7970 now (which?) vs. 7990 later (when?)

[Slicker]

http://vr-zone.com/articles/amd-rade...ly-/16567.html

fingers crossed it'll be in a couple of weeks. Gotta admit the possible 12GB versions sound really sexy

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.

[EmSti]

http://www.techhum.com/amd-planning-...es-price-cuts/

Sounds like price cuts are coming too.

[John P. Myers]

Bad news.

Rumor has it the 7990 won't be released now until late August. Also, instead of using 2 of the the new and improved XT2 GPU chips, it'll just use 2 regular Tahiti XT chips.

And to make things more interesting (confusing), it may also require 4 6-pin plugs instead of using 8-pins. Also, the 12GB version may no longer be made.

[Mike029]

Bad news.

Rumor has it the 7990 won't be released now until late August. Also, instead of using 2 of the the new and improved XT2 GPU chips, it'll just use 2 regular Tahiti XT chips.

And to make things more interesting (confusing), it may also require 4 6-pin plugs instead of using 8-pins. Also, the 12GB version may no longer be made.

Great.. Why dumb it down? Can't get enough of the improved chips for mass distribution or so they can release an "Extreme Version" of the 7990?

[John P. Myers]

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.

[DrPop]

Oh wow...is that a triple slot card???

[zombie67]

Dang. This is taking too long!!

[John P. Myers]

Oh wow...is that a triple slot card???

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.

[Duke of Buckingham]

I am lost with one simple card, how lost I would be with a triple one?

But I AM NOT ALONE.

Lost Duke YEHA and you are not the only one.

[Fire$torm]

Oh wow...is that a triple slot card???

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