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Abdul Raauf
’m not too sure launching the HD3780X2 and G92X2 cards was an inspired move on AMD/ATI’s and NVIDIA’s behalf. I mean the next-gen R700 and G100 GPUs will be released some time in the second half of 2008 and all the GPU makers can think of is how to get people buy relatively expensive stuff in shorter and shorter periods of time.
It’s clear that AMD/ATI is going for the dual or even multi-GPU platform and NVIDIA will certainly adopt something similar for their G100 GPUs. But sometimes, some GPU integrator like Asus comes along and shatters the balance between performance and price. Asus might be on AMD/ATI’s side when we take a look at their latest video card – the tri-GPU EAH3850 Trinity.
If NVIDIA has its Tri-SLI concept, why not help AMD/ATI counter that with a tri-GPU card, just for the sake of equality? CrossFireX would bring new multi-GPU setups and NVIDIA will go even further with G92X2 in Tri-SLI mode, but I did not expect anyone to actually use more than two cores with a single card.
Maybe ASUS wants to prove its ingenuity, demonstrating that it can go beyondAMD/ATI’s concepts. So here we have the EAH3850 Trinity - a three RV670 core video card monstrosity cooled by a heatpipe construction and a water block. The card is still just a concept and it hasn't been decided when or if it's going to be released, but Asus claims it works big time. A guess benchmarks will soon emerge and reveal the true potential of this setup.
The design of the card is quite unique, ASUS choosing to use a kind of modular design where two cores are located on the back and one on the front, each on their own daughter card. The cores are directly cooled by heatsinks and heatpipes that transfers the heat away from the cores to the heatsink located in the rear of the card, which in turn is cooled by a water block.
You also get a totoal of four DVI ports which can be used with up to four monitors, when CrossFire is deactivated. The big water cooling unit fits into two empty 5.25" slots. Really looking forward to learn about the actual retail price of this monster.
It’s clear that AMD/ATI is going for the dual or even multi-GPU platform and NVIDIA will certainly adopt something similar for their G100 GPUs. But sometimes, some GPU integrator like Asus comes along and shatters the balance between performance and price. Asus might be on AMD/ATI’s side when we take a look at their latest video card – the tri-GPU EAH3850 Trinity.
If NVIDIA has its Tri-SLI concept, why not help AMD/ATI counter that with a tri-GPU card, just for the sake of equality? CrossFireX would bring new multi-GPU setups and NVIDIA will go even further with G92X2 in Tri-SLI mode, but I did not expect anyone to actually use more than two cores with a single card.
Maybe ASUS wants to prove its ingenuity, demonstrating that it can go beyondAMD/ATI’s concepts. So here we have the EAH3850 Trinity - a three RV670 core video card monstrosity cooled by a heatpipe construction and a water block. The card is still just a concept and it hasn't been decided when or if it's going to be released, but Asus claims it works big time. A guess benchmarks will soon emerge and reveal the true potential of this setup.
The design of the card is quite unique, ASUS choosing to use a kind of modular design where two cores are located on the back and one on the front, each on their own daughter card. The cores are directly cooled by heatsinks and heatpipes that transfers the heat away from the cores to the heatsink located in the rear of the card, which in turn is cooled by a water block.
You also get a totoal of four DVI ports which can be used with up to four monitors, when CrossFire is deactivated. The big water cooling unit fits into two empty 5.25" slots. Really looking forward to learn about the actual retail price of this monster.
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