Somewhere in Taiwan a power supply is weeping ... GTX490 unweiled

[abbY]

Fermi was long delayed, but it is finally hitting the market and reminding ATI that it hasn’t totally won the graphics war, even if it did get quite the head start on DirectX 11. At Computex in Taiwan NVIDIA unveiled an impressive portfolio of upcoming products that looks to jump start the struggling GPU maker. Highlights included upcoming Fermi mobile GPUs and a mid-range GPU, the GeForce GTX 465, which is based on GF100 chips binned aside for minor defects.

But NVIDIA saved perhaps the best for last. ** Today, along with board partner Galaxy it unveiled a beastly dual-GPU Fermi board designed to make even the toughest gaming rigs weep over some incredible high framerates – and power draws.**
*The board carries two GTX 470 chips and draws over twice what a single Fermi draws – which means that it sucks down loads of power, falling inside a massive 430 W TDP. **It requires two (!) 8-pin *connectors to feed its mighty cities of transistors.
Power supply manufacturers can breathe a brief sigh of relief, though; there’s no word when or if the card will be officially released. The card is thought to carry 3 GB of GDDR5 memory – matching NVIDIA’s current Quadro card, which primarily retails for commercial use. And it can likely double for a portable space heater in a pinch.

The dual GPU spotting in the wild confirms months of rumors. Many rumors point to an upcoming release of a dual chip version called the “GTX 490”. While there’s no word from NVIDIA on whether this is indeed the official title, we can at least take the dual core Fermi off the list of mythical monsters, leaving behind dragons, sasquatches, and, of course, the ever-popular Kraken.

Link->DailyTech - NVIDIA Brings Out the Big Guns – a Dual Fermi GPU 430W Beast

Image Link → Computex - Galaxy Dual GeForce GTX 470 Fermi spotted

Update: Galaxy prototyp, not a model design from NVIDIA

[ragzdiablo]

430w TDP.. !..

cant wait for the benchies..

amazing topic name..

[abbY]

@ragzdiablo

430w TDP.. !..
cant wait for the benchies..

amazing topic name..

do u mean testing how quickly this oen boils an egg compared to its predecessors ?

[gamingstill]

430 W is too much …nice topic name

[abbY]

Topic name has been copied from dailytech.com, I ain’t worthy of the credit.

[Infected]

@abbY

do u mean testing how quickly this oen boils an egg compared to its predecessors ?

Ha Ha Ha…really well put…

I can bet this still wont beat the 5970, at max it would be close with the ATI’s solution at a much lower TDP at less than 300Watts I believe.

I love nVidia, but not at the rate they are going, at this rate they might as well start to make Microwave Ovens, or something of that sort…

[neojjjk]

superb news… gtx 490 FTW

[madnav]

this is new Green series card from nVidia.

they are promoting fermi as an alternative to LPG.

soon we will see house hold product-line compatible with fermi from their partners.

this is the future guys!!!

[HailStonE]

Now I really know why I really love Nuclear Power plants… Finally.. !!

[damn]

Few of those sold and we’d have 5 hour power-cuts every day.

[adi_vastava]

@damn

Few of those sold and we’d have 5 hour power-cuts every day.

good one

[adi_vastava]

@abbY

Topic name has been copied from dailytech.com, I ain’t worthy of the credit.

Can’t help now, repped you first than read this, Anyways I was not going to read dailytech.

[abbY]

What really surprized me is that the GPU is as big as the Quad and Hex core CPU’s, not really used to see such huge die sized GPU’s, DAMMIT has chosen the right strategy of having multiple smaller GPU’s in crossfire rather than one burly mammoth, but the problem for DAMMIT is that crossfire isn’t as good as Nvidia in terms of scaling and support for games… alas ! as always this is not the perfect world.

[user67]

Guys, this wont be the mammoth GTX490..

GTX490 is supposedly a 2xGF104 which is a cut down 2nd Generation Fermo… it will be 2xGTX460 which should launch this or next month… So there’s still hope…for a better future, and power-cut-free afternoons.

[abbY]

@comp@ddict

Guys, this wont be the mammoth GTX490..

GTX490 is supposedly a 2xGF104 which is a cut down 2nd Generation Fermo… it will be 2xGTX460 which should launch this or next month… So there’s still hope…for a better future, and power-cut-free afternoons.

** From which source did you get that information ?**

[Rockfella]

My current HD3450 will eat this for breakfast/lunch and dinner. No kiddin… card looks awesome!

[neojjjk]

@abbY

** From which source did you get that information ?**

Fudzilla
Fudzilla - Nvidia’s dual GPU card reportedly designated GTX 490

[Aman27deep]

@abbY

this can be sold to doctors to heat the water which is used to sterilize equipments.

^ I like quoting xD