The LAST R600 Rumours & Speculation Thread

That bit blew me away..

But I guess this monster needs proper cooling.

 

Is it even possible to fit 16 memory chips on a single side ?!

 

The card probably has got only 8 mem chips Just my guess. If you notice on the first picture, you will see that the back plate was pocketed into a slot to fix some ic. How could it be possible to fix another 8 mem chips at that thin gap!! The back plate to me, it would be used for secure that card than to be a cooling.

I am counting time for how long Fuad will snap this pictures on the INQ

Edit: Typo and add some points...

 

Well color me confused...going to be an interesting one, this R600 launch

 

I want pictures from the retail version.

Why is the back of the cooler open?

I see in front there is a open/close thing, but when its open than many air going out in the other side? i miss something?

 

The bracket on the back is the same size as that used on R580 equipped boards, according to my photochoppery.

Jawed

 

It's notable that R600 is closer to the backplane than R580 is, hinting that there's less gubbins between the GPU and the DVI outputs.

Jawed

 

From the backside of the pic, i dont think the memory chips are on the back because they isnt any space between the back plate and the PCB.

 

I can't help wondering if they're piggy-backed, in pairs.

Jawed

 

What is the reason for the difference of oem version and the retail version?

 

My guess would be that the card carry very heavy heatsink, and then for OEM, they need a long PCB to fix it and AMD/ATi just only use the setup to benefit them by fixing the fan there.

The PCB, it would be the same for OEM and retail (my guess). Just different form factor of card.

 

But then I would see little point in supplying a 8-pin connector at all, why just not settling for 2x6?
Sure, it gives the buyer more choices, but i'm doubtful.

 

maybe that's one of those "half" R600s that Crytek supposedly had earlier. That would possibly explain the apparent lack of memory modules on the back while still supporting the 512-bit theory.

 

That's what I've been told. The real deal is 24.8" long.

 

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hehe, I had a good chuckle out of that.

can't wait till NDA is lifted.

 

At that rate, we might just be able to have the card touch both ends of a computer case.

 

For Crossfire, I presume. So one card can suck in air from the bttom and the other from the top and not the small space between the card.

 

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