Rare GPUs / Unreleased GPUs

[Fouquin]

AMD RX570 dual GPU

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The resizable BAR "Enabled" seems incorrect though....

https://bbs.saraba1st.com/2b/thread-2020538-1-1.html

This should be in the database. If only we can get a good front-facing pic of it, and maybe an exposed PCB pic. Pretty funny that every market except gaming gets dual GPUs still.

 

[Valantar]

Interesting. Vega 56 had less cores, but they had more IPC than GCN 4 cores. I thought that two RX 570s could match low tier Vega. Oh well. I also wonder if dual GPUs on single card are still faster than crossfire. After all, for GPUs to effectively communicate, I would imagine that PCIe X16 is really slow (Compare PCIe with GPU's vRAM speed, there's a huge difference between them). That's why devs are encouraged to reduce draw calls. Dual GPU RX 570, I guess, is faster as it lets GPUs to have as fast bus as they need.

A single-board dual GPU would still use CF, it would just be either over a PCIe x8 link (if the card split its lanes) or through an on-board PLX switch. The shorter distance the signal needs to travel in the case of the latter might improve things somewhat due to lower latencies, but the difference likely wouldn't be huge.

 

[madness777]

For all the people wondering, no it will not compare to other cards in gaming
Each chip gets a single pcie lane. It is strictly mining orientated

 

[Valantar]

For all the people wondering, no it will not compare to other cards in gaming
Each chip gets a single pcie lane. It is strictly mining orientated

Heh, why am I not surprised? Guess they need that config for it to work with all of those cheap risers.

For all the people wondering, no it will not compare to other cards in gaming
Each chip gets a single pcie lane. It is strictly mining orientated

Hmmm... looking a bit more closely at this, I actually think this has a single lane + a 3-lane PLX chip. That first pair of SMD components (where your bottom rightmost red line starts) is pins A13 and A14, which are REFCLK + and -. The next two SMDs to the left of the first two are on A16 and A17, which are PCIe lane 0 RX. On the front, there are visible traces for lane 0 TX going to the same area - where there is a mid-sized chip on the front of the board, right where that gap in the lanes on the back is. It kind of makes sense, as this would let this work even in those cheapo 1-lane USB cable risers. And low lane count PLX switches are far cheaper than higher lane count ones, even if they are still a significant BOM cost. It might even be PCIe 1.0/2.0 to further reduce costs.

 

[Fouquin]

Speaking of dual GPUs... I don't believe I ever posted this one.



Radeon Pro Duo ES, the original. The card has some trouble loading the display engine and needs a gentle push from a secondary card, but then it works similar to the V7350x2. Some minor damage scattered around, likely from having no backplate. Otherwise configured exactly the same as retail, owing to being a later board. Interesting note the Cooler Master AIO doesn't have any of its flair included in this version; missing both block covers and the red accent VRM blocks. No frills.

 

[nanamiyaskit]

Oh this is one of the press/review samples. They're the only ones that got the shroud stickers. These pop up on eBay every now and then, but they're not exceptionally common.



Heeeey yeah an even earlier board! What does the BIOS say and what dates are there on the BIOS/ASIC/board? Definitely cool! I still regret selling mine all those years ago.

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Speaking of engineering samples...

Here's a neat one I found while browsing eBay. Another early RV670!

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This card is warped, scraped, missing parts, and totally inoperable in its current state so no BIOS dump yet. This ASIC is actually from the same lot as my 2950 Pro, but dated a week earlier. That makes this the earliest dated RV670 ASIC yet to be found on a completed board! With a date of 29th week 2007 this ASIC was cut and fused a mere 9 weeks after the 2900 XT (R600) launched to market, and 18 weeks before RV670 itself would appear as the 3870 (ignoring the 2950 phase and rumors from September 2007, I already mentioned all that in my 2950 Pro post ages ago.) That paints a very interesting picture for the end of R600's developmental life; 55nm RV670 ASICs being nearly in ATi/AMD's labs at the same time the beleaguered R600 was still being prepared for its debut. This is mostly interesting as it really punctuates how long R600 languished in development hell starting all the way back in October 2006 with the first delivery of A11 revision chips to ATi. In summary: It took so long for R600 to get to customers that its die-shrink/tweaked replacement on an entirely new unproven node was functionally ready for assembly testing and internal qualification. Imagine the alternate timeline of ATi/AMD scrapping R600 entirely after 6 months of rumors and just shipping RV670 with the original [R600] promised clocks of 800/1000 on a dinky board with that single 6-pin. (Although I kinda think R600s incredible stumble is what led to RV670s success in a way. Even with the same architectural problems, it was shown to be a substantial improvement. Without R600 there to compare to I think RV670 would have been very poorly rated by reviewers.)

Add in ATi's internal turmoil after the AMD buyout and there's probably a hell of a story hiding in there somewhere.

Hey finally i got the revision history for this RV670 card. B339 and B340 first released in 2007/05/11, B340 based on B339 design.

 

[Aretak]

Does anybody have any idea about the nature of this R9 285? There's a few odd things about it, primarily the fact that it's a reference-style design, yet as far as I can tell only AIB models were released (all the launch day reviews were custom cards at least). The BIOS on it also isn't in TPU's database and 3D Mark will only see it as "Generic VGA" along with an unrecognized driver error, despite it being just the regular driver package from AMD's site. GPU-Z and 3D Mark both read the manufacturer as PC Partner. It has stickers on the back with various product codes on them, but Googling them finds nothing.

 

[Fouquin]

Does anybody have any idea about the nature of this R9 285? There's a few odd things about it, primarily the fact that it's a reference-style design, yet as far as I can tell only AIB models were released (all the launch day reviews were custom cards at least). The BIOS on it also isn't in TPU's database and 3D Mark will only see it as "Generic VGA" along with an unrecognized driver error, despite it being just the regular driver package from AMD's site. GPU-Z and 3D Mark both read the manufacturer as PC Partner. It has stickers on the back with various product codes on them, but Googling them finds nothing.

Sapphire reference card. They made quite a few but there isn't a ton of info on them. They pop up semi frequently.

Is this your BIOS?

 

[Aretak]

Sapphire reference card. They made quite a few but there isn't a ton of info on them. They pop up semi frequently.

Is this your BIOS?

Interesting, thanks. I think that's the same BIOS just from looking at the clocks and such. I attached the one from my card if anyone wants to confirm for sure.

I just bought it from Ebay because it was cheap and a better temporary card than the GTX 660 I was using. The cooler's not that amazing, but better than a reference 290(X) at least.

 

[Fouquin]

Interesting, thanks. I think that's the same BIOS just from looking at the clocks and such. I attached the one from my card if anyone wants to confirm for sure.

I just bought it from Ebay because it was cheap and a better temporary card than the GTX 660 I was using. The cooler's not that amazing, but better than a reference 290(X) at least.

The heatsink should be quite competent for Tonga. It's three heatpipes and a copper coldplate, a very slight variation of Pitcairn's (HD 7870) heatsink. Quite good up to ~220W so long as you override the default fan curve. Shouldn't be terribly loud up to 55% or so. The last R9 285 I had was happy to run at 1100/1500 with stock volts. They really are not clocked to their full potential.

 

[DFX87]

Got a Quadro FX 4600 ES for my collection

 

[lexluthermiester]

Quantum3D Obsidian 2 X24 SLI2 3dfx Voodoo 2 3D Graphic Accelerator | eBay

I am the original owner. I received the unit on July 21st 1998 from Quantum3D. Matter of fact I still have the T-shirt.

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Oh WOW! This was the VooDoo card of dreams for a solid year until the APG VooDoo 3500TV came out and left it in the dust, to say nothing of the Radeon and Geforce original offerings.

 

[Darthgrey]

Parting gift for ATI fans, X1950XTX Uber Edition. It was made only 500 of them and as far as I know I own the only one set remained with original box/suitcase and certificate. My cards are #148 of 500, this X1950's are similar to retail ones, but they were slightly overcklocked by ATI.

 

[lexluthermiester]

Parting gift for ATI fans, X1950XTX Uber Edition. It was made only 500 of them and as far as I know I own the only one set remained with original box/suitcase and certificate. My cards are #148 of 500, this X1950's are similar to retail ones, but they were slightly overcklocked by ATI.

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THAT is some badass swag sir! Intense!

 

[Fouquin]

Parting gift for ATI fans, X1950XTX Uber Edition. It was made only 500 of them and as far as I know I own the only one set remained with original box/suitcase and certificate. My cards are #148 of 500, this X1950's are similar to retail ones, but they were slightly overcklocked by ATI.

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It's really annoying how many limited edition sets get split apart. F2F got his ubers a couple years ago with just the plastic and crossfire cable, the original owner had lost both the certificate and case. Like... Come on man.

 

[erek]

My Larrabee lives on in infamy: https://www.heatware.com/evals/view/748316

 

[erek]

BFG Asylum Ge-Force FX 5800 Ultra 128m with Pre-Order Box | eBay

And keep it out of the hands of the bank and the low ballers of the "Fixxer Upper" crowd. I am unsure of value so I put a monster start and Buy it now on it not out of arrogance but caution. I did not want to use it to benchmark as it would need new thermal paste.

www.ebay.com

 

[phill]

It's always the way, don't want to spend, see things you'd like... Damn it!! Beautiful collection there @erek!! I might have to pled with my mate to grab a few cards from you!!

 

[erek]

Der kleine Rooster kombinieren Karte (s3 virde/DX + PowerVR pcx2) | eBay

Entdecken Sie Der kleine Rooster kombinieren Karte (s3 virde/DX + PowerVR pcx2) in der großen Auswahl bei eBay. Kostenlose Lieferung für viele Artikel!

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[Darthgrey]

Found this NV1 videocard not long ago, seems like there are no photos of exact same model in google pics:

 

[erek]

Found this NV1 videocard not long ago, seems like there are no photos of exact same model in google pics:


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[Audioave10]

I don't think this card is special, but it seems to be rare. I can't hardly find any info about Crucial being a certified vendor. I think they only made
video cards for 3 or 4 years around 2000 - 2004. I can't find pics and Crucial's website gives no info about their past products. This is the ATI x1600xt.
I bet you guys have some knowledge about this.

 

[P4-630]

I don't think this card is special, but it seems to be rare. I can't hardly find any info about Crucial being a certified vendor. I think they only made
video cards for 3 or 4 years around 2000 - 2004. I can't find pics and Crucial's website gives no info about their past products. This is the ATI x1600xt.
I bet you guys have some knowledge about this.

I didn't know Crucial made GPU's in the past.
Nice find.

 

[Fouquin]

I don't think this card is special, but it seems to be rare. I can't hardly find any info about Crucial being a certified vendor. I think they only made
video cards for 3 or 4 years around 2000 - 2004. I can't find pics and Crucial's website gives no info about their past products. This is the ATI x1600xt.
I bet you guys have some knowledge about this.

Yep Crucial (Micron) sold exclusively Radeons from 2002 to 2007.

Here's your card:

CTVX1600XTPCIE256MB - 256MB, PCI Express Graphics Card , from Crucial.com

Memory upgrades from Crucial.com

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Other cards they sold:

Graphics cards from Crucial Technology powered by the ATi Radeon VPUs

Purchase a graphics card with confidence with our outstanding service and support. For a limited time, FREE shipping on qualified orders.

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Graphics cards from Crucial Technology powered by the ATi Radeon VPUs

Purchase a graphics card with confidence with our outstanding service and support. For a limited time, FREE shipping on qualified orders.

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Their introduction:

Micron division adds graphics cards | CNET News.com

 

[Audioave10]

I knew someone here would know about this. Thanks for the Links!