Sure, most
roadmaps don't present anything to get immediately excited about, but considering the journey the
R600 has taken to get to this point, the newest details concerning its future are indeed enthralling. While we've
seen ATI's beast, witnessed its
mighty power (and kilowatt sucking abilities), and even heard about a
recent snag, it looks like things could be worked out fairly soon. According to TweakTown, the flagship edition -- dubbed the X2900XTX and codenamed Dragons Head 2 -- will sport a 9.5-inch configuration, 1GB of
GDDR4 memory, dual DVI, video in / out, and require a baffling 240-watts of energy delivered through dual onboard power connectors. The X2900XT (Cats Eye) will share most of the same design characteristics as the aforementioned card, but will tout GDDR3 RAM and a lower clock speed to boot. As seen in the read link, ATI is apparently looking at releasing several more iterations with varying clock speeds and other luxuries, and while we can't confirm the claims just yet, the cards could be hitting shelves anytime within the next several weeks depending on model.
[Thanks, Juan D.]
posted Mar 16th 2007 6:38AM
And people thought buying a $500 iPhone was crazy...
@ Joe Smith
Uhhh... the Iphone is 600 bucks, not 500.
Nick
If only ATI would fix there OpenGL drivers, then these cards would be great for professional applications. But for now Nvidia still remains the king in my book for that simple fact. After purchassing a XT1900 and realizing that some important applications where "freaking out" simply because of the lack of proper OpenGL drivers I had to return it and get a Nvidia card.
I know that there FireGL line of cards doesn't have that problem... but I'm not gonna spend 5x the price for the same cards with better drivers... :(
At least Nvidia doesn't cripple there "game" cards so they can still be used for professional applications.
No, instead they cripple their top of the line cards so that I have to use beta drivers on Vista.
That is totally absurd and ridiculous, and I am still very pissed at both Creative and Nvidia for not getting their damn drivers out yet. Vista's public beta gave them PLENTY of time to get us drivers, but they're OVER A YEAR behind. They deserve to be sued. My 8800GTX is just sitting here waiting for final drivers.
Its called the Omega drivers, it not only imporves frame rates in anything 3D but it fixes the OpenGL drivers too.
Within the same damn article, they contradict what kind of power connectors the XTX has. The chart says 2x 6pin PCI-E, but then the actual writing in the article says 2x 8pin PCI-E. Which is it, damn you Tweaktown!
Wow could they get any more 'X's in there, those names are ridiculous.
And I thought things are meant to get smaller with computers not larger!
Such an impressive card, great scores, shame it's the black penis of graphics cards.
Guy: Nope! They pack more things into the exact same size with each new release.
Of course this might set a new acceptable size range if it's a success, I'm still waiting on the next iteration of PCIe and some more dual-GPU action, which ATI has yet to invest in.
its 499 and 599 so get your facts straight.
I think your talking about the PS3. The iPhone is 599. I'm sorry if you can't understand rounding. And there is just one version.
This is great, just upgraded my computer and cant wait to get this card, im actually going to get two plus a new PSU.Im waiting to buy a DX10 card from ATI, Ive always liked them better than the Nvidia, the X1600 served me well the last year. The jump to two of these is Crossfire will be crazy.
This is just getting out of hand. Both sides of the video card camp need to redo their naming systems, arguably ATI is the worse of the two. The rumored X2900XTX2 is simply absurd. It makes cards like the 8800GTX sound like they're "easy" to say, lol. What ever happened to Rage/Rage Pro? Geoforce2? I know that the market is much wider than it was in those days, but X2900XTX2? Really? I'm sure they can do better than that.
No, the iPhone has 2 models the 4GB($499) and the 8GB($599). I'm sorry if you can't understand how to look up facts.
240 Watts?! Pretty soon we will need to get our power supplys from Lincoln or Miller! This is getting ridiculous.
so why is it the trend with new graphic cards to make them gigantic. I am building a new system and I guess I am going to have to buy a full tower case just to fit a video card in it.