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warner_lowcharge
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Joined: September 27, 2004
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From: Finland
|  Posted: 2007-02-19 05:00
the new graphics card, x2900xtx, is just insane. and i don't mean the specs.
check out the length of that thing, 30cm!!(luckily there's a 6cm shorter version for non-OEM, but still)
and look at those powerconnectors - 6pin AND 8pin 
Probably going to work great, but the size and power needed is CRAZY
and here's a link to specs: http://www.dailytech.com/AMD+Releases+Final+R600+Specs/article6138.htm
[ This Message was edited by: warner_lowcharge on 2007-02-19 04:59 ]
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| Posted: 2007-02-19 07:13
I'll tell you now, that it's not that long.
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Leonide
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| Posted: 2007-02-19 12:36
how can you say that when he owns one, and has posted a pic of it...?!
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| Posted: 2007-02-19 19:06
you could beat someone to death with that...
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From: Maryland, U.S.A
| Posted: 2007-02-19 19:09
You could beat someone with a peice of paper, all depends on how you use it..
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| Posted: 2007-02-19 19:26
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On 2007-02-19 12:36, leonide*FM* wrote:
how can you say that when he owns one, and has posted a pic of it...?!
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I'm guessing he doesn't own one because:
There are only review versions, and test versions out currently.
That isn't a test verison (I have one - it has no ATI markings on it, neither does it have a coloured PCB). And the review version is only sent to, well, reviewers.
You might also like to know that, it's infact the X2800 XTX2, not the X2800 XTX. The XTX2 is two cards-in-one, hence it's larger. It's designed for CAD, and such, and extreme gaming.
No game on the market at the moment makes use of this card, except Surpeme Commander at a resolution well over which is common today (25**+ x 19**+).
The XTX version is a normal sized card, like any other.
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Kanman
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From: Virginia, United States
| Posted: 2007-02-19 19:51
I would like to have two of the graphics cards that looks like a leaf-blower. I said TWO! *I cannot upgrade until I get a whole new computer, so it will be a few years more yet, when I finish college.
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| Posted: 2007-02-20 01:57
stick two on ends and you now have a walking stick 
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warner_lowcharge
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From: Finland
| Posted: 2007-02-21 05:03
Yeah i don't own one....wouldn't fit in any of my cases
so a double gfx card like the 7950GX2, quite interesting. looks like only one pcb though, how did they manage to do that?
and thinking of quad-crossfire combined to AMD's 4x4....O.o, welcome 2000W PSU!!
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Lyedtau
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From: Dev land
| Posted: 2007-02-21 10:38
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On 2007-02-21 05:03, warner_lowcharge wrote:
Yeah i don't own one....wouldn't fit in any of my cases
so a double gfx card like the 7950GX2, quite interesting. looks like only one pcb though, how did they manage to do that?
and thinking of quad-crossfire combined to AMD's 4x4....O.o, welcome 2000W PSU!!
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It's two GPU's on one card. It's also the same price as the X2800XTX. They did it just so people who want it, can use it. Variety 4tw.
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Tim the Enchanter
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| Posted: 2007-02-22 15:48
hehe, remindes me of my card in my new XPS 710, 1GB dual core nVidia GeForce 7950GT2, hehehe, and the computer has to go on a coffee table thats shorter then the computer, big tower lol, next type of video card will probaly be to big to go inside so it'll be external lol
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