Tuesday, April 9th 2013
Radeon HD 7990 CrossFireX Smiles for the Camera
An anonymous tipster left an interesting picture on our doorsteps. It shows a pair of Radeon HD 7990 "Malta" reference-design graphics cards chugging along inside an enthusiast PC. AMD surprised us late last month, when it showed off a reference-design Radeon HD 7990 dual-GPU graphics card, at the Game Developers' Conference (GDC) event. The cards in this new picture appear to be identical to the one AMD showed. The "Radeon" embossing appears pretty clear on both cards, so one can't mistake them for FirePro S10000.
Bearing a new internal codename "Malta," compared to last year's various dual-HD 7970 contraptions that were codenamed "New Zealand," the new Radeon HD 7990 is being designed to be far more energy efficient, and quiet. While the various "New Zealand" cards often featured three 8-pin PCIe power connectors and triple-slot cooling solutions, "Malta" makes do with just two 8-pin power connectors, and a dual-slot cooler. We've been talking to a lot of reliable sources in the industry, and nobody has any clue about a tentative launch date.
Bearing a new internal codename "Malta," compared to last year's various dual-HD 7970 contraptions that were codenamed "New Zealand," the new Radeon HD 7990 is being designed to be far more energy efficient, and quiet. While the various "New Zealand" cards often featured three 8-pin PCIe power connectors and triple-slot cooling solutions, "Malta" makes do with just two 8-pin power connectors, and a dual-slot cooler. We've been talking to a lot of reliable sources in the industry, and nobody has any clue about a tentative launch date.
75 Comments on Radeon HD 7990 CrossFireX Smiles for the Camera
I wonder if something like this would work on my z77e itx, prolly not... :o
All things aside i think AMD is making a HUGE push in the gaming industry and the next year or 2 should hold a lot for the Red "team"
Yeah, I hear ya dave... Ive seen it too... at times from both camps really. Nothing you could have done about it really. It is what it is. :)
The board is PCIe 3.0 but doesn't support CF/SLI due to be itx. I was just curious for the future upgrades available to me with this machine :) I have no idea how it would work with it being single card, admittedly i know nothing about multi card GFX
If you're interested in taking a gander at 690 in an ITX build, mosey on through this thread on [H], pretty nice.
However, this is the second generation that AMD has had a design that wasn't used fully at launch...the first 512 MB card only used 256 MB of ram for MONTHS after they first came out(I clearly remember everyone saying 512MB was useless, then a driver came out and boost performance). That says a lot about how much the 7-series driver base has changed, and I am pretty sure that the whole driver team changed over the life of the 7-series, too. I knew about this problem, yet still have four AMD 79xx-series GPUs, so clearly I still have some faith in AMD.
Sorry bur couldnt help myself on that.
I just think the he could have saved on the CPU, IIRC that board can't OC :confused: HaHa Grampa CrossFire in Da Hizzouse! I remember the dongle days :p PCIe only ;)
This is both sad to hear and hard to believe :o I'm wondering if it is because you run Eyefinity/MultiPanel? Like if you were running single panel only would you still have as many issues? I'm sure you tried everything... Well IIRC Nvidia had years to work with SLi tech before they released it to the masses so naturally they should have the better overall product. That said, i don't doubt ATi's ability with this new architecture and the ability of the driver team to get things sorted out a bit better in the near future. Especially considering the parterships AMD/ATi is currently involved in, and will be in the near future. I'm thinking that in ~2yrs i'll be installing a dual GPU card into my system :)
there would still be traces for a 'crossfire ribbon' on the card.
because seriously, if plx owned the tech to enable sli or crossfire through their pcie ic's they would make a killing. 3DFX SLI 1998
ATI "MAXX" (crossfire) 2000
Nvidia SLI 2004
If your going by what PcPer data and saying that SLI is better is just plain silly.
Its like saying your still willing to be robber but aslong as the robber makes the robbery as smooth as possible for you its okay. Although the robber will only be smooth at 1080p and at 1440p he start roughing you up and at 5760x1080 the robber will call his buddy and they both rough you up :rolleyes:
I personally rather not be robbed at all. :D
I'm sure theres plenty of web-site for that kind of fetish/mind set and cost far less then buying two GTX 680s. :p
Unless of course, you want to tell us you run SLI and have issues, and can document them like PCPerspective does...then...people might actually listen to what you have to say. Until then, your comments are gonna fall on deaf ears. This is, after all, a 7990 thread, not an SLI thread. Crossfire has something to do with the OP, since the card in question is "Crossfire on a stick", which makes the comments from Crossfire users relevant. What Nvidia does, or is doing, or offers...doesn't matter here.
I guess they can be satified compared to what or whom? Not getting as screwed as Xfire users ? They are still getting screwed nonetheless.
I dont see how you or anyone can be happy about that. Although your saying as long as the user is oblivious its okay because there happy ?
All that PCPerspective offers, to me, is a reasonable explanation as to why, and it's and explanation that AMD verified. It also explained why AMD didn't release a driver in March to help fix this, as they had said they would.
That's all. SLI plays no part in this, for me. I don't compare the two. I also don't compare AMD vs Nvidia, since for me, AMD is the only option for VGAs. If a user likes Nvidia videocards, I'll tell them to buy one. I don't make such choices, and don't play favorites. Both sides have their benefits and consequences of use.
What I don't understand is why you care what other people think, and why you make these assumptions?
I doubt i'd be good at it since only one of my four current PCs in my house have a AMD product in them.
Intel/Nvidia
Intel/Nvidia
Intel/Nvidia
Intel/AMD (Current one in my signutare since its the newest one)
I build a new one and giveaway one every 2yrs sometimes i'll update the GPU sooner. I just gave away the oldest pc to my neighbor which had Intel/Nvidia. He mentioned he was struggling to talk to his son back east with his PC so after a few visits I gave him a PC which was atleast 3gens higher then what he was using.
So if anything I should be getting paid by Intel/Nvidia for providing PCs to old and needy people.
:toast:
Anyhow I think i've taken the topic way off course. Back on track I'm still curious to know what chip it will be using ?
I also had 6950s (flashed of course lol) and games were fine except for the troublesome ones that also caused serious SLI issues.
7900 series scales far better than the 6900 series...but I only have one currently. Take away nvidia trickery and I don't think the problems are that bad (they can suck a giant one for all the AA problems that they intentionally cause).