Wednesday, April 11th 2007
R600 "naked"
Fudzilla has managed to snap a picture of the R600 card - this time, with the cooler off. By the looks of it, pictures of the core found on the web a few months ago didn't lie:The card above has 1024 MB of memory and "some dodgy drivers". It is interesting to see the core tilted the way it is. This will disable all current water cooling blocks (and perhaps air heatsinks) from being compatible with the card. An adapter, or a different retention mechanism, could perhaps fix this. Also note that ATI's R600 does not use a heatspreader on the core.
In addition, the card uses 2 power connectors: 1 standard 6-pin PCI Express, and 1 8-pin connector:All of the pictures are from the 12 inch card, which should be identical to the smaller version (except for the heatsink).
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Fudzilla
In addition, the card uses 2 power connectors: 1 standard 6-pin PCI Express, and 1 8-pin connector:All of the pictures are from the 12 inch card, which should be identical to the smaller version (except for the heatsink).
32 Comments on R600 "naked"
:toast: This card is huge .........
1. To protect the silicon die from the weight and pressure of the heatsink.
2. To give a larger surface area for the heatsink to make contact with, thereby increasing thermal transfer.