Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
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Originally Posted by
John P. Myers
So for apps that can acutually use the video memory, you may need 12GB of system RAM just to feed it which means another 2GB per core @ 8 cores for BOINC CPU projects with high RAM requirementsand you could need as much as 28GB just to crunch with it! Then again with that much memory and video power, one should almost feel like they are on the halodeck when viewing the screen.
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
Well...now it's late August. Let's see what's news...
http://videocardz.com/34560/powercol...d-and-pictured :)
Also http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/news/...7990-tomorrow/ same product but more info.
Most importantly, it seems AMD will not be making any reference designed 7990s, meaning any of them you see will be 100% designed by the individual companies themselves. It also means availability will be very scarce and the minimum price not quite as low as it could've been since each company must now do their own R&D.
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
Oh wow...is that a triple slot card???:confused::o:p
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
Dang. This is taking too long!!
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
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Originally Posted by
DrPop
Oh wow...is that a triple slot card???:confused::o:p
It is :) And technically it's a 7970 x2, not a 7990, since the clocks are the same as on a 7970, not held back as they always are to reduce heat and power draw, and since it's using the same Tahiti XT chip as the 7970 instead of the XT2. But since AMD isn't making their own 7990s, they gave permission to these board makers to use that number. Hopefully they don't, but we'll see.
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
Re: 7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)
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Originally Posted by
DrPop
Oh wow...is that a triple slot card???:confused::o:p
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Originally Posted by
John P. Myers
It is :) And technically it's a 7970 x2, not a 7990, since the clocks are the same as on a 7970, not held back as they always are to reduce heat and power draw, and since it's using the same Tahiti XT chip as the 7970 instead of the XT2. But since AMD isn't making their own 7990s, they gave permission to these board makers to use that number. Hopefully they don't, but we'll see.
And its not the first triple slot GPU to hit the market. Asus has been making triple slot cards for awhile like this one I posted about ---> http://www.setiusa.us/showthread.php...ll=1#post32442