NVIDIA Dual-GPU GTX260 GX2 shows up Jan 09
How long can Radeon 4870X2 be first?
Yesterday we reported that GT200 to go 55nm Silently? Non-ref Card Hits Early 2009, and what we’re even more interested is whether NVIDIA is going to unveil a flagship dual-GPU card after the processing upgrades to 55nm. It’s known that AMD Radeon 4870X2 has become the most powerful βweaponβ in its important meetings such as financial report.
As informer tells, NVIDIA has decided to release GeForce GTX260 GX2 to hit back in January next year. Anyway, we know the emergence of such a product is really the way to go.
November 19th, 2008 at 7:03 pm
AMD are also planning on a new HD4870 and HD4870X2 card to further re-gain the performance crown, its too little too late for Nvidia
November 19th, 2008 at 10:42 pm
I thought that, man.
but they said it’s out of reach a RV790.
let’s see how things will go
November 19th, 2008 at 11:57 pm
The cooling-system will be interesting, as nVIDIA traditional the card may be “Dual-Card” solution and may be 4-slot GPU brick. LOL
November 20th, 2008 at 12:15 am
This picture is an ATI 4870X2 and not an nVidia pcb… the reason is that the connector on top it is not SLI, it’s a CrossFire
November 20th, 2008 at 12:21 am
OMG Stefanel, u noob, just read the bottom of the pic, it wonders how much time can 4870X2 be first, obvouisly being it a pic of 4870X2…
NVIDIA usually takes the 2 PCB’s solution
November 20th, 2008 at 11:23 am
look out ATI, it’s GTX 260GX2 not 9800GX2 we want something new,
November 20th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I wonder if it will have good driver support.
November 21st, 2008 at 2:23 am
News about nVidia and picture of 4870×2, nice!
November 21st, 2008 at 9:56 am
Hey Michael; How is it a little to late for nivida? What AMD/ATI gains a little ground for a 1/4 of the year and suddenly they are king? Let’s see how you fan boys are when they need to turn a profit bump up prices.
November 21st, 2008 at 7:08 pm
@killerhz - damned right, AMD/ATI have to hold pole position for a short while every now and again, it gives Nvidia a reason to innovate a little more. AMD can’t seem to hold their weight in ANY market at the moment, so thereshort stint on top should be congratualted.
Personally I can’t see a GTX260 GX2 being a problem for Nvidia, however rather than another GX2, I’d personally prefer to see a 300 series card.
AMD have put so much into their 4xxx series that they seem to have nothing left for the future, whereas Nvidia seem to all have something new up their sleeve. When will AMD ‘get it’?
November 21st, 2008 at 7:25 pm
Lolman actually it’s the caption underneath the picture and not the bottom of the picture itself.
November 21st, 2008 at 10:01 pm
AMD cant seem to hold their own weight?
Have you seen Deneb / Shanghai news lately? Deneb was able to be clocked to 6.3Ghz it puts AMD back in the CPU market.
The HD4000 series are also getting a driver update next month improving performance across the board, and adding ATI Stream support.
Face it, Nvidia got cocky and shot themselves in the foot, not to mention if Nvidia somehow does regain the performance crown (doubtful) its only a few months until the 5000 series are out from AMD
November 21st, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Saying that Deneb will clock to 6+GHz is like saying that Cedarmill would clock to 8GHz. It shows the theoretical headroom but is not usable to 99.999% of users. I expect Deneb to top out (stock speed, on air) at sub-4GHz speeds. We still have the Istanbul Phenom II X6s to look foward to also.
Speaking of theoretical performance, I wonder if these new cards will work with those Tri-SLI mobos? GX2s in Tri-SLI = Hex-SLI? Granted, with all of the problems in the past getting 2/3/4 GPUs to play nice, 6 will be buggy as crap.
They would still be one heck of a GPGPU monster though. mmm… 5+TFlops of CUDA…
November 21st, 2008 at 11:31 pm
Yep the Picture for 4870×2
Just save it u know .
November 22nd, 2008 at 3:10 am
Diesel and killerhz:
AMD has been leading for almost six months now, and a comfortable lead it has been. Also, nVidia isn’t near the performance of 4870X2 yet. Furthermore, the next gen AMD chips won’t be an easy grasp for nVidia. RV890 are supposed to bring 40-50% increased performance but what’s most interesting is to see how the R890 (probably 5870X2) will be constructed. Rumours are that it may come as a multi chip module (like a C2Q) but most things points to a chip communicating through the memory = no crossfire-support needed!
November 27th, 2008 at 10:22 am
any reason this is still at the top of the page? it’s old news and actually doesn’t say much more than the headline.
December 4th, 2008 at 3:55 am
the 4870×2 shines as single card, but against gtx280 on SLI looses the battle. Talk bout AMD drivers … they fail all the way… at the other side Nvidia drivers are solid, the Big Bang II is supposed to improve by 20% the performance of all Nvidia latest cards. Period. Nvidia wins.
December 8th, 2008 at 9:18 am
So where are the games that REQUIRE an HD2600XT? Let alone something as badass as an HD4870×2? I haven’t seen any new games that really light my fire coming down the pipe…