Asus Extrme edition dual 7800's on one board

[FarFarAway]

Yes we've heard about this madness, but HeXus are the first I've seen to grab one and stick it through its paces.

Damn its a bit beast and comes with its own external power supply. That amused me

Produces figures almost exactly the same as 7800GTX's in SLI and well: thats pretty damn awesome

So looks exciting and HeXus have the gen as well as a full review on its way

 

[ionicle_old]

needs its own power suply?! :O....must b powerfull...i want one!!! lol...how much wil they b when they come out?

 

[JN]

I really like the idea of graphics cards with external power. The old Voodoo5 (i think it was) used to have one.

IMO, a much better idea than having all the power problems everybody seems to have powering cards in SLI.

Also much cheaper than buying an SLI compliant PSU.

 

[limqareb]

omg that owns

 

[Zyxthior]

Get Two and put them in SLI!!!!!

:yumyum: :worship:

 

[limqareb]

Get Two and put them in SLI!!!!!

:yumyum: :worship:

omg i woul d get that in 10 years time lol when cheap in malte

 

[Raging]

that roxxorz!!,i wants one

 

[bloodthirst]

thats fking unreal

 

[FragTek]

Biggest mistake I can see is the lack of SLi compatibility... What a fucking stupid idea on Asus's part. So many people would be lining up for these if u could run em in SLi.

 

[Eguy]

/me stays with his sli

 

[NickS]

i thought u cld use 2 cards w/out bridges now?

 

[JN]

Not that i've heard Nick. All i've seen is the jumperless switching between 16x and 8x PCI-E.

If you've seen anything about please enlighten us

 

[FarFarAway]

Yes you can use SLi without the link but it does not tield very good results.

Its somewhere in the Tech forum.

If you buy one of these babies you don't want it to perform under par do you? I'd imagine they'd cost a fortune

 

[JN]

Yes you can use SLi without the link but it does not tield very good results.

Its somewhere in the Tech forum.

If you buy one of these babies you don't want it to perform under par do you? I'd imagine they'd cost a fortune

Is that on any board kemp?

 

[PV5150]

Man what a beast. :yumyum: Although this appears to be the same as Gigabytes dual 6800 card, that was reliant on a specific motherboard, and was not able to be run in SLI mode, which blows. I love the external power supply, it's about time they started following this pathway.

 

[FarFarAway]

I'm pretty sure this can run off any motherboard - well I hope so

And I can't remember what board it was off-hand Jim

 

[NickS]

@XMS...you can use no bridges--with NO performance loss now. They also allow you SLi, older 6600 Non-GT's that didn't have the SLi bridge.

 

[JN]

@XMS...you can use no bridges--with NO performance loss now. They also allow you SLi, older 6600 Non-GT's that didn't have the SLi bridge.

Sweet - got linkage? I'd like to read up on this one.