Asus Radeon X1600XT 'Gemini' 2 cards on one PCB

RangerXLT8 · June 26th, 2006

Was reading and found this.

It's basically 2 X1600XT on one PCB. It's ATIs first 'Crossfire on a single PCB'.

fps justin · June 26th, 2006

thats pretty cool. Although i can't really imagine anyone buying something like that.

polobunny · June 26th, 2006

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Originally Posted by fps justin

thats pretty cool. Although i can't really imagine anyone buying something like that.

I guess for a gamer that would be somewhat useless to get 2 X1600XT. You know, get 2 X1600XT in 1 card for around $340 (rough estimate from price of 1 Asus X1600XT) or 1 X1900XT for around $380 that would beat the 2 X1600XT... I guess it could be great though if you wanted a multiple monitors setup.
Besides, 128bit memory interface is so last century. :P

More about dual ATI gpu's on one card here.

Lead Head · June 26th, 2006

Its been said the the dual x1600 card was just a test, and in fact, the real card will be based on the rv570XT chipset

**gvblake22** · June 27th, 2006

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Originally Posted by Lead Head

Its been said the the dual x1600 card was just a test, and in fact, the real card will be based on the rv570XT chipset

That would make more sense to bring this design out with a newer GPU. The cost of this dual X1600XT card is probably close to what you would pay for a 7900GT or X1900GT; and personally, I would rather have the single GPU solution than the double....

RangerXLT8 · June 27th, 2006

Yep I think this was just a show of the capability.

I use X1600XT 256mb GDDR3 on my test bench, and it runs CS:S maxed out HDR, AA, AF @ 1024x768. 1280x1024 is not much of a FPS drop.....

Word on the street is that ATI plans to use X1600 as a physics processor, has anyone seen the article about ATI wanting 3 PCI-E x16 slots on MB?

June 26th, 2006	#1
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 945	Asus Radeon X1600XT 'Gemini' 2 cards on one PCB Was reading and found this. It's basically 2 X1600XT on one PCB. It's ATIs first 'Crossfire on a single PCB'. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x1gb OCZ3-1333@1380MHZ Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

June 26th, 2006	#2
fps justin Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,199	thats pretty cool. Although i can't really imagine anyone buying something like that. E2140 @ 375 x 8 = 3.0ghz 2x1 ocz system 1337s pc2-6400 5-5-5-15 @ 450mhz gigabyte P35 S3L eVGA 7600GT Stock 120 gig seagate ULTRA X-Finity 600w Sonata 2 w/ top fan G5 Lazer Mouse

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Lead Head Join Date: May 2006 Location: Rhode Island USA Posts: 1,716	Its been said the the dual x1600 card was just a test, and in fact, the real card will be based on the rv570XT chipset Opteron 64 165--1.5GB DDR--ECS KA1 MVP(thanks HL!)--x1800GTO 256MB--Seagate 320GB SATA--Antec 550 Watt--Antec P180

June 27th, 2006	#6
RangerXLT8 Worker Ant Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 945	Yep I think this was just a show of the capability. I use X1600XT 256mb GDDR3 on my test bench, and it runs CS:S maxed out HDR, AA, AF @ 1024x768. 1280x1024 is not much of a FPS drop..... Word on the street is that ATI plans to use X1600 as a physics processor, has anyone seen the article about ATI wanting 3 PCI-E x16 slots on MB? Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x1gb OCZ3-1333@1380MHZ Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64

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