AMD Radeon HD 6990 Pictured Up Close

[AsRock]

no HDMI output?

Just use the DVI output and lets face it the DVI connector is MUCH stronger than a HDMI port

Your soul.

Sold. But really i was thinking of my marriage

 

[TheMailMan78]

499 or fail.

 

[blibba]

This setup will come closer to GTX580 SLi than the 5970 did to GTX480 SLI, if it can be clocked high enough. That, combined with 4GB of not very cheap GDDR5, suggests a massive price tag.

However, unlike the 5970, it may have a rival from the green camp to drive down prices (presumably eating about 600W of power, but then again I'd have said the same about this card).

 

[devguy]

Just use the DVI output and lets face it the DVI connector is MUCH stronger than a HDMI port



Sold. But really i was thinking of my marriage

Yeah, I'm sure it comes with one of those DVI -> HDMI converters that'll transfer audio too.

And yeah, if you got married, you cannot buy this anyway, as your soul is already taken. [Is that a jab at the marriage paradigm, or a romantic comment? You decide].

 

[AsRock]

Yeah, I'm sure it comes with one of those DVI -> HDMI converters that'll transfer audio too.

And yeah, if you got married, you cannot buy this anyway, as your soul is already taken. [Is that a jab at the marriage paradigm, or a romantic comment? You decide].

Yup.. You can all so get HDMI to DVI cables too. I use one here picked it up cheap ( $15 ) and it's about 12 feet long although it's thick as hell to the point that the cable is near as thick as the HDMI connector due to being triple shielded..

 

[t77snapshot]

I love the rigid slick design of this card...mmmm yummy

 

[newtekie1]

Only one DVI port? That seems kind of stupid. This is the perfect card to do eyefinity with it would only need DVI to do it, but they have totaly screwed that up and force people to use DP.

I'd rather see a DisplayPort connecter or two ditched in favor of and HDMI port or two. Or better yeat, ditch the DVI port too and give us 4 MIni-HDMI ports.

The card should be a real beast though. I hope nVidia gets a dual GF110/114 card out soon so this thing isn't priced to the moon.

 

[Yellow&Nerdy?]

Holy moly that looks gigantic. Maybe even longer than the 5970... Only a 6-pin and a 8-pin? Doesn't really make sense that enough power to run one GPU is also enough no run two? They must have seriously underclocked and -volted the card. The display output seems slightly clumsy, 2 DVI and 3 miniDP would of been more convenient. But then they probably wouldn't of had space to use the whole second slot for exhaust.

 

[Imsochobo]

Only one DVI port? That seems kind of stupid. This is the perfect card to do eyefinity with it would only need DVI to do it, but they have totaly screwed that up and force people to use DP.

I'd rather see a DisplayPort connecter or two ditched in favor of and HDMI port or two. Or better yeat, ditch the DVI port too and give us 4 MIni-HDMI ports.

The card should be a real beast though. I hope nVidia gets a dual GF110/114 card out soon so this thing isn't priced to the moon.

apple machines only have DP on laptop models, they still connect everything.
My workstation pc at work have 3X dp ports, yet I use 3x DVI screens.
It's no issue, it comes with DP to DVI on most stuff i've bought, my 5850 even came with one which have 2xdvi and HDMI.

 

[cdawall]

is everyone sure this isn't just a PS2

i think its missing its memory card slots

 

[Imsochobo]

is everyone sure this isn't just a PS2

http://videogeisha.com/images/ps2.jpg

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-01-26/201b.jpg

i think its missing its memory card slots

what its missing is 2 pins on the 6 pin
Since they are limited to 5 displays, I feel they've disabled one graphics cards display controllers to save power consumtion, and they've probably saved abit in the PWM, dual cards usually do.
150W+75+75=300w if i'm not mistaken, amd likes staying inside 300W.

 

[TheMailMan78]

When is the NDA up on this beast?

 

[Mega-Japan]

It looks cool and all, but I'll sit tight and wait for the "7970" or whatever comes next gen. My 5870 is in no rush to get upgraded =).

 

[LAN_deRf_HA]

Is the gap between the 6 & 8 pin to allow for adding a third power plug without changing the pcb design? Would aid asus/sapphire/xfx is they make some overclocked 8gb monster.

 

[boot_failure]

i've to save my money n do the hard work to get this monster :hammers

 

[t77snapshot]

is everyone sure this isn't just a PS2

http://videogeisha.com/images/ps2.jpg

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/11-01-26/201b.jpg

i think its missing its memory card slots

 

[GSG-9]

Is the gap between the 6 & 8 pin to allow for adding a third power plug without changing the pcb design? Would aid asus/sapphire/xfx is they make some overclocked 8gb monster.

Oh God, 8gb? Why?
Are we anywhere near using 4gb? I can see 2gb being to little, but i feel like 8gb might just be a bit overki-damn it, now I'm 'that guy'.

 

[blu3flannel]

Whoa, 8GB? That's enormous! You won't need another graphics card until DX13 comes out.

 

[cadaveca]

When is the NDA up on this beast?

Hmm? Whut?

March? April? May? June? July?

What is NDA, by the way?

 

[DigitalUK]

NDA No Dosh At this time.

 

[beautyless]

Only one DVI port? That seems kind of stupid. This is the perfect card to do eyefinity with it would only need DVI to do it, but they have totaly screwed that up and force people to use DP.

I'd rather see a DisplayPort connecter or two ditched in favor of and HDMI port or two. Or better yeat, ditch the DVI port too and give us 4 MIni-HDMI ports.

They will supply at least one free dongle Mini-DP to DVI passive converter to enable second DVI monitor.

And if you want to setup eyefinity 3 monitors, just buy 1 Active Mini-DP to DVI converter.

This is the good design to balance amount of display output and airflow. Because DP 1.2 can do daisy chain monitors by hub in the future.

 

[newtekie1]

apple machines only have DP on laptop models, they still connect everything.
My workstation pc at work have 3X dp ports, yet I use 3x DVI screens.
It's no issue, it comes with DP to DVI on most stuff i've bought, my 5850 even came with one which have 2xdvi and HDMI.

We aren't talking about Apple machines here, that have Apple monitors that have DP anyway.

I'm aware that you can use DVI with DP, using active adapters, and the adapters only cost $30(and they usually don't come with the cards). My point is that most gamers are still using DVI or HDMI monitors. So to make a card that is capable of eyefinity with all DVI/HDMI connectors, and then fill it with the relatively unused DP connectors doesn't make sense. It would have been better to throw a few HDMI or mini-HDMI ports on there instead of 4 DP ports.

 

[GSG-9]

We aren't talking about Apple machines here, that have Apple monitors that have DP anyway.

I'm aware that you can use DVI with DP, using active adapters, and the adapters only cost $30(and they usually don't come with the cards). My point is that most gamers are still using DVI or HDMI monitors. So to make a card that is capable of eyefinity with all DVI/HDMI connectors, and then fill it with the relatively unused DP connectors doesn't make sense. It would have been better to throw a few HDMI or mini-HDMI ports on there instead of 4 DP ports.

I could not agree more.

 

[cadaveca]

I could not agree more.

There are quite specific technical reasons for only a single DVI, and DP for Eyefinity.

The single DVI takes care of like 85%++ of all users. If $60 for adapters for Eyefinity is a concern, you should not be running Eyefinity, IMHO.

This point of view makes no sense to me, and purely based on the fact that Eyefinity is not for those looking to save a buck...it's for those with extra cash to spend on thier entertainment.

As far as I am concerned, as and actual Eyefinity user, there should NOT be any DVI on the card. It has been like a over a year that I've been running Eyefinity. It's like 3D, that has specific hardware requirements, and if they cost more, oh well.

I'm especially dumbfoudned that someone that has bought an unlocked Intel CPU is making these statements, to boot. You, Newtekie1, already paid extra for something you didn't need, but that's OK for CPU, but not GPU? WHUT?

 

[newtekie1]

There are quite specific technical reasons for only a single DVI, and DP for Eyefinity.

The single DVI takes care of like 85%++ of all users. If $60 for adapters for Eyefinity is a concern, you should not be running Eyefinity, IMHO.

This point of view makes no sense to me, and pureley based on the fact taht Eyefinity is not for those looknig to save a buck...it's for those with extra cash to spend on thier entertainment.

As far as I am concerned, as and actual Eyefinity user, there should NOT be any DVI on the card. Been like a over a year that I've been running Eyefinity. It's like 3D, that has specific hardware requirements, and if they cost more, oh well.

It isn't about the cost, your paying $600+ for the card, a few $30 adapters are a drop in the bucket.

It is about convenience. One of the main drawbacks of eyefinity in a lot of people's eyes is the fact that it requires you use a DP. And the techincal reasons you speak of for that is because each GPU only has a set number of TMDS links, this forces single GPU users to use a DP connection. This is fine on a single GPU card because that is the only option. But on a dual GPU card like this one, there are enough TMDS links to allow 3 or more DVI/HDMI connectors, and it is more convienient for people to use those. So on a card like this I don't really see any good reason to include DP connectors over HDMI/DVI connectors, can you?

I'm especially dumbfoudned that someone that has bought an unlocked Intel CPU is making these statements, to boot. you already paid extra for something you didn't need, but that's OK for CPU, but not GPU? WHUT?

Shows how little you know. I didn't pay extra for an unlocked Intel CPU. When the 875K came out is was $200 cheaper than the 870. And besides that, when I bought the 875K I paid less than what the i5 750 was selling for at the time, in fact I paid less than what an i5 760 goes for today... If it wasn't for the great deal on the 875K I would have bought an i5-750, actually I wouldn't have I would have kept my X3370...