The LAST R600 Rumours & Speculation Thread

[Geo]

I thought the same thing, but if you zoom in on the left connector, it looks like there are two unused power pins. Maybe this is a lower clocked dev part and the release will have a 6 and an 8 pin.

Well, we'll see. But then I'd wonder if you could plug a 6-pin into the 8 so that those with two 6-pins or one 8-pin PSUs could go the way they need to for the connectors their PSU has, and still keep total power at 225W or less.

 

[zgemboandislic]

Man, am I getting tired of that OEM card shot. Who the heck cares? If that's not what we'll be buying, who cares?

The interesting part is that their own shot clearly shows two 6-pin connectors, which limits the power usage to 225W, and then their text claims 270W. Err?

It is not only annoying, but also confusing. Does that mean that the OEM version will be faster than the one you'd like to buy and install yourself? That's just plain wrong.

 

[Cuthalu]

Omg, that's way too much heat. I don't want to be in a room where the temperature is much above 30c.

However, considering those 2*6pin connectrors - maybe Vr-zone is just spreading fud? Those 2 "extra pin slots" might be relic from earlier pcb-design?

 

[trinibwoy]

it's a OEM card.. please..

Sorry, didn't mean to offend the OEM gods

 

[Jawed]

Disabled "quads"? Anyway, R520 was similar a bit - only 16 "pipelines" and >320M of transistors... R600 can be scalable in a similar way and further ALUs could be cheap in term of transistor count.

Only about 10% of R520's "transistor count" is pixel shader ALUs.

Jawed

 

[Jawed]

Wow that's a lot of copper!

About the same volume of copper as inside the 8800GTX cooler, I reckon.

Jawed

 

[neliz]

Sorry, didn't mean to offend the OEM gods

It's not worth it to worry about a card that would be suitable for the "PE" moniker.

 

[INKster]

About the same volume of copper as inside the 8800GTX cooler, I reckon.

Jawed

Actually, there's not that much copper inside the 8800 GTS/GTX reference cooler.

 

[Twinkie]

About the same volume of copper as inside the 8800GTX cooler, I reckon.

Jawed

You sure about that? It seems that the stock cooler for the R600 seems to have 2 copper heatpipes, while the heatsink iteslf is all copper. (unlike the 8800GTX cooler, since it uses only uses copper on the base of the heatsink)

Anyway, how can the XTX version suck 270w of power according to vr-zone? It only has 2 dual 6 pin. Am i missing something?

 

[INKster]

You sure about that? It seems that the stock cooler for the R600 seems to have 2 copper heatpipes, while the heatsink iteslf is all copper. (unlike the 8800GTX cooler, since it uses only uses copper on the base of the heatsink)

Anyway, how can the XTX version suck 270w of power according to vr-zone? It only has 2 dual 6 pin. Am i missing something?

That puzzles me too.
Two 6 pin power connectors and the slot feed provide about 225w.
So where do the remaining 15w come from ?

 

[Sound_Card]

That puzzles me too.
Two 6 pin power connectors and the slot feed provide about 225w.
So where do the remaining 15w come from ?

I was going to say this my self at rage3d.

I can't remember where at the moment, but I remember reading a roumor of R600 being 180w awhile back while all this fud was spreading of R600 being a 300w oven.

 

[1BFC]

Sorry if this is a repost, this thread is pretty huge

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1411/

Just some more pictures and some comments.

-BFC

 

[Twinkie]

Sorry if this is a repost, this thread is pretty huge

http://www.overclockers.com/articles1411/

Just some more pictures and some comments.

-BFC

Thanks for the pics!

Looks like the XTX will be 1 6pin and 1 8 pin. The maximum power usage would be increased to 300W isnt it?

 

[Geo]

Thanks for the pics!

Looks like the XTX will be 1 6pin and 1 8 pin. The maximum power usage would be increased to 300W isnt it?

That doesn't make sense to me. I'm still thinking its more likely that if you use the 8, you don't need to use the 6.

That plate on the back seems too snug to allow for mem chips under it, doesn't it? So all the mem is on the front? For a 512-bit bus?

 

[satein]

Thanks for the pics!

Looks like the XTX will be 1 6pin and 1 8 pin. The maximum power usage would be increased to 300W isnt it?

Look at the R600 GPU back bracket!!
Could anyone here can confirm that the size of the chip would be larger or the same as the G80 chip?

 

[Hanners]

That doesn't make sense to me. I'm still thinking its more likely that if you use the 8, you don't need to use the 6.

Yep, I'm with you on that. If not, expect a massive outcry at the need to buy a new PSU just to power the graphics board.

 

[Jawed]

Also looks like 2 fan headers on the board there.

Jawed

 

[Jawed]

That doesn't make sense to me. I'm still thinking its more likely that if you use the 8, you don't need to use the 6.

I've been saying this for ages now.

Jawed

 

[satein]

That plate on the back seems too snug to allow for mem chips under it, doesn't it? So all the mem is on the front? For a 512-bit bus?

That plate on the back looks rather flat to the PCB bottom surface to me on that picture. Possibly only memory chips are on the front side on this card.

 

[Jawed]

Actually, there's not that much copper inside the 8800 GTS/GTX reference cooler.

Yes, you're right, I should have said "metal".

The GTX heatsink is almost the full height of the card but not as long as the R600 heatsink, which doesn't cover the full height of the card.

Jawed