A picture of the graphics card that is claimed to be a board based on the code-named graphics processor R600 from ATI, graphics product group of Advanced Micro Devices, has been published by an Asian web-site. The board seems to be huge and is said to have nearly extreme demands for power.
The picture that that has been leaked shows a special “long” version of ATI’s code-named R600-based graphics card aimed at original equipment manufacturers and system integrators. The version designed for DIY marker will be shorter, according to the report.
VR-Zone web-site claims that there would be two versions of ATI R600 XTX: one is for OEM/SI and the other for retail. Both feature 1GB of GDDR4 memory on board, but the OEM version is 12.4” long, whereas the retail is 9.5” long. The power consumption of the AMD R600 graphics card is 270W for 12” version and 240W for 9.5” version. The difference between the boards is unclear.
Specifications of ATI R600 published by a web-site earlier resemble specs revealed by some other sources back in mid-2006, but are not fully similar:
- 64 4-Way SIMD Unified Shaders, 128 Shader Operations/Cycle;
- 32 texture mapping units, 16 raster operation units;
- 512-bit memory interface full 32 bit per chip connection;
- 230W thermal power envelope;
The web-site also claimed that the next-generation graphics chip from AMD’s graphics division formerly known as ATI Technologies will support so-called GPU clustering, which allows to install 2ⁿ number of GPUs (4, 8, 16, 32, etc), though it is unclear whether this is something new, as ATI’s graphics chips supported multi-GPU capability for professional solutions from companies like Evans & Sutherland for many years now. In addition, Level505 reports that the R600 chip is compatible with “draft DX10.1 vendor-specific cap removal” application programming interface, something, which is unlikely to be utilized for a substantial amount of time.
Officials for Advanced Micro Devices did not comment on the news-story.
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That is fugly.
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Posted by: boner
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Date: 02/09/07 07:35:52 AM]
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OEM version is 12.4" long ( 270W )
retail is 9.5" long (240W)
So this is a picture of some early OEM prototype version NOT the retail one.
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Posted by: Silver
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Date: 02/09/07 03:48:28 PM]
ok.. that was already in the article..now im officialy too tired.
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Posted by: Silver
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Date: 02/09/07 03:51:22 PM]
And yet it is still FUGLY!
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Posted by: boner
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Date: 02/09/07 07:08:54 PM]
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I'm getting tired of the continually increasing power consumption of graphics cards. For me, it's just a pain to try to figure out if I have to change power supplies for the millionth time, if I should look into running a dedicated circuit to my wall jack. It's getting ridiculous. I can't imagine how "green" hardcore gamers feel.
CPUs somehow reversed the increasing power consumption trend, GPU companies should really look into it. Are we going to need a cryogenic freezer one day to use a card that can run Unreal 10?
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Posted by: lonechicken
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Date: 02/09/07 08:35:32 AM]
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That's because major architectures are revealed approximately every 5 years on a CPU. GPUs have a 1-year architectural lifecycle. They don't have the luxury of a handful of architectural optimizations plus one or two fabrication die shrinks like the CPUs do.
I do hear you though and don't disagree but it's the pace of gaming which is its own bane.
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Posted by: boner
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Date: 02/09/07 09:10:50 AM]
I have to disagree with you because G80 took 4 years from being a concept/idea till a working hardware.
Let's face it, graphics cards makers are far away from shuffling their focus to a more power economical product rather than a faster product -no matter what being faster takes-.
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Posted by: @DoUL
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Date: 02/09/07 02:02:14 PM]
And how many MONTHS did it take from G7x to G8x..??? You can disagree but you're still wrong.
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Posted by: boner
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Date: 02/09/07 07:06:05 PM]
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Holy cow... does that thing fly? it's freaking UGE...
"230W thermal power envelope;"
wow... what in hell are they smoking for releasing such power hungry cards?(Nvidia 88000 power isn't any better)
tho, the bright side is it can be a good heater the winter when coupled with a to-be-released PCI-express cable...
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Posted by: tof
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Date: 02/09/07 10:16:48 AM]
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That thing had better have some damn good performance, or it is going to FLOP.
The only reason *I* can imagine for the longer OEM card, is that the retail has to fit into existing cases, which that OEM won't on many modern systems. Willing to bet that the retail cooling solution is going to be inferior and LOUD. Or maybe I'm just still bitter about my jet engine loud x850xt cooler that still overheated before I switched to a zalman.
Seriously though, I agree with the sentiments above. GPU companies are killing the gaming industry. How? They are pandering to a few hardcore gamers who will spend ANYTHING for the top performance. Then the developers play right into it, releasing games that REQUIRE such serious hardware - since the hardcore will slam any game that doesn't with bad reviews. Then, 90% of those who would be gaming on the PC end up giving up in frustration since their brand new $200 video card "isn't good enough for medium quality".
I wish that the nVidia/ATI war would go the way of the AMD/Intel war and focus on beating each other on price as much as performance. The AMD/Intel war brought high performance CPUs down to a price the average user could get more power than he ever needed. nVidia/ATI seem to be interested in making sure nobody will ever be able to survive by buying anything under $200 by promoting games (through developer agreements) that will not even run on their low-end hardware.
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Posted by: Alvin Brinson
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Date: 02/09/07 10:52:49 AM]
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Well, if it has heating issues with that monster blower... The fan itself uses 24W of power!
I donćt think the trend can continue that way for much longer, that card alone spends more than the rest of a (very good) setup would! There was a rumor that Intel's dual core chips would require Peltier cooling before they appeared, but, as we all know, fortunately, things didn't go that way.
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Posted by: Ivan
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Date: 02/10/07 08:39:01 AM]
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It's stupid cards like this and the 8800 that are seriously causing me to think about console gaming. I'd almost rather have a Wii at this point and give up on PC gaming. Why don't they get it through their thick heads that all most people really want is something fun that doesn't cost an arm and a leg?
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Posted by: NA
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Date: 02/09/07 11:09:28 AM]
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Damn that is awesome!!
High end graphics cards are all about excess, being big, powerful and having high performance. Its never been about being efficient or cost-effective.
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Posted by: Elite
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Date: 02/09/07 11:25:14 AM]
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MMM Excuse me, intel Conroe (core 2) is big, powerful and having high performance, yet more efficient than the disaster netburst (pentium 4) in almost all aspects !!
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Posted by: @DoUL
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Date: 02/09/07 01:57:13 PM]
...And yet the previous poster specifies "High End Graphics Cards..." so Ummm, Excuse Us, you're a retard.
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Posted by: boner
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Date: 02/09/07 07:07:38 PM]
Excuse me but have you even looked at the Intel quade core 2's.... not exactly el cheapo..
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Posted by: Silver
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Date: 02/10/07 05:39:29 PM]
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Uhhhh yeah everyone knows that, but we're talking about GRAPHICS CARDS here, not Central Processing Units. CPU's have always had a completely different philosophy, involved with being smaller and faster..
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Posted by: Elite
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Date: 02/09/07 02:27:42 PM]
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I don't know why everyone is always so angry about how big or how expensive or how powerful the next generation of video cards are. Both Ati and Nvidia have previously stated that the next gen of cards would further push the power envelope, saying that future planned architectures will be smaller and more power-efficient.
Compared to CPU's, video cards are advancing at a much faster rate, with new architectures annually, and subsequently near double speed increases every year. CPU's have finally recently began to get faster again with C2D, yet it still take 2-3 years to see a double in performance.
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Posted by: J. Steel
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Date: 02/09/07 02:34:55 PM]
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Be careful what you say... @DoUL is liable to MMM excuse you and disagree with you... ;-)
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Posted by: boner
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Date: 02/09/07 07:08:33 PM]
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Wow, that is f'ing huge! If cards keep getting bigger and bigger like this... who knows.. how long will it be until your graphics card is contained in a separate desktop case, the size of a large motherboard with an elaborate array of heat pipes and fans filling the case...
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Posted by: Edgar
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Date: 02/09/07 02:39:08 PM]
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That card is never gonna get into my case(literally,also its well beyond my budget)
But as good as being king of the hill is ATI should really be focusing on getting a good mainstream card out.Cause thats where profits are gonna be earned.
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Posted by: radicalx
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Date: 02/09/07 07:05:33 PM]
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Yeah this will suits my next purchase for my rig.Damn happy landing time. This monster will beat g80 surely and hoping will beat g81. 1GB DDR4 seems delicious : P
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Posted by: Preoccupied
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Date: 02/10/07 02:25:41 AM]
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This card will make computer hardware become alive after look dull in early 2007
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Posted by: Mole
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Date: 02/10/07 05:03:32 AM]
This great card but hungry for power supply you must have atleast 500watt(for all component hardware)this kind of things are insane.Damn you will suffer pay for electric bill.
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Posted by: Funky
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Date: 02/10/07 09:16:23 AM]
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Sheesh, get real GPU makers. Do you honestly think people will keep buying these things when 70 % of cases and power supplys can't even handle them ?
http://tommyvd.wordpress.com/
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Posted by: TommyVD
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Date: 02/10/07 02:35:20 AM]
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With a power consumption this high, yes, it can only be AMD
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Posted by: 1234
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Date: 02/10/07 04:12:06 AM]
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and the stupidest post award goes to.
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Posted by: Silver
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Date: 02/10/07 05:42:38 PM]
I see nice futured man, walking...
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Posted by: Janissary
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Date: 02/11/07 04:48:16 AM]
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The card length change by changing the cooling system. Less effective, cheaper cooling systems on the "shorter" and slower cheaper cards, "the big one" on the early "performance" models. Please stop to stuck this "rolls-royce" cards: if you don't agree or can't afford a Lamborghini Murciélago buy a Fiat 500 and go away.
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Date: 02/11/07 09:59:12 AM]
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