Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Quad CF HD3870 X2 and a Monster case

Quad CF HD3870 X2 and a Monster case

Forum Graphic & Displays : Graphics Cards - Quad CF HD3870 X2 and a Monster case

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
KyleSTL   11-16-2007 at 09:58:16 PM

So I found a link to this report saying that AMD/ATI has already put together working samples of the HD 3870 X2 and CF'd them. I must say it looks pretty awesome.

http://www.legitreviews.com/article/593/1/

My only question is: The top picture with the 4 HD 3870s appears to have 12 expansion slots (8 of which taken up by the GPUs. Does anyone know if this is some kind of new ultra-huge standard?

I found an old standard called WTX from 1999 that was much bigger than E ATX, but it look like it died a long time ago (like BTX).

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ Lian-Li PC-7B | XClio Greatpower 550W | P4 3.2 Prescott SL7E5 | Scythe Ninja
2GB DDR400 Corsair VS (4*512) | eVGA nVidia GF 7600GS AGP vmod 1.46/1.91 OCd 759/907
WD 160GB & 640GB SATA
WinXP MCE 2004
Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
hallubalooza   11-16-2007 at 10:36:46 PM
- 0 +

Thats sweet now you can spend money on FOUR bad cards wooooo

Reply to hallubalooza
cfvh600   11-16-2007 at 10:42:09 PM
- 0 +

Lol. Yeah and play Crysis at 60+FPS on high. :-)

Message quoted 1 times
Reply to cfvh600
qwertycopter   11-16-2007 at 11:23:18 PM
- 0 +

KyleSTL wrote :

My only question is: The top picture with the 4 HD 3870s appears to have 12 expansion slots (8 of which taken up by the GPUs. Does anyone know if this is some kind of new ultra-huge standard?

 

No, it is a standard ATX board. The motherboard itself only has seven expansion slots (4 PCI-E x16, the other 3 are PCI-E x1 and PCI). Here is a board similar to the one in the picture:

 

http://www.overclockers.ru/images/news/2007/10/09/790_01.jpg

 

The case (probably a Silverstone Extended ATX case) simply has more slots than the motherboard. The bottom card hangs slightly over the bottom edge of the motherboard, but it's not covering up an 8th slot on the motherboard.

Message quoted 1 times
Message edited by qwertycopter on 11-16-2007 at 11:35:37 PM
Reply to qwertycopter
itotallybelieveyou   11-16-2007 at 11:24:07 PM
- 0 +

cfvh600 wrote :

Lol. Yeah and play Crysis at 60+FPS on high. :-)


Doubt Crysis will ultize Quad Crossfire

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ It's a theater of love stories.
 Reply to itotallybelieveyou
KyleSTL   11-17-2007 at 12:31:57 AM
- 0 +

qwertycopter wrote :

No, it is a standard ATX board. The motherboard itself only has seven expansion slots (4 PCI-E x16, the other 3 are PCI-E x1 and PCI). Here is a board similar to the one in the picture:

The case (probably a Silverstone Extended ATX case) simply has more slots than the motherboard. The bottom card hangs slightly over the bottom edge of the motherboard, but it's not covering up an 8th slot on the motherboard.



When I said standard, I meant case standard, not MB. I assumed it was an ATX board with the overhang. However, I'm not sure about the case, because I've never seen a case with more than 7 expansion slots. And Silverstone doesn't a have single EATX case with more than 7 expansion slots. Do you have a link to case that advertises >7 slots? The only difference between ATX and EATX is the length of the MB not the height (12"x9.6" vs. 12"x13" ). Both standards only contain 7 slots.

------------------------------ Lian-Li PC-7B | XClio Greatpower 550W | P4 3.2 Prescott SL7E5 | Scythe Ninja
2GB DDR400 Corsair VS (4*512) | eVGA nVidia GF 7600GS AGP vmod 1.46/1.91 OCd 759/907
WD 160GB & 640GB SATA
WinXP MCE 2004
 Reply to KyleSTL
Hatman   11-17-2007 at 12:33:53 AM
- 0 +

0

itotallybelieveyou wrote :

Doubt Crysis will ultize Quad Crossfire

 


Probably more up to how ATI makes it work its magic.

Message quoted 1 times
------------------------------ Na na na na na na na na HATMAN!
 Reply to Hatman
starcraftfanatic   11-17-2007 at 01:10:16 AM
- 0 +

If dual Ultras struggle, why won't it utilize QCF? At the very least the physics should be better.

Reply to starcraftfanatic
itotallybelieveyou   11-17-2007 at 01:12:49 AM
- 0 +

Hatman wrote :

0



Probably more up to how ATI makes it work its magic.


yup. you never know

------------------------------ It's a theater of love stories.
 Reply to itotallybelieveyou
dragonsprayer   01-04-2008 at 04:16:33 AM
- 0 +

i resurrected this thread!

quad crossfire is going to rule this year!

the new 9800GX2 tells me there is no 9800GTX or ultra in the cards - probably a heat issue????

Reply to dragonsprayer
smokedyou911   01-04-2008 at 04:50:14 AM
- 0 +

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3jpG3rv4zI

Could be promising...

------------------------------ P4 3ghz Ht| Intel D865PERL| pc3200 1 (2x512mb)gig of ram 400mhz, 2.5-3-3-8| 80 gb Seagate Barracuda Hd, 300gb WD HD| Asus 7600gs| 1x Lg dvd reader/cd burner| 1x LG dvd burner 300w psu.
Reply to smokedyou911
dragonsprayer   01-04-2008 at 05:58:07 AM
- 0 +

thats octo crossfire there!

lol!

Reply to dragonsprayer
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > Graphic & Displays > Graphics Cards > Quad CF HD3870 X2 and a Monster case
Go to:

There are 1307 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.370 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
How do I win badges?