{"id":12931,"date":"2009-11-11T19:50:08","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T19:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12931"},"modified":"2009-11-15T03:38:50","modified_gmt":"2009-11-15T03:38:50","slug":"mystery-x2-video-card-from-amd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/mystery-x2-video-card-from-amd\/","title":{"rendered":"Mystery &#8216;X2&#8217; Video Card from AMD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-7021221536180758\";\n\/* 468x60, created 11\/11\/09 *\/\ngoogle_ad_slot = \"1949837292\";\ngoogle_ad_width = 468;\ngoogle_ad_height = 60;\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12606\" target=\"_blank\">Last week<\/a> we brought you the images of ATI\u2019s upcoming dual GPU on a PCB video card called the HD 5970 (or more loosely the HD 5870-X2) which uses two RV 870 GPUs on one PCB. Today we are bringing you the pictures of another dual GPU on a PCB video card; supposedly this is the HD 5950 (or more loosely the HD 5850-X2).<\/p>\n<p>DJ tells us that according to GPU-Z, the GPUs used in this card consist of 1440 stream processors just like the GPU used in the HD 5850. Along with the pictures, DJ sends his regards.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/5850x2c-jpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"5850x2-c\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/5850x2c_thumb-jpg.jpg?resize=284%2C200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"5850x2-c\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/5850x2a-jpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"5850x2-a\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/5850x2a_thumb-jpg.jpg?resize=266%2C200\" border=\"0\" alt=\"5850x2-a\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The HD 5950 above is compared to the HD 5870 which measures 11.1 inches. We are told that the HD 5950 measures 12 inches in length.\u00a0 You can see that this card also uses one 8-pin connector and one 6-pin connector just like the HD 5970 we posted about <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12606\" target=\"_blank\">last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/5850x2b-jpg.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"5850x2-b\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/5850x2b_thumb-jpg.jpg?resize=553%2C161\" border=\"0\" alt=\"5850x2-b\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Seen above is the HD 5950 on the right, showing us its three video outputs. Two DVI and one mini-Display Port can be seen on the PCI bracket.<\/p>\n<p>We really don&#8217;t know what this card is.\u00a0 It could be an engineering sample that may never see the light of day as AMD has very strongly denied the existence of &#8220;5850-X2&#8221; when we contacted them about this card.<\/p>\n<p>However, we are dedicated to bringing you the very latest news as it arrives.\u00a0 Our other sources tell us that the NDA on HD 5970 (5870-X2) expires on the 19th of November.\u00a0 We also know that AMD will be handpicking Cypress chips for their HD 5870-XTX which is due in Q1.\u00a0 Expect a big surprise from AMD, also in Q1.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Suggested Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12606\"><em>HD 5870X2 (HD 5970) Benchmarks and Images<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12648\"><em>ATi 5000 Series Image Quality Analysis<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12474\"><em>ATi 5770 Bottleneck Investigation<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12436\"><em>ATi Radeon 5770 Performance Test<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=12320\"><em>Seagate 7200.12 1 TB Hard Drive Review<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=11704\"><em>CM STORM Sentinel Advance Review<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?p=11381\"><em>AMD Value Platform Analysis Part 3:Athlon II X2 250 vs Phenom II X2 550<\/em><\/a><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Please join us in our <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/abt\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Forums<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Become a Fan on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/AlienBabelTech\/123268467142', 'Facebook']);\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/twitter.com\/alienbabeltech', 'Twitter']);\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the latest updates from ABT, please <a href=\"http:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/?feed=rss2\" target=\"_blank\">join our RSS News Feed<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Join our Distributed Computing teams<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Folding@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 164304<\/li>\n<li>SETI@Home &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech &#8211; 138705<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'http:\/\/www.worldcommunitygrid.org\/reg\/viewRegister.do?teamID=3P39R3SRV1', 'World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech']);\" target=\"_blank\">World Community Grid &#8211; Team AlienBabelTech<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we brought you the images of ATI\u2019s upcoming dual GPU on a PCB video card called the HD 5970 (or more loosely the HD 5870-X2) which uses two RV 870 GPUs on&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,2535],"tags":[72,73,2647,2566,2648,2646,2649],"class_list":["post-12931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-web-news","tag-amd","tag-ati","tag-hd-5850x2","tag-hd-5870x2","tag-hd-5890","tag-hd-5950","tag-nda-expires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12931","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alienbabeltech.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}