Asus Officially Launches Trinity

[[I.R.A]_FBi]

finally .. an asus card worth paying for ...

 

[Mediocre]

... But won't there be a problem if you say have two of these cards with a total of 3gb's of memory if you are running 2gb's of system memory with Vista 32bit?

...There is no crossfire connector, plus ATI doesn't support 6way configurations.

 

[Rash-Un-Al]

"The 3DMark06 score was obtained using resolutions of 1600*1200"

and worth adding is the resolution.

This is going to be fun, cant wait for reviews.

Agreed.

Some preliminary benchies:
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7559.html

 

[Apocolypse007]

impressive benchmarks, but I think 3 3850's in crossfire would perform similar at lower cost/hassle. I may be wrong though, I dont know how much this costs or how much power it takes.

 

[Mussels]

impressive benchmarks, but I think 3 3850's in crossfire would perform similar at lower cost/hassle. I may be wrong though, I dont know how much this costs or how much power it takes.

i agree that three 3850's may perform better.. . but come on, how many people here have three PCI-E 16x mobos that work in crossfire? not many!

it certainly beats my GTX at 3dmarks... i guess we'll see about gameplay

 

[Rash-Un-Al]

So far, according to the Trinity product review (below), Asus’ prototype:

• Is power hungry
• Scales inefficiently (and fails to scale altogether, in some cases)
• Produces high levels of heat
• Is inelegant and unfit for retail (relatively subjective)
• Falls short of HD3870 X2 performance levels (at least in the case of Crysis)

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/reviews/185898

Let’s see how (or if) Asus further develops and streamlines this novel engineering exercise.

 

[CStylen]

I don't understand why people benchmark multi-gpu (ATI) setups with Crysis...The game does not scale well.

As far as 3DMark06, im sure that QX9770 overclocked helps that score a little...

Personally, I don't like the idea of water flowing through my computer case even though it's a more effective cooling solution. I'll stick with my dual 3870's until the next-gen ATI comes out.

 

[Mussels]

I don't understand why people benchmark multi-gpu (ATI) setups with Crysis...The game does not scale well.

As far as 3DMark06, im sure that QX9770 overclocked helps that score a little...

Personally, I don't like the idea of water flowing through my computer case even though it's a more effective cooling solution. I'll stick with my dual 3870's until the next-gen ATI comes out.

"Crysis at 1,280 x 1,024 with High settings isn't one of our primary benchmarks, but we've quoted the score as it's one of the few tests in which we actually found an increase"

Meaning thats one of the BETTER results.
How does a Qx9770 help? they ran it at stock clocks, so most systems on this forum are faster, for less than 1/3 the price.

 

[trog100]

The X3 is an interesting demonstration of engineering potential, but its real value is as a demonstration of how fundamentally inefficient multi-GPU gaming is

folks use crysis cos it the only game that needs more than one gpu.. its better then useing old games like fear that scale well but run perfectly fast enough with just one gpu.. pretty much my own conclusion.. multi gpus are a waste of energy and space as yet..

it produced plenty of gee wow drool stuff thow didnt it.. which shows how daft the average hardware punter is..

trog

 

[CStylen]

Yes it was a 3 fps increase for 2 extra cores which technically is better. Meaning that Crysis does not scale well for ATI-based cards.

I have very good results with the games I play (other than Crysis) with crossfire...

The 3DMark06 CPUZ screen showed the QX9770 @ 4.5Ghz, or maybe I misread? I hear that 3Dmark is heavily CPU dependant for increased results.

 

[Mussels]

Yes it was a 3 fps increase for 2 extra cores which technically is better. Meaning that Crysis does not scale well for ATI-based cards.

I have very good results with the games I play (other than Crysis) with crossfire...

The 3DMark06 CPUZ screen showed the QX9770 @ 4.5Ghz, or maybe I misread? I hear that 3Dmark is heavily CPU dependant for increased results.

i didnt see a CPUZ... my bad.

 

[X-TeNDeR]

Although i think this card is over the top, i admire the innovation and boldness of ASUS in doing this. a real headline killa

(and this is exactly the type of hardware that will sell for ALOT of money in the future.. smart investment here hehe)

 

[Xaser04]

As I said before with the trinity prototype I really like the concept of this card however I think in the real world a HD3870X2 or 9800GX2 (probably the latter would be a better price comparison) would be better.