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Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:34 pm**

Production Version!

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:39 pm**

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you will have to buy a car for that to fit in!!!!

But seriously, a case for that to fit in will probably be as much as the card.

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:45 pm**

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.

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:48 pm**

Apoptosis wrote:
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").

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:51 pm**

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.

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:53 pm**

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.

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 5:56 pm**

yeah but if you want to lan with it you don't exactly want to water cool it. unless its self contained and even then i'd be scared.

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 6:28 pm**

I'm not sure it's long enough

Jeez..it's got a handle for carrying...

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 7:31 pm**

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?

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 8:52 pm**

Wow. That thing is HUGE.

The power connectors, I'm assuming thats what they're for, look a bit awkward with both being a different size.

What kind of power does that beast of a video card pull?

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:35 pm**

MY GOD, does this come with a special case for it:).

Posted: **Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:09 pm**

Don't let my wife see this one. I've been telling her that twelve inches looked like this

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Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:34 am**

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:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 593,00.asp

any thoughts?

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 7:38 am**

Cypher wrote:Wow. That thing is HUGE.

The power connectors, I'm assuming thats what they're for, look a bit awkward with both being a different size.

What kind of power does that beast of a video card pull?

~270W for the 12" and 240W for the 9.5"

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 9:22 am**

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:

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1 ... 593,00.asp

any thoughts?

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

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:00 am**

DFI released their ATI Crossfire Xpress 3200 (RD600) chipset board a while ago. It looks like a nice board.

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:23 am**

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.

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 3:48 pm**

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......

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 4:38 pm**

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

Posted: **Sat Feb 10, 2007 5:34 pm**

did they mash down a XP-120 for the heatsink, what the hell is thier problems, i doubt many of us could even fit that in our cases

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