*card :)

I can tell you one thing, PowerColor until the last moment thought this card will be named HD 7970X2 (their microsite reveal that).
So as OBR says, this is a desperate move from AMD. Unless it will cost $800..

And by the way, the picture shows that card has three 6-pin connectors, while the specs say it requires 3 8-pin, so what’s the truth PowerColor?

The actual card shows 3x 8-pin. To me this card is only good for 2 things:

- Computing applications – DirectCompute / OpenCL on the consumer side
- Bitcoin mining

For gaming, it’s going to be a power hog and be beaten badly by HD7970 Ghz Edition in CF with OCing.

Given that this will be a limited production run, I think it acts as a Halo product for the PowerColor brand, like the Dodge Viper is for Chrysler or Bugatti Veyron is for the VW Group. I don’t think PowerColor even cares that they sell only 500. It’s more like marketing for them that their company can make these types of outrageous products. This is no different than Sapphire TOXIC 6GB that costs $700. Everyone knows it’s a waste of $, but it’s great “Premium/Enthusiast” marketing for the Sapphire brand.

With single card dual-GPUs, you gotta launch as soon as possible. The market is so small and niche, that if you miss your time frame launch, there is no point. GTX690 was too good from NV, very fast, elegant and sipping GPU power. :)

That would be a massive failure probably use 600W of power and have 25% scaling for the 3rd GPU. I’ve seen guys test GTX670 Tri-SLI and the 3rd card was getting 25-50% scaling. Xbitlabs did Tri-SLI 670 and they found 25-35% scaling half the time at least. Imagine 3 HD7970 cards in Cross-fire, it would fail.

Why do you want a 2nd 670? Are you gaming on a 1080P monitor? You can pick up a 2nd one when they drop to $200. I think prices are inflated right now. It’s been 9 months since 7970 launched and 670 is still going for nearly $400. I am hoping next generation is much faster.

Apparently Crysis 3 will make out PCs melt :)
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Crytek-Crysis-3-Keplar-FPS-Melting-PC,16928.html

GTX780 SLI ! ! Come on NV.

Amd can’t launch the 7990 because the power consumption is too high unlike the gtx 690 have lower PC.