A picture supposedly of a code-named R600-based graphics card from ATI (graphics division of Advanced Micro Devices) has been leaked. The image shows a special “long” version of the rumoured power-hungry graphics card aimed at original equipment manufacturers and system integrators. Asian website VR-Zone claims that there will be two versions of the ATI R600 XTX: one for OEM/SI and one for retail. Both feature 1GB of GDDR4 memory on board, but the OEM version is 12.4” long, whereas the retail is 9.5” long. The power consumption of the AMD R600 graphics card is 270W for 12” version and 240W for 9.5” version. Specifications of ATI R600 are believed to be as follows:
  • 64 4-Way SIMD Unified Shaders, 128 Shader Operations/Cycle
  • 32 texture mapping units, 16 raster operation units
  • 512-bit memory interface full 32 bit per chip connection
  • 230W thermal power envelope
View: Leaked Image
News source: X-bit Labs


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Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by IceBreakerG on 11 Feb 2007 - 23:53
Got damn that's a big ass card.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by Zyphrax on 11 Feb 2007 - 23:57
Sheesh, attach two blades to it and you can mow the lawn with it
Quote this comment #2.1 Posted by Googintosh on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:33
Quote this comment #2.2 Posted by Mad_Griffith on 12 Feb 2007 - 01:17
Quote - (Zyphrax said @ #2)
Sheesh, attach two blades to it and you can mow the lawn with it


ahaha!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by Islander on 11 Feb 2007 - 23:59
Does the nuclear power plant come in a separate box or is it included in the retail package ?
(4 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by RAID 0 on 11 Feb 2007 - 23:59
WOW... Massive.. and power hungry? I'll go with the 8800, thank you!
Quote this comment #4.1 Posted by Zyphrax on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:04
Sure because the 8800 is like Alaska on batteries right? NOT
And in that package you get to use the ****ty new control panel.
Quote this comment #4.2 Posted by vetneufuse on 12 Feb 2007 - 03:35
Quote - (Zyphrax said @ #4.1)
Sure because the 8800 is like Alaska on batteries right? NOT
And in that package you get to use the ****ty new control panel.


better then the POS .NET control app ATI gives you...
Quote this comment #4.3 Posted by v0ltage789 on 12 Feb 2007 - 04:12
Quote - (neufuse said @ #4.2)
Quote - (Zyphrax said @ #4.1)
Sure because the 8800 is like Alaska on batteries right? NOT
And in that package you get to use the ****ty new control panel.


better then the POS .NET control app ATI gives you...


Even though I have been a NVIDIA fanboy in the past, and own nvidia now..I have to make the comment..

Alteast that ATI user you are arguing with will have decent drivers before the end of the year. My next card is an ATI.
Quote this comment #4.4 Posted by Mistwaver on 12 Feb 2007 - 06:00
Quote - (neufuse said @ #4.2)
Quote - (Zyphrax said @ #4.1)
Sure because the 8800 is like Alaska on batteries right? NOT
And in that package you get to use the ****ty new control panel.


better then the POS .NET control app ATI gives you...


Boohoohoo, cry a river. Most applications these days requires .NET framework to function. There's nothing bad about requiring it, even some games do.

I'd take the "POS .NET control app" ATI gives anyday. Like they say, what you don't know won't hurt you.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by MGS3-SS on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:00
I hear its cooled with dry ice and a miracle (the miracle is included in the retail package).
(3 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by +warwagon on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:05
"Yo mamma's so big, you'd think she was DX10 compatible."
Quote this comment #6.1 Posted by Conjor on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:08
one of the best yo-mama jokes ive heard in years
Quote this comment #6.2 Posted by cyberdrone2000 on 12 Feb 2007 - 03:14
Mine was:
"Yo Radeon's so fat, it's thermal paste is cream-cheese!"

(In a side note, one should never post to Engadget while drunk)
Quote this comment #6.3 Posted by Sp3ctranova on 12 Feb 2007 - 04:32
bahahahahaha that's gold.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by +Digix on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:06
w00t ill have 2 of them plz
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #8 Posted by Conjor on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:08
if you look through the tinted glass stuff you can see 4 heat pipes and fins galore. Looks almost like a heatsink for a CPU... this thing will generate tons of heat... that is if you can fit it in your case
Quote this comment #8.1 Posted by Emmy on 12 Feb 2007 - 05:38
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if you look through the tinted glass stuff you can see 4 heat pipes and fins galore. Looks almost like a heatsink for a CPU... this thing will generate tons of heat... that is if you can fit it in your case


Obviously haven't seen under an 8800, it's just as bad.
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #9 Posted by ACTIONpack on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:16
Does the r600 looks a little bit like 3DFX VOODOO 5 6000?

Quote this comment #9.1 Posted by Mad_Griffith on 12 Feb 2007 - 01:19
Quote - (ACTIONpack said @ #9)
Does the r600 looks a little bit like 3DFX VOODOO 5 6000?


you know, I really thought about that the very first time I saw it.
Quote this comment #9.2 Posted by Fanon on 12 Feb 2007 - 14:39
That's the first thing I thought of: the 3DFX Boat Paddle.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #10 Posted by xispe on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:19
That's the OEM version...

The board itself ends where the cooler starts
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #11 Posted by dmholt57 on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:22
can you say cpu/ceramic heater?
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #12 Posted by NeoFlux on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:26
Isn't this an engineering sample? The actual retail version is meant to be 9.3inches or something.
Quote this comment #12.1 Posted by Bosaka on 12 Feb 2007 - 12:36
Quote - (NeoFlux said @ #12)
Isn't this an engineering sample? The actual retail version is meant to be 9.3inches or something.



Yeah but Im sure this will probably wind up with a three slot cooler if OEM's wanted a fan that massive to keep it cool.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #13 Posted by mundox on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:28
Are you sure those things are video cards? they are huge!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #14 Posted by jking_84 on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:35
That is the ugliest looking card I have ever seen! It looks like an elephant-fish.
Glad they went with DDR4 though. I cant WAIT till they release them. w00t!
Quote this comment #14.1 Posted by Conjor on 12 Feb 2007 - 01:21
if i had that card i wouldnt be looking at it; I would be looking at the hardcore graphics it would be able to render
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #15 Posted by display name on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:36
I'll take a couple.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #16 Posted by trashpickinman on 12 Feb 2007 - 00:45
First thought that popped into my head; "VL BUS".
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #17 Posted by Vexed on 12 Feb 2007 - 01:26
THAT'S A HUGE BITCH!




I couldn't help myself.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #18 Posted by eAi on 12 Feb 2007 - 01:50
Perhaps the graphics card industry needs to think about power consumption, because thats kinda ridiculous... There must be some way to make them more efficient...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #19 Posted by +Digix on 12 Feb 2007 - 01:53
ill mount one of the big ass things on the bonnet of my car just its so big it will look cool
(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #20 Posted by Quick Reply on 12 Feb 2007 - 02:14
GPUs are becoming as large and complicated as the CPU. It's time they move away from being an expansion card, and have their own motherboards to run side-by-side with the CPU (They are essentially Co-Processors anyway)
Quote this comment #20.1 Posted by eAi on 12 Feb 2007 - 02:20
Well, the point of the mother board is that you only have one motherboard... right? Not sure how you imagine that working? They have their own PCB (which is all the motherboard is anyway)...

What you may be suggesting really is that theres a "special" path made for GPUs to the CPU, rather than going through the generic PCI architecture. I imagine that would make things marginally faster, but at the cost of easy expandability.
Quote this comment #20.2 Posted by arsekicker on 12 Feb 2007 - 03:44
Quote - (Quick Reply said @ #20)
GPUs are becoming as large and complicated as the CPU. It's time they move away from being an expansion card, and have their own motherboards to run side-by-side with the CPU (They are essentially Co-Processors anyway)


http://neowin.net/index.php?act=view&id=38004

i think that's what he's referring to
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #21 Posted by +Lexcyn on 12 Feb 2007 - 02:37
Is that the bitchin' fast 3D 2000?!?!

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/35a796d8/5e08eed6
Quote this comment #21.1 Posted by caje on 12 Feb 2007 - 03:45
Quote - (Lexcyn said @ #1)
Is that the bitchin' fast 3D 2000?!?!

http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/35a796d8/5e08eed6


Bahahahahaha!!!! "Ugly mutha heat sinks sold seperately" Funniest thing I ever seen!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #22 Posted by EricJD on 12 Feb 2007 - 03:51
That thing is monstrous!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #23 Posted by Sp3ctranova on 12 Feb 2007 - 04:35
CRIKEY IT'S HUUUUUGE!!!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #24 Posted by Croquant on 12 Feb 2007 - 04:56
Great, now I need a bigger case!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #25 Posted by beniza on 12 Feb 2007 - 05:24
that heatsinks remind of the AMD opteron cooling heatpipe... GPU this day is getting longer... maybe soon it will be same size as a atx mobo and will need a seperate case!!!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #26 Posted by eilegz on 12 Feb 2007 - 05:27
i dont know i find it wrong while everything tend to go to the way of smaller size, less heat, eat less energy and give the best performance posible the video card market its no advancing anymore in those aspects, i think that both nvidia and ati should rethink and focus more about those aspects in a future if they continue like that they will kill pc gaming experience and of course my electric bill.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #27 Posted by pyehac on 12 Feb 2007 - 07:03
And I thought computer components were getting smaller.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #28 Posted by vetnw_raptor on 12 Feb 2007 - 07:26
That reminds me of that funny picture of that "Bitchin' fast! 3D 2000" parody (http://carcino.gen.nz/images/index.php/35a796d8/5e08eed6)

Does it come bundled with a CM Stacker perhaps?

Quote this comment Reply to this comment #29 Posted by chulomixed on 12 Feb 2007 - 07:37
Ok I'm all for great graphics and things, but the amount of power that cards are requiring now adays is outragous. I mean when I change from my ati x800xl to an ati x1900gt, I could tell the difference in my electric bill. That is why I no longer leave my comp on all the time. I now turn it off to save power when I'm not using it.

Hell I know if I would buy that card that thing would just kill me in electricity bills alone.

Why can't they make cards that give top line graphics without such high energy need?
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #30 Posted by nirvash77 on 12 Feb 2007 - 10:28
I think it's not End-user GPU... it's seem like for the work station GPU class. It's rival to QuadroFX. That why it need a lot of energy... Absolute not for me...
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #31 Posted by Gilly on 12 Feb 2007 - 11:05
That's not a graphics card. It's a space station.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #32 Posted by well... on 12 Feb 2007 - 11:36
Im pretty sure the R600 was delayed to make it shorter and that is what it looked like before they shortened it!
Now it has 12 layers of pcb ( a record for a gfx card!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #33 Posted by Aero Ultimate on 12 Feb 2007 - 13:10
Whoa... now where're talking serious business
It had better come with an external power supply, though.
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