9800pro MAXX

leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
edited September 2003 in Hardware
U think a 9800pro is powerful??

well, think again, i think 9800pro with two gpu will be better.

check this out guys, i know it won;t hit the store shelves, but it's NICE.

http://www.dvhardware.net/article.php?sid=1914

Comments

  • SimGuySimGuy
    wants.
    :eek2::eek2: :wow:
     Ottawa, Canada
    edited September 2003
    wants.
    :eek2::eek2: :wow:
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    i u want it, i will have to polygon Ph34r u first, haha
    ;D
  • GHoosdumGHoosdum Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Nice!

    Notice the 12V molex power connector?

    And what could that 2 digit LED be for... temps!??!
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited September 2003
    Better picture :D
  • leishi85leishi85 Grand Rapids, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    maybe work load on the second chipset??
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Must... have... one... (wonder if they'd let me buy that engineering sample? ;D)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I'm going to be a bold bastard and say PHOTOCHOPH4X.
  • BlackHawkBlackHawk Bible music connoisseur There's no place like 127.0.0.1 Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Thrax said
    I'm going to be a bold bastard and say PHOTOCHOPH4X.
    Looks pretty real with the reflection off the table and everything.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Doing a reflection on the table isn't hard.
  • SimGuySimGuy Ottawa, Canada
    edited September 2003
    Not Photochophax.

    Sapphire dual GPU Radeon 9800 MAXX exhibited
    AGAIN, OUR good Italian friends have pointed to one of the most interesting pictures that people following computer graphics can view.

    The boys were able to take a picture of a unique card from Sapphire that is based on two Radeon 9800 PRO chips solution that would undoubtedly be the fastest card that exist. Apart from this, it would feature two DVI outs very useful stuff in Professional market and we wonder that it could easily have 512 MB or Ram 2x256 MHz to be precise since each chip can address 256 MB only.

    We learned that at 10 layer PCB it is simply impossible to make this card work and that this card will never come to market. We believe that even ATI was surprised with this since Sapphire used to follow what ATI does and in this case ATI never played with Radeon 9800 MAXX design.

    Still we believe that Sapphire could make this card work, even it would be freakily expensive – maybe in the $1000 range. ATI would need to write the drivers.

    Be sure that this card will never hit retail shelves but it is good to know that this is an option that can come if necessary in near future. Sapphire proved that it can do more then make ATI replicas and we believe that was the point of showing an incredibly impressive looking card that does not work.
  • FormFactorFormFactor At the core of forgotten
    edited September 2003
    wow!!

    Looks like I better saving, should have enough by the time the Doom 3 engine hits the mainstream.
  • BuddyJBuddyJ Dept. of Propaganda OKC Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    OOh yea!
  • TemplarTemplar You first.
    edited September 2003
    Return of the Voodoo? :o
  • GnomeWizarddGnomeWizardd Member 4 Life Akron, PA Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    << misses the voodoo cards Best damn cards ever made
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Heh, I thought it was nVidia that bought 3DFX, not ATi :rolleyes2:

    NS
  • Geeky1Geeky1 University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
    edited September 2003
    Gnome, what makes you say that? I never had a voodoo card (I only really got into computers about when the P3-500 came out) although I looked into the 5500, and wasn't impressed. What was it about the cards that was so good? Just curious, because like I said, I never had one, and I see a lot of people that seem to have liked them...
  • EnverexEnverex Worcester, UK Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    I think he is refering to the Voodoo 1, 2 and 3 before the Matrox and GeForce cards got any good, because they were the best at the time and owned in Glide mode.

    NS
  • ketoketo Occupied. Or is it preoccupied? Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    Yup, Quake on a Voodoo (3D add in card only, you still needed a 2D card for both V1 and V2) QuakeII on a Voodoo2, they were essentially the only game in town back in 96-97. If I remember correctly, Quake default software rendering was 240 X 320 or some such and UGLY and maybe 12-15fps avg on a 150-200 MHz machine but with the Voodoo, OOOOOOOOOhhh ya baybeee she was gorgeous 3D 640 X 480 on all our high end VGA 15" monitorz at a silky smooth 30ish fps!!
  • primesuspectprimesuspect Beepin n' Boopin Detroit, MI Icrontian
    edited September 2003
    The first time I saw Quake II on a voodoo card I about **** my drawz.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited September 2003
    The last time I was "cutting-edge" in the graphics department was when I had my Matrox G-200 with two Voodoo 2 cards running in SLI.

    Looks pretty punk now, but it was the shiznit back then. :p
  • qparadoxqparadox Vancouver, BC
    edited September 2003
    ITS definitely a photochop, there's no traces between the second GPU and the memory banks, Unless the second GPU accesses memory banks on the reverse of the chip then its sorta pointless :P. Maybe its real .. but I sorta doubt it.
  • FilmFilm Florida
    edited September 2003
    read the article... it doesnt work :-/
    We learned that at 10 layer PCB it is simply impossible to make this card work and that this card will never come to market.
  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited September 2003
    qparadox said
    ITS definitely a photochop, there's no traces between the second GPU and the memory banks, Unless the second GPU accesses memory banks on the reverse of the chip then its sorta pointless :P. Maybe its real .. but I sorta doubt it.

    I was thinking there werent like any traces around the second GPU as well.
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