Nvidia Intros Dual-GPU Card Next Month?
Nvidia is supposedly releasing a dual-GPU card next month to rival AMD's similar offering.
Last week brought reports that Nvidia confirmed the name of its upcoming dual-GPU card slated for a February launch.
Called the GeForce GTX 590, the card is expected to arrive in the same time frame as AMD's similar offering, the dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 "Antilles"also set for a supposed February release. Nvidia is also expected to launch the new card in the same manner as it did with the GeForce GTX 580: surprisingly sudden, catching AMD off-guard.
Based on a 40-nm fabrication process, the currently unannounced GTX 590 will reportedly come packed with two GF110 GPUs with 512 CUDA cores each, totaling 1024 CUDA cores. The card will also feature a 2 x 384-bit memory interface, 3 GB of GDDR5 memory and support for DirectX 11.
Nordic Hardware speculates that Nvidia chose to max the CUDA count instead of turning off shader blocks and increasing GPU frequencies, offering a more efficient solution. The dual-GPU card will thus have lower clock frequencies and voltages than the new GeForce GTX 580 with a 244-watt TDP using just one GF110 GPU. For now, it's unknown just how much power the dual-GPU card will actually consume when it hits the market, but expect a lot.
Unnamed sources have also confirmed that the reference design is set. The end product will likely sport a full-cover cooler with a large 90-mm radial fan mounted in the center. The size will be close to what the GeForce GTX 295 (Gen. 2) offers, but may be a bit longer.
With February just a day away, we're looking at a very exciting month. Stay tuned as the week progresses.
How about a dual 6850 card that costs less than two separate cards? Or a dual 460 card. That would definitely draw my attention.
that said, amd and nvidia need to put out more dual core chipsets, so long as the dual core out preforms the best single core, it warrants production. i dont have the ability to go dual cards, due to motherboard constraints, and my unwillingness to dick around with drivers and get it to work right.
For sure aftermarket overclocker orientated cards are going to need extra connectors. That said, with fully fledged cores, overclocking potential for those with the cooling and power to feed it should be beastly.
but two of those look like possible replacements for my old 295's. Quad SLI is always the best combo.
Nobody in the market for a dual GPU video card is going to be buying any of these new SB chips, they are all waiting for LGA 2011 while sticking with their 980x. At least if I was spending that much money that's what I'd be doing. The only reason I even thought of picking up a 580 for my new SB system is for an eventual migration to LGA 2011.
Metro 2033 says hi. Sure, I can max it at 1920x1200 with a 6950, but not at 2560x1600 or triple-monitor resolutions.
I am not sure this will be the case. You see, AMD just doesn't have to clock 6990 lower than 6970 as much as 590 than 580 to stay within power consumption specifications.
But you have to note that they add more CUDA; which makes no sense. It's like how the 6990 is going to be 10 better than 6970.