NVidia GX2 to be released on March 11th

[SUBMAN1]

Still waiting for these new boards to hit from ATI and NVidia. I haven't seen one physically yet.

Here are some more details on the power req's for this GX2 - notice the 2x connectors! This thing must suck down some juice!



Nvidia has informed their partners that the launch date for GeForce 9800 GX2 has been pushed back to March 11th but most probably you can still see the cards during CeBIT. However, Nvidia hasn't provide partners with working cards yet and the final clock speeds have yet to be determined. In the meanwhile, Nvidia has asked the card partners to put up a label on their product boxes to address concerns about end users plugging in the 8-pin connector for motherboard into the 8-pin PCIe power connector on the 9800GX2 card.

http://vr-zone.com/articles/GeForce_...11th/5560.html

[elite_hunter_sh3]

3870X2 uses less power but still needs 2 connectors




notice the 2 power connectors top right corner of card

the 3870X2 has a far superior design.. the nvidia uses 2 PCB boards slapped together.. while ATi uses 1 PCB board with 2 GPUS soldered onto it.

[stabiz]

Hehe, these new cards are supposed to use 470w at full blast.

[Konovalov]

Originally Posted by stabiz

Hehe, these new cards are supposed to use 470w at full blast.

All of this probably means more heat. Can't say I'm that impressed by these power sucking giants.

[HunterICX]

Yep,

not impressed by these cards,

They need to think how to save power for more perfomance instead of making it just bigger and suck more power.

HunterICX

[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Yep,

not impressed by these cards,

They need to think how to save power for more perfomance instead of making it just bigger and suck more power.

HunterICX

Agreed.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by stabiz

Hehe, these new cards are supposed to use 470w at full blast.

Uhhh, where did you read that? That is pure crazyness!

I know the R680 won't since its max power per GPU is 120 Watts - x2 that is 240 Watts max.

-S

[elite_hunter_sh3]

anyone find any 9800GX2 benchmarks??/ i would really like to see how it competes with the 3870X2 in terms of price and performance??:hmm:

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by elite_hunter_sh3

anyone find any 9800GX2 benchmarks??/ i would really like to see how it competes with the 3870X2 in terms of price and performance??:hmm:

I saw some preliminary ones, but it didn't do so well. A couple of SLI 8800 GT's were beating it easily. I don't hold much weight though that this will be what we see in March. This could simply be that the drivers are not ready for prime time yet. We must wait for a released product to determine what the true results will be.

As it stands right now, the R680 product is the faster product, and sounds like it consumes 1/2 the power doing it of the above statement is correct at 470 Watts.

-S