Tuesday, November 26th 2013
Hawaii-based Dual-GPU Graphics Card Codenamed "Vesuvius"
AMD is serious about putting two 6.2 billion-transistor "Hawaii" GPUs onto a single board, in a future dual-GPU graphics card it reportedly codenamed "Vesuvius," after the famous volcanic peak just off the coast of Naples. The card will feature two "Hawaii" GPUs with core configurations that are unknown at this point, but the source suggests it's in the maxed out "XT" configuration. AMD could, of course tinker with clock speeds, compared to the GHz-range Radeon R9 290X. We can't even imagine how AMD will handle power and thermals, given how its handling of the two on the R9 290X has been less than exemplary.
Source:
VR-Zone
32 Comments on Hawaii-based Dual-GPU Graphics Card Codenamed "Vesuvius"
At least they were kind enough to give people the heads up.
There's a catch though, it's going to be one of these : noisy or expensive.
I suppose they could just partner with a waterblock manufacturer and ship this thing with a waterblock on it.
CLC could be a solution too, like ASUS did with their dual 7970.
Anyway I smell unicorns...
EDIT: Yeah, they'll have to cut the über mode, since it requires 55% fan speed. Maybe they could put 1.1 fans on the dual core card, that'd easily solve that problem!
FFS, give us some genuinely new GPU's, not re branded, refreshed 3yr old tech packaged in shiny new boxes with stupid names.
I want to see this in action.
I'll need proof before believing this one. Not saying it's not true just that it seems really improbable. And if they do release a dual Hawaii, there will definitely be a dual GK110.
That could be doubled as a hair dryer. ;)
I dont doubt its on the cards just probably some time away.
what does amd even owe you? just to speed up some games for your entertainment?
If I had a engine that made 28% more horsepower with the same relative fuel consumption as my competitor and cost less to build............ then again if you haven't figured this out by now perhaps you can't understand it. Its beyond your given talents.