AMD provides a sneak peek at its Radeon HD 7990

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AMD took the wraps off a new high-end reference-design video card at the end of the company’s GDC press briefing Tuesday night: the dual-GPU Radeon 7990.

Details are exceedingly sparse: Matt Skynner, general manager of AMD’s graphics business unit, simply held up the card for the audience to see. “This is the first public showing,” Skynner said. “We’re not saying much about it other than it’s two series-7900 GPUs on a single card, and it’s whisper quiet.”
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As you can see from this slide taken from AMD’s presentation, it’s a full-size, dual-slot card. A heat sink runs the length of the board, and there are three cooling fans. AMD had previously mentioned that the Radeon 7990, code-named Malta, at the CeBit trade show in Germany, but this is the first time the card has been shown.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032177/amd-provides-a-sneak-peek-at-its-radeon-hd-7990.html

This card is gonna be rocking, just a pity they waited so long to get it out, with the new 8xxx launching around about September this year. Still a sick card though!!
 
i like the 2 slot design but that should mean the fans will sound like a Boeing taking off. I'll take 2 in crossfire thanks..

I imagine pricing will be on par with the GTX690.. So that should mean.. hmmm... R12000 - R14000 for graphics cards :eek:
 
Phatso said:
i like the 2 slot design but that should mean the fans will sound like a Boeing taking off. I'll take 2 in crossfire thanks..

I imagine pricing will be on par with the GTX690.. So that should mean.. hmmm... R12000 - R14000 for graphics cards :eek:
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Triple slot fan's cant be so bad, specially if they running on a dynamic speed system. GPU gets hot fan speed up, GPU gets cold fans speed down.

Also massive copper heat sink = more surface area so it will cool off quicker. Hence the fans wont have to run very fast.
 
JustAGuy said:
That is pretty sexy. Gonna be a mission to keep it dust free and quiet I think
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As I stated above:
Also massive copper heat sink = more surface area so it will cool off quicker. Hence the fans wont have to run very fast.
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...and the article joker posted:
Details are exceedingly sparse: Matt Skynner, general manager of AMD’s graphics business unit, simply held up the card for the audience to see. “This is the first public showing,” Skynner said. “We’re not saying much about it other than it’s two series-7900 GPUs on a single card, and it’s whisper quiet.”
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Why do people see 3 fans and think ZOMFGSUPAHOTGPU?
 
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