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Title: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: jjshabadoo on August 30, 2012, 12:06:42 AM AMD is not going to make a reference model, which is why the powercolor card has been changed from a 7970x2 to a 7990.
What a bunch of dumbasses, how the hell does AMD screw the pooch like this? Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: -ck on August 30, 2012, 12:09:25 AM AMD is not going to make a reference model, which is why the powercolor card has been changed from a 7970x2 to a 7990. Let's see... how can AMD do something stupid? Now for anyone that's been mining long enough, this question is about as rhetorical as they get...What a bunch of dumbasses, how the hell does AMD screw the pooch like this? Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: AndrewBUD on August 30, 2012, 12:44:46 AM Does it not give partners more options in creating a card when they do not have to follow a reference design?
Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: Fiyasko on August 30, 2012, 01:08:16 AM Does it not give partners more options in creating a card when they do not have to follow a reference design? I would assume thats true, But at the same time there becomes nolonger a "standard working 6990" that companies expand off of (by chaging coolers/sinks/fans/caps/ports/etc)So we could get ALOT of SHIT "7990's" Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: 1l1l11ll1l on August 31, 2012, 03:36:13 AM The canned it after the announcement of the BFL ASICs
Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: crazyates on August 31, 2012, 05:25:30 AM The canned it after the announcement of the FTFY Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: MrTeal on August 31, 2012, 06:51:59 AM The canned it after the FTFY FTFY Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: The-Real-Link on September 05, 2012, 11:14:28 PM Caught a quick note saying PowerColor had already made a gargantuan tri-slot cooler at true 7990 speeds but not sure when it'll be released. I don't think AMD themselves seems to be making a model - that'd be quite different than previous cards for sure.
But either way at that point by the time you could get ahold of one, it'd probably make more sense to go ASIC unless you could use the card for other GPU projects, gaming, or business. Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: jjshabadoo on September 06, 2012, 12:19:17 AM I wanted them for bitcoin until ASIC and then other computer jobs after that. If they had gotten it right it should have been a very efficient card, especially under volted.
Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: crazyates on September 06, 2012, 12:46:22 AM I wanted them for bitcoin until ASIC and then other computer jobs after that. If they had gotten it right it should have been a very efficient card, especially under volted. Efficient? Yep! Expensive? Double yep! Title: Re: Looks like no reference 7990 Post by: Pipesnake on September 09, 2012, 04:55:39 PM ....unless you could use the card for other GPU projects, gaming, or business. Or heating your bedroom. |