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More Details on Galaxy's Dual-GPU GTS 250

by - source: Tom's Hardware US

3DMark Vantage reveals that card's core and shader clock speeds.

A few weeks ago, we reported that Galaxy is working on a dual-core graphics card that uses two 55nm G92 GPUs (each sporting 128 processing cores) on a single PCB. Each GPU is backed by a dedicated 1 GB of DDR3 memory and a 256-bit memory interface. Without SLI fingers for expansion, the Quad-SLI capable GPUs are locked into its current form.

Now more details have been released on Galaxy's dual-GPU GTS 250. Apparently the company has released additional images, showing the board with a second layer of three cooling fans mounted above. With that said, it's easy to assume that Galaxy's card will consume at least three motherboard slots. The card looks really cool when installed however, lighting up the interior of the rig using a blue LED mounted in each fan.

On a performance level, the card performs slightly higher in 3DMark Vantage than the older single GPU GTX 280 according to ShaneBaxtor.com. The card is overclocked to 675 MHz on the core front, and the shader clock is cranked up to 1696 MHz. Galaxy's Xtreme Tuner HD overclocking software even reported a GU temp of 45c, however that temp is probably due to sitting idle..

As we previously reported, it's unknown if Galaxy plans to push this dual-GPU design into mass production. The product images provided by Galaxy could lean towards a possible production, and we might even see the card in action at a future event. Still, we question why the company is using two-year-old GPUs in the first place. Perhaps this will be an "economy SLI combo card," or perhaps this is just a way to clear out old technology.

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LePhuronn 04/02/2010 10:51
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If it's on a par with the GTX280 then I wouldn't be surprised if this was a misguided attempt to swing some high-end purchases to Galaxy amidst the rumours that NVIDIA was pulling out of the top-end market and killing off everything from GTS250 and above.

If GTX285s were going to be killed off, then why not overclock a pair of 250s to match performance for a lot cheaper so loyal NVIDIA users can still get a top-end product? Sounds great in theory.

The lack of SLI connector is probably due to Galaxy not getting an SLI license.

spigias 04/02/2010 10:52
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this must be the summer edition of the dual gts-250

staalkoppie 05/02/2010 10:32
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If Nvidia are pulling out of the high-end GPU market, why bring out the "Fermi"?

LePhuronn 05/02/2010 12:12
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staalkoppie :
If Nvidia are pulling out of the high-end GPU market, why bring out the "Fermi"?



"Pulling out of the high end until Fermi comes along because they were losing money hand over fist, and wanted to redirect operating cash" was the rumour.

staalkoppie 05/02/2010 12:22
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LePhuronn :
"Pulling out of the high end until Fermi comes along because they were losing money hand over fist, and wanted to redirect operating cash" was the rumour.



TNX :)

LePhuronn 05/02/2010 12:49
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^^ np - my bad for not being more explicit lol

staalkoppie 05/02/2010 15:44
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check the amount of ram on this baby http://www.tecool.co.uk/proddetail [...] 0GTS-640MX
talk about false advertising :P

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