Any word on 6990 at all??

[stangflyer]

Anyone have idea when this may be out! Sold my 5970 3 weeks ago and using 2x260gtx in the meantime. Person I am borrowing the 260's from needs them back on 1-1-2011. Gonna be tough to use a 250 gts as my main gpu until 6990 comes out!!

[skipclarke]

January is the announced timeframe. CES would be a good time for the reveal, especially if there is a surprise like support for 5 or 6 panels. I'd expect launch and sale to be sometime mid January.

[Jejking]

Agreed with above. For 6990 you can count on something like 2x 6970 on 6950 clocks to stay within 300W TDP range.

[Avatar72]

Why not just get the 2 6950(70) now? Wont it be roughly the performance?
I've been reading about the 6990 and not clear on the advantages of it.

[suiken_2mieu]

Why not just get the 2 6950(70) now? Wont it be roughly the performance?
I've been reading about the 6990 and not clear on the advantages of it.

The advantage is always that it's all in one card.

[Avatar72]

With two GPU, does it still place itself in Crossfire mode or does it function more like a single card?

[Drex]

Why not just get the 2 6950(70) now? Wont it be roughly the performance?
I've been reading about the 6990 and not clear on the advantages of it.

Well the 5970 was 2 x 5870's on one card but they were clocked down to 5850 speeds,and they basically did this to keep power consumption & heat issues in check.

So yes,if they do the same with 6990,then it should be 2 x 6970 clocked down to 6950 speeds.

And if they do this,then like you say 2 x 6950 will have very similar performance to 1 x 6990.

The reason a lot of people like the 5970 & 6990 is because its a 1 card solution,uses less power than 2 cards and also generates less heat.

[Drex]

With two GPU, does it still place itself in Crossfire mode or does it function more like a single card?

The 5970 & 6990 are both deemed as crossfire,exactly the same as if you had 2 graphics cards in your system crossfired.

[stangflyer]

Biggest reason for me is that I use a 250gts for physx. Then I am still in a 2 card physical solution. Also the 5970 I had was 12 inches long and the 250 gts is like 8.5-9 inches long. The 5970 fan is totally exposed to get fresh air because it is so much longer than the 250gts. When you use 6950/6970 in xfire the top card does not get enough air. (my pcie slot have about 3/8 to 1/2 inch room between cards). Also to have physx then u need 3 gpu's.

Sold my 5970 3 weeks ago or so and I am using 2x260gtx in sli till I see the 6990 in action. I can see how much higher temp the top 260 gets to because it doesn't get as much air. I am using a haf 932 case btw.