nVidia GTX390 - A new BEAST in making!!!

[comp@ddict]

Last week it was discovered that NVIDIA was redesigning the GTX 295 by reworking things to fit on a single PCB. While it made sense to do so in that it would lower the manufacturing costs, it made little sense due to the cost of re-engineering the card.

*images.tweaktown.com/imagebank/nvidia_gtx_390_4_full.jpg

Now it is apparent that NVIDIA has something else up their sleeves. The redesign seems to be a stepping stone toward the release of the GTX 390. The GTX 390 will pair up two of new PCB's, enabling Quad-SLI on a single card. Yep, you read that right.

*images.tweaktown.com/imagebank/nvidia_gtx_390_2_full.jpg

While Extra Hardware (Czech) received permission to give a quick glimpse of the card, it appears NVIDIA didn't want them to say anything else. Unfortunately the only real specs they were able to give on the card were that there is a total of 3584 MB of GDDR3 total, which is still 896MB per GPU. Each PCB has two 6-Pin power connectors for a total of four.

*images.tweaktown.com/imagebank/nvidia_gtx_390_3_full.jpg

Other than four GPUs in a single card, perhaps the most interesting feature is the display output on the card. Each PCB has a single output for a total of two, however the images make it impossible to tell whether they are HDMI or DisplayPort.

*www.tweaktown.com/news/11826/nvidia_gtx_390_quad_sli_on_single_card/index.html

This is paradise, 960 Shaders, 3584MB, 1792-bit memory connection, holy COWS!!!

 

[max_demon]

we will hear from ati soon

 

[cyborg47]

why dont nvidia jump to gddr5??

 

[dOm1naTOr]

ATi already moved to 40nm and GDDR5.

 

[infra_red_dude]

ZOMG... where is the world coming to??!

 

[comp@ddict]

But seriously, this isn't practical. The PowerConsumption will be outrageous, so will be the price, around 899$ or 999$.
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But seriously, this isn't practical. The PowerConsumption will be outrageous, so will be the price, around 899$ or 999$.

 

[infra_red_dude]

This is just mad rush to stay in business.. I would want to put up a frying pan on the GPU/CPU and cook my food there... no way... This race is exactly following the Intel-AMD CPU race... the epic P4 power hog!

 

[damngoodman999]

ATI HD 5870 in progress

 

[comp@ddict]

ATI HD 5870 in progress

Yes, the HD5870 rumoured specs are like this:-

-40nm manufacturing process
-2GB GDDR5 memory with speeds of 7GHz!!
-More than 1.2Billion transistors
-960 Stream Processors(might be more)

 

[toofan]

what about HD4890 ????

 

[SunnyChahal]

 

[max_demon]

AMD - ATI Rulz , nVidia Pwned !! ^^

 

[dOm1naTOr]

HD 4890 has core clock running par 1Ghz. So HD 5870 will defenitely be habvin higher clock than it.

but GTX390 is sure to pwn HD5870, maybe X2 can matchup with the beast.

 

[asingh]

And we as consumers will keep upgrading..!

 

[cyborg47]

anybody in this forum had a GTX 280 atleast...and people keep saying we consumers and all the crap....even a 9800gtx or a 4850 will be enuf...

 

[j1n M@tt]

hey u cyborgy...there r people who hav GTX280 in sli here, and almost all gamers hav atleast a HD4850 or a 9800GTX+

 

[comp@ddict]

anybody in this forum had a GTX 280 atleast...and people keep saying we consumers and all the crap....even a 9800gtx or a 4850 will be enuf..

There's one with a Core i7 i920 + eVGA GTX280 SSC, forgot name.

 

[nvidia]

Insane!

 

[amitash]

^yea thats ashu888ashu i think...

even a 9800gtx or a 4850 will be enuf...

For low-med resolutions yes, but for something like full HD and greater, they would need a gtx275 or hd4890...

 

[comp@ddict]

^^True, HD gaming starts with them, or the HD4870 1GB and GTX260 more precisely.

Below them, a 1600x900 or 1680x1050 resolution is best.