Price = too much :(

Originally Posted by The_Beast
Price = too much :(

...you see the price, where?

Originally Posted by Tulatin
...you see the price, where?

I dont think you need to see the price to know its going to cost the earth.

Also did a bit of googling saw some pretty cool pics of it. If this is triple core and comes with its own water cooling kit you can bet your ass its going to cost a lot.

pics
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7559.html

24,000 marks on 3dMark06 with one card!

So if you got 3 of these bad boys in 3 pci-x16 slots, for 9Way Crossfire, then you could play Crysis?

Originally Posted by 500mph
So if you got 3 of these bad boys in 3 pci-x16 slots, for 9Way Crossfire, then you could play Crysis?

Only if you're willing to forgo antialiasing.

I'm impressed by the audacity of it, but this is nothing more than showing off. I don't really like the idea of cramming a hundred cores onto one card and installing a factory peltier-to-water system to handle the billion watts of heat (yes, I know it's not quite that bad). What I'd really like to see is some more focus on power consumption in graphics cards - CPUs have made huge improvements lately, and ATI has worked wonders with the idle power of their graphics cards, but it's not enough. My video card currently draws more power than my processor.

Originally Posted by Matticus
I dont think you need to see the price to know its going to cost the earth.

Also did a bit of googling saw some pretty cool pics of it. If this is triple core and comes with its own water cooling kit you can bet your ass its going to cost a lot.

pics
http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7559.html

DUDE!

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03/28/asus_shows_off_its_hd_3850_x3_trinity/1

:(:( Does no one read the site they post on :'(

You can't buy it, it's an engineering sample.

interesting as a proof of concept, but woudnt really be good as a retail product (asus knows that though, so it wont come out in retail (for now)), a oc'd 3807x2 will beat it anyday.
the cost would be high due to the number of pcbs used and enthusiasts (i.e. the market for expensive hw) would never consider a thermaltake watercooling.