Galaxy Launches 2-Year-old Graphics Card. Why?
Galaxy has crammed two 55nm G92 GPUs on one PCB.
As of late, we've heard quite a bit about Nvidia's Fermi-based GF100 video card and the release of ATI's DirectX 11-compatible offerings.
However, Experview has learned that Galaxy is working on a dual-core graphics card that uses an older generation of Nvidia technology: two 55nm G92 GPUs--each with 128 processing cores--on a single PCB.
According to the site, each GPU is provided with a dedicated 1 GB of GDDR3 memory (16 pieces of 0.8ns DRAM chips total), and a 256-bit memory interface. The PCB itself is blue and looks rather long, housing a PCIe bridge chip (nForce 200 BR-03), and dual-DVI outputs. Even though the G92 chips are Quad SLI-capable, there are no SLI fingers for expansion.
Realistically, we're simply talking about a 9800 GX2 that's been rebadged.
It's currently unknown if Galaxy intends to push this dual-GPU design into mass production. However, given the two-generation-old technology, this card is simply too little, too late.
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hmm...too late..unless its cheaper than gtx260..
and a power hog too compared to the newer ATi/AMD cards I bet...
enough of a difference to pay for a better fater ATi
you'd have to be nutz to buy that thing lol
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Wait a second
Wait...g92? is that like 2x 8800GTS chips?
"Realistically, we're simply talking about a 9800 GX2 that's been rebadged."
LOL...ok sorted
I'd buy one for £10!
I'd buy it from you for no more than £12
Deal!!!!
Dual gpu, not dual core.
1GB of RAM, so 512MB each GPU, thus 512MB effective. So that pretty much the same performance as a 512MB HD4770, and since a 512MB HD4850 is only £80 so would have to cost say about £50 at the very most, but then again I still wouldn't buy it unless it was free with free postage.
Clearly says 1GB for each gpu.
Doh, well that makes my post look stupid. Well it's still a stupid graphics card.
Sort of, nvidia have not gave their partners anything to release in a while and whilst this card may seem stupid, it has gotten a mention all over the place and gets its creator in people's minds even if for the wrong reason.
Bad publicity and all that.
Maybe they will sell it cheap for CUDA/PhysX use?