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Sapphire has dual-chip 1950

Published on 9th January 2007 by Wil Harris

Massive.

Filling in the lull to R600, Sapphire has been giving the press a preview of its X1950 Pro dual-GPU card here in Vegas.

The card has two chips on the same PCB, joined by a separate bridging chip, and 512MB of memory for each chip making a total of 1GB.

It also has a CrossFire connector on the top of the PCB to allow two of these cards to work together for some Quad action!

The card is expected to cost somewhere in the $300-400 range, which seems fairly reasonable. It's absolutely massive, far longer than an 8800 and much, much taller. If nothing else, it's certainly a talking point!

Also on show was a very funkily passively cooled X1650 XT. This looks like being a great card for those who are freaky keen on avoiding noise in their system. It also has a HDCP chip, which means it could be good for HTPCs.

Do you fancy some quad-chip 1950 action? Let us know over in the forums!

The dual-chip 1950 - massive.

Passively cooled X1650.

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Krikkit 9th January 2007, 17:25

Ooooh momma that's tempting, £250-300 for one of those would be a nice upgrade, just a shame it's out not long before R600...

DougEdey 9th January 2007, 17:27

Did they show any results of Quad action?

Mankz 9th January 2007, 17:58

that looks nice.

eat that Quad SLi !!

Hugo 9th January 2007, 18:01

Well, they may not have the performance crown at the moment, but they sure have the "Too Big To Fit In 90% of Cases" Award :p

WhiskeyAlpha 9th January 2007, 19:09

Jesus Christ!

Would you look at the size of that thing!

It extends the pci bracket by a good 1"/1.5" and must be at least a foot long! I think this is just more of a 'party piece' for sapphire than any thing else. I mean many people are struggling to fit the 8800GTX behemoth in their case, let alone this monster.

DXR_13KE 9th January 2007, 20:30

that thing is huge!!!!! it is power in a huge package.... i prefer the 8800 = power in a smaller package + DX10 :D

M4RTIN 9th January 2007, 20:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by DXR_13KE
. i prefer the 8800 = power in a smaller package + DX10 :D

probably the only time someone has said a 8800 is small lol..

wonder if they made it out of 2 mobile x1900's or just went mad and used full fat ones

Yosemite 9th January 2007, 21:32

omg, im speachless. its a monster, but i want it lol, and i agree i never thought i'd hear the 8800 called small either.

i dont think i'm man enough for it lmao

frodo 9th January 2007, 21:38

would love one... shame that thing wouldnt even fit in my case :(

i can get an 8800gtx in my case... that thing would just not work cause its tall instead of long! gah! stupid design!

r600... i want more

DXR_13KE 9th January 2007, 22:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by M4RTIN
probably the only time someone has said a 8800 is small lol..

at least its smaller..... but it is still very fat and big.

eddtox 9th January 2007, 22:28

HUUUUUUGE! The heatpipe design looks quite funky though.. if you have the right case for it..

-ed out

Gravemind123 9th January 2007, 23:05

If this had come out earlier, it may have had some success, but with 8800s, R600s and its size, I don't think it will have much appeal, but it is cool! I like the look of that x1650xt though!

r4tch3t 10th January 2007, 00:41

As gravemind said, if it had come earlier, but when I next get a graphics card, it will be a DX10 part.

HourBeforeDawn 10th January 2007, 04:22

okay Im getting two of them just for the hell of it ^_^

Paradigm Shifter 10th January 2007, 10:46

Nice. I want two. :D

Gravemind123 11th January 2007, 01:31

Is there any word on if driver support for quad-crossfire will be released at the time this card is?