AMD Teases Next Generation Dual-processor Graphics Card

By Humphrey Cheung, published on January 9, 2008 at 11:50 AM
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Las Vegas (NV) - In hushed tones, AMD employees gave us a ton of info on the upcoming R680 graphics card which will contain two graphics processors on one board. Unfortunately, we have been sworn to secrecy and will forfeit our Blackberry phones (you can have our first-borns) if we disclose the specifications.

AMD R680 board (we weren’t allowed to photograph the back)

The card is set to launch in the first quarter and the NDA will run out in late January.

The R680 is stable enough to run Call of Duty 4 on this test setup

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BobWya 01/09/2008 6:46 AM
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Hi,

If ATI have sorted out their processing horsepower issues and plugged in 1Gb RAM (or 2x512Mb) then this card could be looking promising!!

Is just me or is that card overhanging that ATX motherboard!! That heatsink could be used as an offensive weapon...

Bob


Anonymous 01/09/2008 7:31 AM
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It over hangs because it's not a full ATX motherboard. More likely, it's a micro ATX motherboard which I've seen as small as 9" in width. Most high end graphics cards of today (as far as I know) are > 9". So, this is probably the same size as most high end graphics cards on the market.
Anonymous 01/09/2008 7:32 AM
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It overhangs because it's not a full ATX motherboard. More likely, it's a micro ATX motherboard which I've seen as small as 9" in width. Most high end graphics cards of today (as far as I know) are > 9". So, this is probably the same size as most high end graphics cards on the market.
Anonymous 01/09/2008 10:31 AM
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Wonder how well the processor farthest from the fan runs with heat from the other passing through it.
Anonymous 01/10/2008 3:03 AM
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Weren't allowed to photograph the back...!?
Well, if you look at the picture with the card mounted inside the case, you can see something that looks just like a black passive heatsink covering the whole backside of the card....
goa2goa 01/10/2008 9:50 AM
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Finally, - I am longing for something fast which don't use nVidia drivers. Looks like it is 2 x SingleCore GPU - but i don't understand why either ATI nor nVidia have DualCore or even QuadCore GPU's already. That would probably solve the Watt issue once and for all. I mean if Intel can make a 45nm QuadCore CPU, why can't a GPU maker even make a 65nm DualCore GPU ?? How hard can it be (now i start talking like Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear)

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