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Dual GPU graphics solution from ATi?

Posted by Hemos on from the imagine-a-beo-nevermind dept.

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!"

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  1. Re:ATi by dinivin · · Score: 5, Informative

    UntiL ATi makes their own *nix drivers, im stickin to Nvidia.

    You mean like the linux drivers that ATI wrote for the Radeon 8500 and 8800? Guess you'll be switching to ATI now, right?

    Dinivin

  2. Stop Slamming ATI by N8F8 · · Score: 5, Informative

    I read a lot of people complaining about ATI. I think people need to put a little perspective on things. NVidia came out of the blue and used their superior 3D chipsets to grab the mainstream Video market. ATI's response was slow at first, but is really gaining steam. I've got a Mobility M4 in my laptop with great new OpenGL drivers. In my home PC I've got a Radeon 8500 LE that runs 99.9% of all the DirectX games. In the case of the former, my 2D performance was the biggest factor. In the latter, the price gap for comarative performance was a joke. $99 for the ATI Radeon 8500 LE (NewEgg.com) vs $180 for a Nvidia GF4 4400. NVidia is now using their market dominance to bleed the market (a familiar strategy that eventually backfires). Not to mention the beautiful All-In-Wonder I bought for my parent's computer that has the best MultiMedia and TV Tuner I've seen (DScaler ain't bad but can't seem to pick up as many stations).

    For all you GNU/Linux junkies, ATI has been much more forthcoming in information for developing XF86 drivers than NVidia(proprietary binary only).

    --
    "God fights on the side with the best artillery." - Napoleon, Marshal of France - speaking truth to power
  3. Re:Picture -- FAKE by jest3r · · Score: 5, Informative

    That picture looks like a photoshop job ..

    For one the Heatsink fans are exactly the same - right down to the positioning of the fan fins ..

    For two the wires from one of the fans are not casting a shadow ..

    In fact if you do a Google image search you can find the original image .. although some of the stuff has been switched around this is a pretty amateur job.

    see original here:
    http://home.earthlink.net/~doniteli/radeon8 500-64m b.jpg