New Mystery Card to arrive at ABT - Soon!

happymedium · Posted: Mon Feb 28, 2011 10:43 pm

tviceman wrote:

Well AMD is smart then. They realize the chips aren't going to be able to run at their full potential within the PCIe spec, so they're at least giving end users the options to overclock the card to their heart's content.

Nvidia needs to do the same. The two monster dual cards from both companies may end up more or less equal, with AMD getting the nod to ultra high resolutions with ultra high AA settings, and Nvidia getting the nod to better overclocking scaling (essentially equaling the ultra high resolution playing field). It may come down to who decides to equip a better reference cooler.

I think it will come down to who has the best drivers for sli/x-fire.

apoppin · Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:26 am

It looks like 450 W
http://www.donanimhaber.com/ekran-karti ... D-6990.htm
:shock:

Take a quick look, it may be down soon

Ocre · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:22 am **Posts:** 2128

ha ha thats funny, i was like what!!!!!! the way things are goin, i do think we will see some crazy 400+ watt GPU in the next 2 yrs. Wait, i better read that link!!!!!

Ocre · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:22 am **Posts:** 2128

OMG! they finally did the turbo switch!!! thats fully what i was told the dual bios switch was gonna be on the 6970. Wow!! 415watts, what????? 450Wattss :shock:

Watts????

What a beast@!!!!!
thanks apoppin for the link. Its fantastic!!!!!

Ocre · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:22 am **Posts:** 2128

man, i cant get over the Watts!!!! nvidia got blasted all over the place for their high watt fermi, just wait AMD wont catch any of that with this beast. alls i can say is wo wow wow wow.

Ocre · **Joined:** Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:22 am **Posts:** 2128

apoppin wrote:

Yes, but they were limited production cards like the ASUS Mars that exceeded 300W by quite a bit

This is the first card in years to show something that may potentially exceed the PCIe spec (since 6-pin+8-Pin is PLENTY for the 300W spec). Of course there is precedent; wasn't there a voodoo card with a power brick? But this is the first AMD or Nvidia card to use 8-pin+8-pin since the PCIe 2.0 spec came out.

i will predict that you guys are going to be surprised ... make that *shocked*
- you will may have your first WtF moment re: HW in a long time (<<<My prediction)
:-O

When was the last time you read something about HW and said WtF (in a good surprised way)?
:hello:

And something else to consider .. AMD fans have always made a POINT about how much their cards conserved power. What do they say now about an 8-pin+8-pin card?
:tease:

It could be worse?

you hit the nail on the head!!! this is me, you got me. i mean

wtf!!!!!!

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 4978

I note there is a crossfire connector on that card.

900W just for graphics if you crossfire two of them.

The fanATIcs have long loved to claim nvidia rigs required personal nuclear reactors to run, looks like it will be them (the fanATIcs) needing the reactors after all, not nvidia, not that they will ever admit it.........

demondrumer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:29 am **Posts:** 185

guess wat else need 450 watts?

grstanford · **Joined:** Sat Apr 24, 2010 11:19 am **Posts:** 4978

demondrumer wrote:

guess wat else need 450 watts?

Dunno, probably the rumored nvidia dual gpu card. It is of no interest to me, never have liked dual gpu cards. If I were to upgrade from my SLI'd GTX460's, it would be to SLI'd GTX560's.

demondrumer · **Joined:** Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:29 am **Posts:** 185

i was gonna say something dirty..... but yeah nvidia dual gpu card also works :p

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