AMD Radeon HD 5870 X2 Pictured

[nforce4max]

Dude it's called the 7900GX2, and it was essentially an OEM only card (for the like of Dell), but even that wasn't the biggest cards, there were SINGLE card dual-GF7 cards, they were significantly bigger like the ASUS.

Anywhoo, buying a case for something like that is likely not that big a deal for someone already willing to pay $500-600 for a card.

Still not as big as an Evans & Sutherland 4 GPU SIM card, and of course there's the all time best and biggest card;

http://www.hardware-one.com/img1/bitchinfast3d.jpg

http://firingsquad.com/media/hirez.asp?file=/hardware/nvidia_geforce_7900_gx2_quad_sli/images/14.jpg
No they came out before the GX2 branding was established.

 

[uncfan_2563]

wow that thing is huge! i'm wondering how hot it is gonna be

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

That's the pre-launch sticker, the Branding actually was established at launch, as they appeared in the DELL computers and in the reviews, like the source of your picture whose title has the GX2 name in it.

What you see there is the name they gave the early engineering samples used @ CES and the early reviews.

It's like the G200 is the G200 and not GT200, but people incorrectly call it by the pre-fab code name.



EDIT: Tracked down that review and it's pretty clear in it;

http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/nvidia_geforce_7900_gx2_quad_sli/page2.asp

What’s in a name?

One of the more confusing aspects of Quad SLI is the actual name of the product. Over the past few months we’ve seen it referred to by multiple product names, ranging from “GeForce 7900 Duo” to the “GeForce 7900 GX2” and “GeForce 7900 Quad”. Judging by the EVGA graphics cards used in our ABS Quad SLI system, it looks like NVIDIA’s board partners are equally confused, as the back of both cards was clearly labeled “e-GeForce 7900GTX QUAD”.

This label suggests that NVIDIA’s Quad SLI cards are based on NVIDIA’s recently released GeForce 7900 GTX GPU, but actually NVIDIA’s first Quad SLI card is more of a hybrid of the GeForce 7900 GT and GeForce 7900 GTX..

...

Because of this, NVIDIA ultimately settled on the name GeForce 7900 GX2 for their Quad SLI cards.


BTW, trust me on GPU history. 😀

 

[JeanLuc]

So much for a dual core design, looks like this card will be using twin GPU's like it's predecessors. Once again this is prove that you shouldn't listen to rumours.

 

[TheGreatGrapeApe]

You can listen to rumours, you just shouldn't bet or invest in them.

However if you look at the design, there's a distinct 2 parted-ness to it, without actually making distinct core. One the HD5870 came out though we new the dual core GPU rumours were out, and then beyond that with the limited internal hardware, an MCM dual die solution was prety much a no-go too.

Perhaps in the future, but not this round, still a possibilty in the refresh, but I wouldn't bet on it. 😉

 

[sojrner]

... BTW, trust me on GPU history. 😀

n00b forgot to duck, that's all. 😉

 

[Bluescreendeath]

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[Aloid]

Well I could get a new furnace... or I could buy 2 of these. I think theyll work about the same.

 

[Homeboy2]

Well I could get a new furnace... or I could buy 2 of these. I think theyll work about the same.

get the cards, they'll be a lot more fun than a new furnace.

 

[JAYDEEJOHN]

Yea, I got tired of staring at my furnace, so a card is better

 

[randomizer]

It's like the G200 is the G200 and not GT200, but people incorrectly call it by the pre-fab code name.

I've always called it G200 because that's what it says on the IHS.

BTW, trust me on GPU history. 😀

You are (were) the Graphic Gorilla for a reason 😀