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

[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.