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Codex
04-01-2012, 11:48 PM
It's just around the corner ...

http://vr-zone.com/articles/report-amd-radeon-hd-7990-ghz-edition-details/15414.html

Buchon
04-02-2012, 12:23 AM
Fake, its a Aprils fool´s joke.

The real one (7800) :

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/12-03-04/pit1e.jpg

Photo-shopped 7990 :

http://www.techpowerup.com/img/12-04-01/1a.jpg

Codex
04-02-2012, 01:28 AM
Party pooper ;)

Troll2k
04-02-2012, 01:30 AM
The article is dated April 2,2012.

Let us assume for a moment it is real.(or will be real)

Crossfire in the game at the moment does not work.With two discrete cards you can at least remove one.With a dual GPU(internal crossfire) you are stuck.

Codex
04-02-2012, 03:18 AM
The article is dated April 2,2012.

Let us assume for a moment it is real.(or will be real)

Crossfire in the game at the moment does not work.With two discrete cards you can at least remove one.With a dual GPU(internal crossfire) you are stuck.

I'm pretty sure it was a hoax by techpowerup ;)

re: Corssfire ... that is why I'm still tossing up whether to go crossfire again (or SLI if I go with the 680). I'm patiently waiting for the next patch.

Troll2k
04-02-2012, 03:48 AM
The code number under the white AMD logo and above the PCI-e fingers is different in each pic.

Codex
04-02-2012, 04:55 AM
Now you're teasing us ;)

Flanker35M
04-02-2012, 09:25 AM
S!

Next patch and the following ones, as I do believe they will add more fixes later, will determine if I ever go SLI/CrossFire. Otherwise I am totally happy with the performance of a single card and with less hassle.

Buchon
04-02-2012, 02:13 PM
The code number under the white AMD logo and above the PCI-e fingers is different in each pic.

Here is the missing mix :

http://i1-news.softpedia-static.com/images/news2/AMD-Officially-Releases-Radeon-HD-7770-1GH-Edition-Graphics-Card-8.jpg

The numbers and some board are mixed.

Under some circumstances a multi-GPU system is the way to go, for example a multi-screen setup, but I don´t like the SLI/Crossfire systems because they cost twice the money, consume twice energy, have twice amount of problems but it don´t have the twice performance.

Codex
04-03-2012, 02:56 AM
Under some circumstances a multi-GPU system is the way to go, for example a multi-screen setup, but I don´t like the SLI/Crossfire systems because they cost twice the money, consume twice energy, have twice amount of problems but it don´t have the twice performance.

Very true however you wouldn't (or shouldn't) get a multi-GPU setup expecting the performance to increase by the number of GPU's you have. What it does or should give you (if the game code is written well), is a higher minimum level frames per second. Meaning you will reduce the number of times the game goes into a slide show.

Having said that, multi GPU setups do suffer produce micro stutters and it's something that is making me reconsider my future setup after the patch.

Flanker35M
04-03-2012, 07:50 AM
S!

Last time I had multi-GPU was with VoodooII and playing EAW etc. It really made a difference and worked flawlessly. Nothing like today when you see tons of threads with problems reported from both camps. I stick with single GPU for now :) Seems to work just fine with enough performance :)

Troll2k
04-03-2012, 08:18 PM
Hard launch April 17th.$849.00

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Radeon-HD7990-New_Zealand-Tahiti-GCN,15198.html

Codex
04-03-2012, 09:27 PM
Hard launch April 17th.$849.00

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Radeon-HD7990-New_Zealand-Tahiti-GCN,15198.html

Check the date and quote on that article ;)

"Unfortunately, it looks like we just got hit with this as an April Fool's gag. Good one, TechPowerUp!"

Troll2k
04-04-2012, 04:26 AM
Shame on me.I did miss the date but the quote was not there when I first looked.

Codex
04-04-2012, 04:46 AM
hehehe ... I was actually hoping there was real news from Tomshardware about the 7990 :-)