Yesterday we were told quite a lot about the coming dual-GPU version of RV670. If you didn’t know about it from before; ATI has plans for a dual-GPU card using two RV670 GPUs. A few days ago we reported about the low, low power consumption of this chip, and this has been confirmed by other sites. The power consumption (104-132 W) is actually roughly half of what R600 consumes (240 W) and it seems that ATI is actually aiming to create a dual-GPU card that will consumes less power than the current Radeon HD 2900 XT. However we were told that this was with frequencies below the 825 MHz, which the GPU of RV670 XT will run at.
At the same time ATI has set it sights for the prestigious 1 TFLOPS barrier. If ATI decides to launch the dual-RV670 with slightly higher frequencies the card will actually be able to break 1 TFLOPS, in theoretical performance, but then of course also consume more power. Both of these arguments are of course great PR for ATI, but it won’t be able to use these until sometime during Q1 of 2008 when the card is suppose to arrive.
We’re still waiting for confirmation on some details, but we may have some more deliciousness for you later on.
