[Shintai]

LMAO!

And how did you come to that conclusion?
Also I didn't see anyone declare that R680 was two cores under one IHS, some of us were obviously hoping for it since it would be a nice step towards R700 but I don't recall anyone saying that it WAS that...

It has been said for quite awhile that R700 was multidie...
Care to make a counter bet/wager against Kyle?

Oh yes...and you should check the old R680 threads then.

People seem to forget reality and start hope and wish for things instead. Funny enough thats not how business and reality behaves.

[dinos22]

i highly DOUBT they will call it that if it exists

[socket]

they probably jsut squeezed the 8800gt boards in there and connected them with a tiny sli bridge and slaped a black box around it all so u couldnt see it.

i think too

I dont see any fan. And where hot air get away? It is 2x DVI, and i don´t see holes in sheet.

[tenebre]

the problem with the 7950GX2 besides the terrible scaling in Quadsli performance was that the next gen cards where very close.... as we all know by know the 8series was a big step forward performance wise, so no wonder 7950GX2 coudnt shine.

the problem with 7900GX2 was that it wasn't a helluva lot faster than x1900XTX...

[3NZ0]

the problem with 7900GX2 was that it wasn't a helluva lot faster than x1900XTX...

So they brought out the 7950gx2 to see if their second attempt at the idea worked.

Which it sort of did, ogl boost for quad sli was fantastic, dx wasn't so great as a result it failed as the only game it got a serious boost in was f.e.a.r

[saaya]

so wait... seperate pcbs... so basically i can buy 2 8800gt cards now, wrap tape around them and connect the sli bridge... and i have a 9800gx2?

so whats the point of waiting for the gx2?

[The0men]

so wait... seperate pcbs... so basically i can buy 2 8800gt cards now, wrap tape around them and connect the sli bridge... and i have a 9800gx2?

so whats the point of waiting for the gx2?

And take your fan off. And add loads of other goodies. Like more than 2X scaling in price, less than .2X scaling in performance, and 2X as many bugs in drivers.

Sounds good, whats the catch?

[naokaji]

so wait... seperate pcbs... so basically i can buy 2 8800gt cards now, wrap tape around them and connect the sli bridge... and i have a 9800gx2?

so whats the point of waiting for the gx2?

it might work on p35, p45, x38, x48.. no other reason...

[LowRun]

If the two PCB thing is true then it totally sucks

[Strafe]

Do the GX2's have the same compatibility problems as regular SLI (i.e. dependancy on profiles) or does the system see them as one card?

[dduckquack]

basically nvidia dont think ati is a worthy competitor for them to release G100... damn we need a better competition here

[NightCrawler™]

We're having a bit of discussion on a Dutch forum where we debate the authenticity of these pictures..
What's with the lack of output connectors, 2 DVI stacked on top of each other and no TV-Out and quite frankly I can't even see a fan where it supposed to be, it looks more like an empty shell.
Also where are the vent holes where the output connectors are...?

[Eastcoasthandle]

Do people believe this is fake?

[Shintai]

Do people believe this is fake?

I do.

Basicly its what nigthcrawler said plus a few more things. One part is the end bracket being completely out of place.

Its a photoshop job I bet.

[squilliam]

Then R700 will kill this

At least we hope it will.
And from what I'm hearing the R700 wont even be out until the end of the year, which is a long time.
I like it when the two companies have closer release schedules.

[naokaji]

Do people believe this is fake?

depends...

i do believe that a G92x2 is comming....

but the pictures? nah... they look a bit too unreal.

[Damien]

You guys don't think that's a fan behind the vent? I can almost see something shaped like half the fan. maybe not idk.