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R600 Picture!

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snowysnowcones

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Don't know if you guys already saw it, but since I haven't seen a post on this forum...
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12inch OEM, 9inch for Users...

said to sample on the 28th of February.
Article!
 
"According to INQ, AMD won’t let ATI release the new chip without being able to ship it in volumes so that lead to some delay."


lol. Everyone, smile with me.

Its prolly just INQ just shooting their mouths again, but it would be really funny and really good, if this was true. no?
 
It better be 9" for end users, that's one of the reasons I didn't buy an 8800GTX!

Too long! :/

9" is good though :D
 
You're going to have to move that image to your own host (ImageShack or whatever). VR-Zone's bandwidth is not your bandwidth.

The fan looks very much like the fan on X1900's, though perhaps slightly larger. Unless they intend to slow this one down (or use a different fan for add-in versions), we're going to have to put up with X1900 noise levels (or worse) with R600 cards.
 
You guys aren't seriously taking that image as one of a real sample product are you?

There's no traces on the board, no edge connectors on the PCI-E interface, the DVI port are flat with little realistic shading, the heatsink and heatpipe are poorly shaded. A concept design, sure, but I doubt it's a real end product. And what is that 2x4 connector beside the PCI-E 2x3 connector?
 
winston856 said:
It better be 9" for end users, that's one of the reasons I didn't buy an 8800GTX!

Too long! :/

9" is good though :D
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I don't give a damn what it looks like or how large it is. If it gets the job done and out performs everything else, then I will buy one.
 
winston856 said:
It better be 9" for end users, that's one of the reasons I didn't buy an 8800GTX!

Too long! :/

9" is good though :D
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What? You wimp, the 8800GTX is ONLY 10.5". Just put it in SLOWWWLY. I did. I slowly inserted that big bad ass card into my tight, cramped case without any problems. I have a CM WaveMaster with all four drive bays filled. The lower rear corner of the card cleared the top of the HD by about .5mm. I thought I would have to move the drive that looked like it was going to be a problem into one of the 5 1/4 bays.

In the event that it's worth it to move to the ATI product when it arrives, I wonder how much I can get for my 8800GTX.
 
Anyone else disappointed that, with a month left before it's supposed launch, that the only pic we have of it is of a crappy rendering? Anyone could have done it.
 
tesfaye said:
What? You wimp, the 8800GTX is ONLY 10.5"...I slowly inserted that big bad ass card into my tight, cramped case without any problems.
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The 8800 GTX simply doesn't fit in all cases. It's not so much a matter of will.

If the card won't fit, you must acquit.
 
phide said:
The 8800 GTX simply doesn't fit in all cases. It's not so much a matter of will.

If the card won't fit, you must acquit.
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That's the simple truth. At 10.5 inches long, the card is just too large for many cases on the market today.
 
Dan_D said:
I don't give a damn what it looks like or how large it is. If it gets the job done and out performs everything else, then I will buy one.
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^5 @ Dan_D. Just do like the Glade commercial "Plug it in, Plug it in!".

I wonder if we will see some DX10 demos or 3DMark suite with DX10 tests available when the ATI card ships. Each generation of video cards have claimed to be must haves for the next generation of DX and when those games hit store shelves, the cards run the games but not at max settings and or screen resolutions. It's been my experience that I have had to wait for the next round of video cards to get above average performance for games using the latest and greatest DX version.

In any event, I'm just glad I didn't wait any longer to upgrade from my X1900XT. When ATI releases the R600 I think the deciding factor on whether or not to upgrade again will be image quality until the DX10 games are released where we can see how the cards will actually stack up against one another. After playing games on my 8800 I don't think I will go back to the red camp unless they can match the image quality of the 8800 or the very unlikely scenario where the 8800GTX turns out to be crap when dealing with DX10 and the ATI card performs much better in that regard because gaming isn't much fun if it's rendered like a slide show regardless of how pretty/accurate the images are.
 
Dan_D said:
That's the simple truth. At 10.5 inches long, the card is just too large for many cases on the market today.
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Yeah, I was being sarcastic. I've been building computers for quite a while and I always wondered when the video card manufacturers would begin releasing cards that won't fit in even mid-size cases. I can get the card in my case, but even if the drive wasn't in the way I still don't have much clearance (less than 1/4 inch I think). :eek:

phide, that was funny. :)
 
I wonder why OEMs are getting a 12 inch version while retail is getting a 9 inch version? Possible that the OEM version is a single slot and the retail is a dual slot?
 
tesfaye said:
Yeah, I was being sarcastic. I've been building computers for quite a while and I always wondered when the video card manufacturers would begin releasing cards that won't fit in even mid-size cases. I can get the card in my case, but even if the drive wasn't in the way I still don't have much clearance (less than 1/4 inch I think). :eek:

phide, that was funny. :)
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It wasn't a problem in the old days when ATX cases first appeared. They still had the full size expansion card bracket that would help hold the cards in place. Those brackets unfortunately have dissappeared. On the other hand, cases are much more interesting than they used to be. Since they no longer follow that original spec, they now have drives and motherboard mounting points in various configurations leading to some more efficient and more interesting designs.

But with the older cases you could almost guarantee a fit of even the largest cards. Unfortunately those older cases have craptastic airflow.
 
CrimandEvil said:
I wonder why OEMs are getting a 12 inch version while retail is getting a 9 inch version? Possible that the OEM version is a single slot and the retail is a dual slot?
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The OEMs will design the enclosure around the bracing mechanism of the longer card. This was the case with the OEM 7950 GX2 as well. The OEM version is still probably a "dual slot" card, though.
 
I still can't figure out why those power connectors are pointed down and not outwards unless they were trying to show what they were.

Sticking the fan on the end like that could make a lot of sense for OEMs though since they can allow for it and channel the air out of the case etc.
 
Dan_D said:
It wasn't a problem in the old days when ATX cases first appeared. They still had the full size expansion card bracket that would help hold the cards in place. Those brackets unfortunately have dissappeared. On the other hand, cases are much more interesting than they used to be. Since they no longer follow that original spec, they now have drives and motherboard mounting points in various configurations leading to some more efficient and more interesting designs.

But with the older cases you could almost guarantee a fit of even the largest cards. Unfortunately those older cases have craptastic airflow.
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I haven't seen expansion card brackets in a long time. I always had 'em in my XT cases way back in the day. I can't remember if my Hercules video card required the bracket but I do know that sucka was long!
 
Dan_D said:
I don't give a damn what it looks like or how large it is. If it gets the job done and out performs everything else, then I will buy one.
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ooh man i totally care about cooler sexyness.. seriously!

my plan is, long story short, liquid cool a card, and put the air cooler on the reverse side, with a copper plate extending from the front side of the card (on everything that needs cooling) up, over the top, and coming back down, between the PCB and the cooler. On an ATX mobo, that mounts it facing up. custom sticker on the 8800GTX = modder awsomeness.

when i can afford my $300 swiftech loop, ima be happy as hell. if your at all interested in the discription i've just given you keeps your eyes open on the mod worklogs! im currently on stage 2 of 3, ill make (the first) post when im done stage 2/3. number 3 includes the mod i mentioned above!
 
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