ASUS 7800GT-DUAL

[IfReborn]

From:
http://www.vr-zone.com/?i=2728&s=1

The ASUS 7800GT-DUAL card is pretty interesting as it seems. It has a single 6-pin molex connector to power two GPUs but it requires an external power source using an AC adapter. This card has two DVI-out and two VGA connectors. Not forgetting, it is a huge card so not all casings can fit this in.

pictures on site

my thoughts. if your going to have Dual this may be the way to go. what?s the advantage of having 2 cards in your pc? (besides the fact no one really makes single card dual solutions yet)

 

[johnnqq]

interesting...

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: johnnqq
interesting...

 

[SickBeast]

That's wild. Would that be faster than an SLI rig?

 

[mooncancook]

Can I SLI two of these?

 

[compgeek89]

Is this useable on Non-SLI boards? (Sorry I can seem to connect ot vr-zzone )

 

Originally posted by: mooncancook
Can I SLI two of these?

lol

 

[IfReborn]

Originally posted by: buck

Originally posted by: mooncancook
Can I SLI two of these?

lol

i dont think so. but the gaming site i first saw this on said you could

 

[Keysplayr]

I didn't see any SLI connector up top. But it might be able to do it via software using the driver.

 

[ZobarStyl]

What's curious is that it has four total outputs...can all 4 output at once? It could actually be a Matrox-like solution (4 monitor) with the gaming abilities of a real card. Although I think I'd prefer all DVI.

 

[Corporate Thug]

benchies?

 

[SynthDude2001]

Holy crap...I want one....NOW

 

[entropy1982]

Very cool!

 

[nitromullet]

I'm a little confused about the external power source requirement. I've run dual 7800GTX's of my SLI PSU with no issues, why not just put two 6-pin molexes on it? Adding the extra wall wart makes it kind of ghetto IMO. Other than that, this is pretty cool as a design excercise. As far as owning one... I would think that this card would probably be pretty expensive and would lose more re-sale value than two 7800GT's, which you could potentially sell to two different individuals. There will most likely be a decent number of people in the market for a single GT next year, but very few for this card. Either way, interesting card to say the least.

 

[SketchMaster]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
I didn't see any SLI connector up top. But it might be able to do it via software using the driver.

Well, seeing as there is a 4 x SLI Motherboard in the works (there is a thread on it here), I would say that it may be possible to do it.

Now think about this, four of thoes guys running SLI. Oooh mama!

 

[entropy1982]

When are these coming?

 

[piddlefoot]

yea neat l want one !