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Following Nvidia’s release of their new, top of the ling single-card GPU, the GeForce GTX 590, Digital Storm is announcing their own high-end hardware. The popular custom PC manufacturer has announced GTX 590 options for the company’s Black OPS and Special OPS lines of gaming PCs. Further bolstering this brute strength approach, Digital Storm is pushing their high-end setup which includes an Intel Core i7 970 hex-core CPU, 12GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, 160GB SSD, and 2x SLI Quad Nvidia GeForce GTX 590 3GB cards. Said configuration can be yours for an unsettling $4,883. If a single GTX 590 is enough, the lower end $2,500 setup with Intel Core i7 2600K, 8GB DDR3 1600MHz RAM, and 1TB 7200 RPM hard drive may be more to your liking. Either way, a lot of power can be had.
For more information, check out Digital Storm’s Black OPS and Special OPS pages.
Fans of Nvidia GPUs will have to wait a couple of more days to duke it out with AMD’s latest 6990 dual-GPU graphics card. According to PC hardware site, Fudzilla, Nvidia has pushed the release date back by two days, with unverified reports citing driver issues. Mind you, the original release date was scheduled for March 22nd – an unofficial date which Nvidia never acknowledged mind you. Nevertheless, it’s far better than other delays we’ve seen in the gadget world. Just consider this two more days to brush up on your kill/death ratio as you wait for the added horsepower to hit your doorstep.
If a single GTX 580 has power that weakens your knees but a price tag that makes you weep, picking up two GTX 460s (or 570s) is the next best choice. In SLI configuration, two of these cards meet or exceed the top-end giant in many instances, proving to be the perfect balance of price and performance. But some people don’t want or don’t have the room for dual card setups. That’s where dual-GPU cards come into play. By cramming two GPU dies on a single PCB, end users re-gain lost space inside of their case, more flexibility for a second dual-gpu card (bringing quad-SLI), lower heat output, and lower power consumption.
With that said, EVGA has officially taken the wraps off of their GeForce GTX 460 2Win dual-gpu card. With two GPU each feature 672 CUDA cores, 700MHz GPU clock, 1,400MHz Shader clock, and a 3,600MHz 256-bit (x2) 2048MB GDDR5 memory. In total, 230.4GB/sec will blow by your eyeballs ensuring you’re throughly wowed. Output support comes by way of 3x DVI ports and a single mini-HDMI port. Because there are essentially two cards at work here, Nvidia’s multi-monitor and 3D game features are supported. But before purchasing the 2Win from EVGA, be sure to measure your case — it’s a long one at 11.5″.
Currently, release date and pricing are not available. For more informaiton, be sure to check out EVGA’s 2Win product page for more information.
Besides their new GT540M mobile GPU, Nvidia had plenty more to talk about today. Hands down more exciting than some extra FPS on your latest gaming laptop was news that Nvidia is teaming up with ARM to build their own desktop CPU — yes, the Intel vs. Nvidia fight just got nasty. The Nvidia/ARM CPU is part of “Project Denver”
Nvidia is in a really good spot right now. Even though Intel reiterated they are focusing on the mobile market, their attempts thus far have been poor at best. Nvidia meanwhile already has an amazing desktop line of desktop hardware. Taking a GPU and turning it into a CPU is in our minds, a bit easier than going about it the other way — exactly what Intel is trying to do. If I were Intel, I’d be might worried right now. If one thing’s for sure, the next few years are going to be very exciting in the desktop computing scene.
While we sit here and contemplate the events that have transpired today, we offer you to jump inside and check out the press release in its entirety.
- December 14, 2010 9:53 pm
We here at Gadgetsteria may have a thing or two for bleeding edge, expensive, fast, flashy computer hardware. But we can certainly appreciate more meager silicon bits. Whether it be price or lack of any real need for earth splitting power, the custom PC market can certainly cater to whatever price point you fall in to. On that note, Colorful Technology has revealed their new single-slot Nvidia GTS 450 graphics card. The big selling point here is of course the single-slot design which means less room taken up inside of your case. For those of you with mid-tower or small cases, this slim design is especially important.
Regarding hardware specifics, the card officially goes by the name of “iGame450-1024M Buri-SLIM” and features 192 CUDA cores clocked at 783MHz and 1GB of GDDR5 memory humming along at 3608MHz. Connecting your favorite monitor(s) is made possible by (2) dual-DVI and (1) mini-HDMI ports.
Currently, pricing and release information is unlisted. Check back soon for more info.
- December 13, 2010 6:33 am
AMD isn’t set to unveil their next generation 97xx cards until December 15th, but BSN was fortunate enough to snag the final launch details and specifications a tad early, complete with several slides. The short version is this: the 6970 should be anywhere from 5%-25% faster than an Nvidia GTX 480. Furthermore, CrossFireX scaling is said to be “a thing of the past”, with the 6970 cards featuring “awesome” GPU scaling as AMD claims.
On that note, one small worry we have is the comparison AMD uses — an Nvidia GTX 480. The card is on its way out and being replaced with the GTX 580 which itself is 10%-20% faster than a GTX 480. So when all is said and done, the AMD 6970 is only going to be ~10% better than the GTX 580 at best. This is all preliminary assumption of course. Though it is interesting to highlight nonetheless.
BSN has the full rundown. Check it out…
- November 16, 2010 2:12 pm
No, my GTX 580 hasn’t quite arrived yet. That little venture of joy starts tonight. But for those of you who have received your GTX 580′s and prepared to benchmark the living joules out of them, you’ve no doubt found out about Nvidia’s new power-limiting feature of the card. Included within the new drivers are special conditions for certain high-stress applications and services. When certain applications such as popular benchmarking tool, Furmark, are used, Nvidia has the cards throttle down to limit heat and protect the inner components.
But thanks to one handy PC enthusiast, we can let the GTX 580 break through its digital shackles and really stretch its legs…
- November 11, 2010 10:55 am
If you’re anxiously holding your wallet in hand, waiting to drop a few bills on the upcoming AMD 69xx graphics cards, you’re going to have to wait a bit longer. In an email to AlienBabelTech, AMD said the following:
Demand for the ATI Radeon HD 5800 series continues to be very strong, the ATI Radeon HD 5970 remains the fastest graphics card in the world and the newest members of the AMD graphics family, the AMD Radeon HD 6850 and HD 6870, have set new standards for performance at their respective price points, and are available in volume. With that in mind, we are going to take a bit more time before shipping the AMD Radeon HD 6900 series. As of today, the NDA lift for information relating to the AMD Radeon HD 6950 and HD 6970 will be the week of December 13th. We will be providing additional information on these products, including the exact date and time of the NDA lift, in the weeks prior to launch.
So instead of November 29th being the day or reckoning, we’ll have to put off our digital adventures a couple more weeks. At that date, getting the latest and greatest 69xx GPUs before Christmas will be a race against time — especially if they don’t end up launching on the same date.
Oh, about that NDA — It’s been broken many, many times (Thanks Google)
Custom PC builders and fans of computer overclocking now have another tool to add to their collection. Popular computer hardware manufacturer, Sapphire, has released a new GPU overclocking tool called “Trixx”. Essentially, it does the same thing as several other tools provided GPU manufacturers — allows you to adjust frequency clocks and voltages on your graphics cards, as well as letting your tweak fan settings. The latter is a huge help, especially when high overclocks are concerned. Heat = bad.
As you can see from the image above, the limits rise quite considerably from ATI’s own 1,000MHz-limited overdrive tool. Granted, not every card is going to run at 1,300MHz as outline by one of the images inside. Nevertheless, the option to run free with your hardware is always nice.
