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.
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Keen!
.......It will also be hotter than the sun!
It will be 5,800 times hotter than the sun and double as a death ray.
.......It will also be hotter than the sun!
Like the inside of a Macdonalds Apple Pie!
But seriously, i want one.
I wouldn't mind a Dual GPU card to replace my GTX260 some time later, and the specs sound really cool it will be a lot more powerful than what i have in terms of cores, memory and pipelines
I can't afford something like that. But a lad can dream, can't he?
I'd love to see how it stacks up against my 2 6950's both in performance and price!
Nvidia continue to reign supreme!!
Because they release a dual gpu card in the same timeframe as amd?
Rather then proclaim one as the victor wait for some benchmarks will you.
Because they release a dual gpu card in the same timeframe as amd? Rather then proclaim one as the victor wait for some benchmarks will you.
benchmarks are no good in the real world for ati cards as the drivers are so unstable. if they wrote decent drivers, amd would have a much larger market share.
whilst nvidia are power hungry & hot, their drivers are stable.
Yet there have not been any reviews of both devices, it's just to early to tell what would be the best.
And maybe amd has unstable drivers, but who is to say they don't have better drivers around the 6990 release date?
Like I said we should all wait before we pass judgement.
Totally agree!
Yet there have not been any reviews of both devices, it's just to early to tell what would be the best.And maybe amd has unstable drivers, but who is to say they don't have better drivers around the 6990 release date?Like I said we should all wait before we pass judgement.
If by that point AMD suddenly start releasing drivers of the same quality as Nvidia I will eat my GTX460.
If by that point AMD suddenly start releasing drivers of the same quality as Nvidia I will eat my GTX460.
One can hope
But no, though you should never declare a winner before a fight.
I am glad Nvidia is creating a dual GPU card, and stay amongst the top in single card performance. The 5970 was on top for too long imo. Can't want for benches!
I wonder if they are going to release drivers for quad-SLi using these monsters - I dread to think what sort of power supply you'd need...
Like the inside of a Macdonalds Apple Pie! But seriously, i want one.
Yeah, I could go for an apple pie too right now...