Dragon_Cooler wrote:YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No kidding on this one -- I'm shocked they leaked these the card was at CES and no one leaked it then, so why now? Oh wait NVIDIA has a new part coming out next week. Planned leak anyone?
The pics were leaked on fx57.net, but then Overclockers ripped them and published a story on it.
Dragon_Cooler wrote:YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No kidding on this one -- I'm shocked they leaked these the card was at CES and no one leaked it then, so why now? Oh wait NVIDIA has a new part coming out next week. Planned leak anyone?
no, never...
its kinda like when they show a celebrity on TV at some really big sporting event (ie superbowl and david spade). it just so happens that the person has a new movie or TV show coming out (ie "rules of engagement").
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one thing is for sure that thing is huge and ugly, think they could at least make it a bit smaller and possibly more aesthetic before releasing it, the x1950xtx looked nice and clean. I mean it isn't the final product by any means I hope.
I bet Danger Den and Swiftech are jumping up and down that these cards are coming out... I mean at at 12.4" long it's just crazy long... Take the fan off and water cool it then you have a mean/lean 9.5" card that makes a 8800GTX look huge.
This is why there will be the water-cooled version.
The fan is made by Millennium Electronics Inc and is rated at 2.00 Amp with a power draw of ~24W, which is a beefy fan! The model number is FW1297-AP084F for those that want to look it up. The UL number is E145724 and the other number on the label shows MT3-10246.
That thing is ridiculously huge. Kind of like the John Holmes of Video Cards. Will something that big actually fit into a standard case or will one have to perform modifications prior to installing?
R_Thor wrote:Maybe with this large dimensions of this card, ATI/AMD will be the first to make use of the PCI Express external cableing you can read about here:
NVIDIA has already done that with their Quadro series and both ATI and NVIDIA have developed external SLI and Crossfire units for R&D testing. I think it's too early now for external GPU's for the highend market...
People already have two monitors, a keyboard/mouse, a case, an external water cooler and now they are expected to have external graphic cards? I think that's asking a bit too much -- people are going to buy an XBOX 360 for under $400 and play it with wireless controllers from the couch... hehe
nice card i must say but all the versions of the r600 are 9.5 inch the extra few inches come from the air cooler upon official release the r600 will have a different water cooled system that actual card is no bigger than my x1950xtx i agree it looks ugly at the moment but when its comes out it will look awesome i bet.
remember this card is only for developers to play with so it doesnt have to look fancy but i bet the performance of the official card when its released will be mind blowing.
When is it coming out again? Does anyone know if there will be a mid-range release to begin with? I would really love to drop one of these into my system......
Gamble wrote:When is it coming out again? Does anyone know if there will be a mid-range release to begin with? I would really love to drop one of these into my system......
According to The Inq - sometime next month.
In their exact words:
The launch will happen in Amsterdam in a run-up to CeBIT