AMD launches dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 graphics card

[yowanvista]

AMD has finally launched the long-awaited successor to its dual-GPU Radeon HD 5970 and new flagship product topping its 6900 range. The Radeon HD 6990, otherwise known as Antilles, is made up of two tweaked versions of the HD 6970's Cayman XT core running at 830MHz, 3072 stream processors, 192 texture units, two 256-bit memory channels, 4GB of GDDR5 running at 5000MHz, and it consumes a maximum of 375W (37W during idle).

AMD launches dual-GPU Radeon HD 6990 graphics card - TechSpot
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[smarteyeball]

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Radeon HD 6990 review

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[Clinkz]

And now the eternal struggle to afford one of these..

 

[sygnus21]

Let's hope they get the drivers right for this one. You hate to have to wait for "drivers to mature" to enjoy such an expensive card :huh:

 

[Everlong]

Looks like a beast of a card, but not sure about the cooler when half the hot air gets dumped in to the case. Some sites show HDDs can heat up to 40C if they're behind it directly. I guess it's not much of a problem for cases with the intake fan in front of the HDDs, though.

 

[AstaLaVista]

Looks purty but at 700 smackers... it is definitely to rich for my blood. Besides, almost all the FPS games I will play will be console ports so I doubt I am going to be able to get the full effect from it.

I may consider one next year when they come down to about 150 bucks.

 

[Zepher]

Looks like a beast of a card, but not sure about the cooler when half the hot air gets dumped in to the case. Some sites show HDDs can heat up to 40C if they're behind it directly. I guess it's not much of a problem for cases with the intake fan in front of the HDDs, though.

It would be fine in my case since the hard drives are on the right side of the case and the mobo and video card are on the left.

 

[Everlong]

Yea some cases I imagine it won't be a problem, like with yours as well you have the intake fan blowing straight on to the back of the GPU as well.

 

[smarteyeball]

. You hate to have to wait for "drivers to mature" to enjoy such an expensive card :huh:

I'm still waiting...

I may consider one next year when they come down to about 150 bucks.

lol, you'd be hard pressed to buy one 2nd hand for that price next year

 

[Everlong]

It's depressing looking at reviews of the latest cards now and my GTX470 is now at the bottom of the benchmarks in less than a year.

 

[smarteyeball]

It certainly is. Yesterdays high end is suddenly old hat

 

[sygnus21]

. You hate to have to wait for "drivers to mature" to enjoy such an expensive card :huh:

I'm still waiting...

Yeah, In a funny kind of way I was thinking about all your issues you posted a while back with your 5970

This also goes back to the issues I read about on ATI's dual card/CrossFire setup. I'll stick with the single card and be happy

 

[AstaLaVista]

I may consider one next year when they come down to about 150 bucks.

lol, you'd be hard pressed to buy one 2nd hand for that price next year

LOL, I was exaggerating a bit but you know that it will be at least 50 to 65 percent cheaper a year from now... if not sooner.

Besides, looking at other things (like specific video drivers for the card to maximize its capabilities, bad coding on games, bad optimization of said games, console ports, etc)... you won't really get the full effect of it so why pay that insane amount of money now? I mean, if money burns a hole in your pocket, sure, go ahead and buy 3 for triple SLI.

Now, if you are going to use for something else like Graphic Design, etc, etc, then... I see nothing wrong but if we're just talking about "Gaming", I just don't know

It's depressing looking at reviews of the latest cards now and my GTX470 is now at the bottom of the benchmarks in less than a year.

Believe you me, I am the cheapest ******* that ever lived and that is another thing that kicks me in the butt... the life span of this things is like a week or two!