Tuesday, April 7th 2009
Dual-RV790 Accelerator Improbable in the Foreseeable Future
AMD clinched the performance crown from NVIDIA, and retained for a significantly long amount of time with the dual-RV770 based Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics accelerator. The company recently introduced the RV790 GPU, which went into making the Radeon HD 4890 graphics accelerator. Our reviews of this card, especially the AMD Radeon HD 4890 CrossFire review, brought forth some interesting findings with regards to how the accelerator works in tandem with another of its kind.
Holding significantly higher clock-speeds than the Radeon HD 4870, the accelerator managed to consume lesser amount of power in a pair than a single Radeon HD 4870 X2 accelerator. As a solution, it emerged faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295. The findings of several such reviews sparked of fresh speculations surrounding AMD planning a dual-RV790 accelerator with which it could potentially regain the performance crown. All such speculations were laid to rest by David Cummings, AMD's director of product marketing of discrete desktop graphics, under the graphics product group, in a recent interview with X-bit Labs (read here). Cummings claims that the company has no plans to create a "Radeon HD 4890 X2", at least not yet. The Radeon HD 4890 fills the gap between the HD 4870 and HD 4850 X2, while the HD 4870 X2 holds post at $399. A dual-RV790 card would not be feasible keeping the global economic climate in mind. The HD 4890 accelerators though, are capable of running in tandem with up to four cards of its kind, provided the system supports such a configuration.
Source:
X-bit Labs
Holding significantly higher clock-speeds than the Radeon HD 4870, the accelerator managed to consume lesser amount of power in a pair than a single Radeon HD 4870 X2 accelerator. As a solution, it emerged faster than the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 295. The findings of several such reviews sparked of fresh speculations surrounding AMD planning a dual-RV790 accelerator with which it could potentially regain the performance crown. All such speculations were laid to rest by David Cummings, AMD's director of product marketing of discrete desktop graphics, under the graphics product group, in a recent interview with X-bit Labs (read here). Cummings claims that the company has no plans to create a "Radeon HD 4890 X2", at least not yet. The Radeon HD 4890 fills the gap between the HD 4870 and HD 4850 X2, while the HD 4870 X2 holds post at $399. A dual-RV790 card would not be feasible keeping the global economic climate in mind. The HD 4890 accelerators though, are capable of running in tandem with up to four cards of its kind, provided the system supports such a configuration.
17 Comments on Dual-RV790 Accelerator Improbable in the Foreseeable Future
But the reviews of the 4890 in Crossfire are impressive...But I see where they are coming from for
not making an X2 version.
But Quad 4890's in Crossfire would rock!! :rockout: I would like to see benchies of that.
I hate Vista and my card.:cry:
So, with a 4750x2 you'd technically have a card that's about 40% faster than a 4890, while costing $70 or $80 less, all while using only a moderate amount more of power.
Not exactly pointless. ;)
As for no 4890x2... too bad, it would be great, hoping Saphire makes some exotic cooling one
The 4890 is a fantastic card, i would be happy to own one if it had enough power for me. It doesnt and i dont have the room for a second 4890 and they arnt making the x2 (Yet, means no).
Personally i dont care what keeps up with this current Gen, or the previous, its the next im interested in. Would be nice to know AMD/ATi are working on a card to keep up with the forecasted GT212 apparently released in the next few months and later on this year, the GT300/350/390* whatever the f*k.