Ready for ATi Physics?

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Highendtoys

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I am....if AMD ever lets us have it.
 
It is an Intel Bad Axe board but before too long we will start seeing many ATi chipset boards that feature 3 16x PCI E slots. ATi told mobo makers several months ago to be ready to do this.

I just tried installing Vista and it flipped out and blue screened. Tomorrow I will mess with regular XP and then 3 7950 GX2 cards.
 
Too bad I'll never be able to fit Physics in my case. Between my sound card and RAID controller, I don't have enough slots for three graphics cards!

(Actually, I can't even afford one X1950, let alone three.)
 
If you could use an X1300 or X1600 for physics I might go for that. I wouldn't buy 2 high end video cards so there is no way I would buy 3.
 
In my opinion the HIS PCI E 1x card will be great for physics and it should be priced less than 100 dollars by the time we actually get to use it.
 
It's nice to see 3 ATI video cards in a system, if it's not a photoshop. I did notice that the HDD and power aren't connected, so that system won't work very well.
 
I took the pic when I was getting it all put together. The origional PSU had to be replaced with something more beefy.

The origional system pics are here, from when I built the system to be displayed for Cooler Master and ATi.

I swapped out the mobo last night and replaced it with the Intel 975 board and added the extra X1900 XT. I didn't pay for any of these parts, this system will be on display at Stompfest LAN later this month.
 
Cool system, but I wouldn't sacrifice my X-Fi for a third video card I probably wouldn't have to use for a few more years.
 
The Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 has 2 x PCIe x16 slots. Can 1 slot be used for graphics with the X1900XT, and the 2nd slot be used for physics with an X1300? Or is ATI physics only possible on a 3 PCIe mobo?
 
The only question that really needs to be answered is - how hot?

Of course, two X1900s don't seem to cause any significant issues, but this image certainly looks unsettling.

So this is a Cooler Master case you've painted?
 
When it is available you can run ATi Physics on just two cards, one for your video and one for physics.

The case is a Cooler Master 'Wave Master' case that I built for them to use at shows. I have built systems for Corsair and a few other companies to use at CES and Computex. This system is for the LAN parties I attend, Cooler Master sends stuff for me to give away and I display this system. It also gives people a chance to play on a Crossfire system who would not normally get to.

I finally got a PSU installed this morning, I needed something with a little more juice.
 
Highendtoys said:
This system is for the LAN parties I attend, Cooler Master sends stuff for me to give away and I display this system. It also gives people a chance to play on a Crossfire system who would not normally get to.
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We need to become better friends :D
 
i am not . so now i am expected to buy ANOTHER 400 dollar video card to run just physics ?? Pass ..sorry but there are no good games that even take advantage of it and by the time there are ..there likely to be Dual GPU core'd video cards that take on both tasks for a cheaper cost .
 
No. You are not expected to buy an additional card for physics processing, just as you aren't expected to spend $800+ on two video cards, or $400 for a single high-end card, or $200, and so on and so forth.

At this point it's a "proof of concept" and an interesting concept for true enthusiasts. Believe or not, there is a market for this. People will certainly pay upwards of $1500 on video cards, regardless of whether they perform physics processing or not.

Just as Paris Hilton isn't expected to buy In-n-Out burgers while drunk, we're not expected to buy video cards.
 
This system is all about getting people to come over and look/touch it. ATi Physics is still a ways out but having three cards installed makes people want to come over and check it out. As far as buying a 400 dollar card to run Physics, it can be ran on a low end card like a 1300 or 1600. That is pretty cool if you think about it, by the time it becomes available you can get these cards for 80 dollars, maybe even less. That is a big price difference between the ATi and the Ageia solutions. Then again, one you can run now on a hand full of games and the other is vapo at this point.
 
That pic is why I have a big ass case!

Getting everything in a comp is getting harder and harder.
 
Apallohadas said:
Getting everything in a comp is getting harder and harder.
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Just imagine if the PPU actually takes hold and then the AIPU follows...
 
There are plenty of 5.25 bay power devices now (ok well 3 that i am ware of).

Also the Pico PSU is mainly external...
 
J-Mag said:
There are plenty of 5.25 bay power devices now (ok well 3 that i am ware of).

Also the Pico PSU is mainly external...
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That has nothing to do with a video card being powered by an external power device.
 
I dont think you understand how sound works. Its not three times as loud as a single card.
 
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