Dual GPU graphics solution from ATi?

Graphics Guru writes "Last week TweakTown posted an exclusive picture of the ATi Radeon 8500 MAXX with believable accompanying information also regarding the highly anticipated ATi R300. 3DChipset is today reporting that they have confirmation that the 8500 MAXX is indeed real and is due to be shipped fairly soon. Here's what someone from ATi told them: "The ATI Radeon 8500 Maxx is for real and the card is already in full production and about to be shipped soon. ATi has finally nailed certain issues with the dual chip. Final testings have been done and you should here noise from ATi regarding this offering." You decide if it is real or not, a solid dual GPU solution would surely rock the industry to massive proportions!"

Comments

bad news for Linux?

[tps12]

The technology is cool, but I'm afraid of the impact this could have on the Linux world. Drivers for this monster are no doubt going to be part of Windows XP from the get-go, but it'll probably take the XFree86 team a few months to get a Linux driver out.

I think if Slashdot wants to do the Linux world a favor, then it should stop playing up the new great hardware, and instead focus on the reliable, established tech that is well-supported in Linux. Otherwise, we are just driving people to Windows.

Re:bad news for Linux?

[tux-sucks]

Why does that matter? The majority of users use Windows. Does every product mentioned on Slashdot need to be somehow related to an operating system that a fraction of the community uses? You would not post a story concerning a major breakthough in gpu technology simply because it wont be readily supported for linux? Absurd.

Re:Bull

[two-bookoo!]

I typically don't follow trends set by stupid people, besides how can you judge the quality of a item if it is owned by a stupid person, they prolly don't know what fps even means!