Nvidia Planning a Dual-GF106 GPU GeForce SLI?
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The more the merrier.
We observed from our own experiences from the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 that the GF106 chip is quite formidable for the price – and the performance scales superlatively when paired with a twin GPU.
Now there's speculation that Nvidia could be plotting on releasing a dual-GF106 video card later this year. KitGutu said that it has data sheets on two GTS 450 cards, one rated at 75W and the second at 150W. Nvidia also listed two different GTS 450 cards in its driver.
While that's hardly conclusive evidence, it's certainly a nice hint that there could be a card coming for those who crave as many Nvidia GPUs possible in a system.
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either that or 150w is a super-overclocked version of the card...
get with the program....intel rocks...while amd is trying to keep up
Because a dual core gts 450 should out preform the Gtx 460. now if it doesn't there really isn't much point.
i wouldn't necessarily say they're playing catch up, i own AMD Systems myself and they run very well. not only that, they're better performance per dollar. pairing up AMD and ATI allows for a great system to be built for a great price.
Are you guys absolutely sure that it's not "both rated at 75W adding to a total of 150W"?
Yeah, that was my impression. Even if they do make a card with 2 low power 450's sandwiched together, it likely wont come in time for 6xxx, and it just seems like a desparation move to me.
From our own experience, the Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 (using the GF106 chip) has a great price/performance ratio, and this performance scales superlatively with a second card.
There's speculation Nvidia might release a dual-GF106 video card later this year. KitGutu stated it has data sheets on two GTS 450 cards: one rated at 75W and the second at 150W. Also, Nvidia listed two different GTS 450 cards in its driver.
It's hardly conclusive evidence, but certainly a nice hint there could be a card coming for those who crave as many Nvidia GPUs possible in a system.
They're doing their part to help global warming, what are you doing? /sarcasm