AMD: R9xx Speculation
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Ah. Note for anyone not looking at the image. The numbers are from Mercury Research, not from AMD.
Wasn't that just "proof-of-concept" dual GF100 (yes, GF100) board by some AIB?
Why cripple the performance of a card due to a number in a spec no customer cares about?Kaotik said:
It's not about wiping the floor with a 5970. It's about remaining competitive with the other guys.
If you really want less than 300W, you're free to underclock it.
Dave B... Or they have finally figured out that this kinda card is supposed to be like this, over the top. Bet is was fun to design and then redesign this card. And why a 300w barrier anyways?
They could have 3x8pins for all I care, if card can use 6+8 pin cables and doesnt go over 300W* at default settings its not breaking the spec, whats so hard to understand?
IMO 2x8pin is for the OC potential only. Granted I may be wrong and AMD with Nvidia are going wild, but AMD wants to have big name OEM on the board, and they wouldnt ship cards beyond specs at stock settings.* Its not uncommon for cards to use more than 300W at Furmark, etc., but officially and in "general gameplay" they are within spec, same will be with 6990.
Ultra-high end market is small, and if OEMs (Alienware, maingear, falcon, etc) ships quite some of these cards, its a big win both marketwise and PR.
DavidGraham
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This is not a battle for mean and lean graphics cards ,or OEM support , this is a battle for the performance crown , if AMD crippled the card to conserve power consumption they will not compete with GTX 590 , and the crown will be lost.They could have 3x8pins for all I care, if card can use 6+8 pin cables and doesnt go over 300W* at default settings its not breaking the spec, whats so hard to understand?
They designed the card to exceed the 300w limits to achieve high RAM/GPU clocks ,and hence more performance .. because that is what actually matters in the end for the enthusiast user , not some PCI-E specs mumbo jumbo .
You make AMD look like enthusiast nerd overclocker
Its a corporation, primarily driven by profits and marketshare, and OEMs are a big part of it. Its not like they dont want performance crown, but they wont be breaking spec because of it, while providing easy OC potential through 2x8pin and drivers for the enthusiasts. Specs might not matter to you, but it matters a lot for the big fishes.You make AMD look like enthusiast nerd overclocker
The big fishes either sell single cards in CF/SLI, or the rigs that they sell with this puppy will have overclocked Intel CPUs anyway- which breaks spec too.
The markup is so high that they can afford to do that anyway.
8 memory chips per gpu?
Umm what else did you expect???
10 memory chips for 320bit bus or 12 memory chips for 384bit bus!
The GTX 590 is supposed to be based on the GF110 not GF114 right? From the pics it seems like it.
The gtx590 will have probably 2*6 memory chips on each side of the PCB like in this picture http://www.nordichardware.com/images/labswedish/nyhetsartiklar/Grafik/gtx590/fullimages/gtx590.jpg
BTW anandtech has accidently put up also a 6990 pic without the cooler. Now they removed it.
BTW anandtech has accidently put up also a 6990 pic without the cooler. Now they removed it.
DuckThor Evil
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You make AMD look like enthusiast nerd overclocker
Would you like any appetizers, while we are preparing the crow. :smile:
Seems specs didn't matter that much to them after all.
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