EVGA's apparently up to something. To be honest though, this is probably the fourth time I've seen information about a dual Fermi GPU - and I've yet to see the first three emerge. Anyway, I imagine it'll perform the same as 570s in SLI. I wonder if they will call it the GTX 595 or continue to impress us with a clandestine naming methodology?
Wasn't there an 'insider' article a month or so ago, stating that nVidia had a GTX595 ready to release, but were waiting on ATI to make the first move? Which even if true.. 69xx has already come on the scene..
It's supposed to have 2 GF104 chips http://www.hexus.net/content/item.php?item=28325 So it will be more like 2 460's in SLi, which isn't a bad thing
Hmm, the article says the card will be cheaper than a 580, so 2x460s (or maybe 560s) sounds about right. Off the top of my head, SLI'd 460s perform 30% better than a 580, so maybe we'll see a 50% increase if 560s are used. It's a bit of a weird card really - I'm used to dual GPU cards having better performance than that. I imagine any dual GPU card AMD come up with will wipe the floor with the proposed 595.
Nvidia have struggled to create a dual-GPU card because of the high power demands. Yes they are more powerful than AMD cards but AMD still win on power consumption vs performance I think, meaning than can make a dual-GPU card easily. This is most likely why EVGA is using 2x460 GPUs as they won't require an extortionate amount of power and thus a high powered PSU. I'm going to assume this card will be more power efficient than 460's in SLi which would presumable make it more powerful than a 480 and/or 580 for similar power consumption
wow is all I have to say - will be good to see a comparssion like Uxon said between that ifs its true and 6990, btw has anyone heard a release date on the 6990? I heard amd where holding off releasing it tilll feb or march sometime?
I see you guys haven't had a look at the Fudzilla/nVidia spin machine. As always Mr. Fudo himself is "certain" about a lot of things. Alas, we'll see...
