AMD's Dual GPU Monster, The Radeon HD 3870 X2

MojoKid writes "AMD officially launched their new high-end flagship graphics card today and this one has a pair of graphics processors on a single PCB. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 was codenamed R680 throughout its development. Although that codename implies the card is powered by a new GPU, it is not. The Radeon HD 3870 X2 is instead powered by a pair of RV670 GPUs linked together on a single PCB by a PCI Express fan-out switch. In essence, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 is "CrossFire on a card" but with a small boost in clock speed for each GPU as well. As the benchmarks and testing show, the Radeon HD 3870 X2 is one of the fastest single cards around right now. NVIDIA is rumored to be readying a dual GPU single card beast as well."

With AMD Open Source Linux Drivers

[lord_rob the only on]

It's time to change my aging Athlon 900 MHz then :-).

Multiprocessing everywhere!

[AceJohnny]

Can't make it faster? Make more. Another multiprocessing application. Can I haz multiprocessor network card plz?

When can I have a quantum graphics card that displays all possible pictures at the same time ?

Re:Multiprocessing everywhere!

[mwvdlee]

Here's your "all possible pictures at the same time" (using additive mixing), and it doesn't even require you to buy a new graphics card:














Cool éh?

Re:Multiprocessing everywhere!

[kvezach]

Bah, that probability distribution is just wrong! Or you overflowed all your pixels.

Re:R680

[MightyYar]

You must be mis-pronouncing it - it's R-Upside-Down-Nine-Vertical-Infinity-Circle. That's how the engineers all refer to it internally.

Pretty cool if you ask me.

Next up...

[jez9999]

Work is in the pipeline for a board which can house all your computer's necessary components, including a multiple core CPU that can handle graphics AND processing all-in-one! It will be the mother of all boards.