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AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5870 X2 "Hemlock" poses for the camera

by Parm Mann on 25 September 2009, 12:00

Tags: ATI Radeon HD 5970, AMD (NYSE:AMD)

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It's no secret that AMD plans to follow up its range-topping Radeon HD 5870 graphics card with a dual-GPU variant dubbed the Radeon HD 5870 X2.

The monster card, currently codenamed Hemlock, is scheduled to appear later this year - conveniently around the same time as NVIDIA's DX11 'GT300' GPUs, we reckon. We know it's going to be stupidly quick - and we've hinted at performance in our Radeon HD 5870 CrossFireX review - but we've not yet seen the beast in the flesh... until now.

Pictures of AMD's not-so-secret weapon have appeared online, and it's just what you might have expected - two of AMD's best GPUs sandwiched onto one long PCB (printed circuit board). The images also reveal that power will be provided by six-pin and eight-pin PCIe connectors. Feast your eyes on these, and feel free to dream of a 5870 X2 CrossFireX configuration.



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how is anyone going to be able to fit one of those inside their case, its HUUUUUUUUUUGE!!!!!!!!!
Make sure you have a HUUUUUUUUUUGE case

I have a TJ07 and it has bags of room for it. :)
marshalex
how is anyone going to be able to fit one of those inside their case, its HUUUUUUUUUUGE!!!!!!!!!

Only way it'd fit in my case is if I took a crowbar to my hard-disk cage…
Il be getting the ATCS 840 soon i reckon itl squeeze in there too :p
Powered by 6 and 8 pin PCI-E connectors which will mean lower heat output/noise/power draw compared to the 4870x2 hopefully…