Sunday, February 11th 2007
Info on the R600 – it’s big
VR-Zone claims to have dug up a bit more information on AMD's R600, the company's flagship DirectX 10 card. When it launches there should be both XTX and XT versions of the card. The XTX, with 1GB GDDR4 memory, will have OEM and retail versions - the OEM (pictured above) will measure 12.4" and consume 270W of power, whilst the 9.5" retail version will use 240W. The XT version of the R600 will have 512MB of GDDR3 memory, being 9.5" long and using 240W of power. The XL version of the card is expected to be released at a later date.
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VR-Zone
45 Comments on Info on the R600 – it’s big
This is for Dell and friends who attach handles on their cards for their XPS systems and such. So if you buy an XPS with an R600 in the future you will get this cooler/card combo.
The Retail X2800 XTX will be the same length as any X19x0 series card.
Personally however, I would rather things get smaller (ie. more efficient) than bigger. If they could keep their cards down to X850 size that would be amazing... My 'old' computer is still fairly new (bought beginning of '05) and has PCIe. Can't fit anything longer than 8" though.
It's a sign of how things are changing so much for the worse... Instead of making one card as fast a possible, don't stress it too much and make a decently fast card that is capable of running in tandem with another (forces dual-cards down consumers throats). Instead of making a cool running chip, don't stress it too much and make a hot one (forces dual-slot coolers down consumers throats). Instead of designing a more efficient PCB, don't stress it too much and make it as long as you need (forces foot-long cards down consumers throats a la 8800 GTX).
Progress . :laugh:
tbh, if the smaller 9.5 inch version ships with intergrated water cooling (a great choice if you ask me, as water cooling works wonders and if there is UV water... that is even better!!!) I will do anything to get it.
You cant even play GRAW above 1280 x 1024 (when it first came out - think a patch later may have changed things) without 512MB GDDR.
cya
because if that's not the case I might need to cut a hole through part of my tower to fit the big one..