NVIDIA Unveils Dual-GPU Powered GeForce GTX 690 93
MojoKid writes "Today at the GeForce LAN taking place in Shanghai, NVIDIA's CEO Jen Hsun Huang unveiled the company's upcoming dual-GPU powered, flagship graphics card, the GeForce GTX 690. The GeForce GTX 690 will feature a pair of fully-functional GK104 "Kepler" GPUs. If you recall, the GK104 is the chip powering the GeForce GTX 680, which debuted just last month. On the upcoming GeForce GTX 690, each of the GK104 GPUs will also be paired to its own 2GB of memory (4GB total) via a 256-bit interface, resulting in what is essentially GeForce GTX 680 SLI on a single card. The GPUs on the GTX 690 will be linked to each other via a PCI Express 3.0 switch from PLX, with a full 16 lanes of electrical connectivity between each GPU and the PEG slot. Previous dual-GPU powered cards from NVIDIA relied on the company's own NF200, but that chip lacks support for PCI Express 3.0, so NVIDIA opted for a third party solution this time around."
Re:From the TFA: the top right connector is differ (Score:5, Informative)
Great (Score:2, Informative)
It is pretty much impossible right now to get a GTX 680 unless one wants to get gouged due to the short supply.
When will nVidia get enough chips out so my searches aren't forever out of stock?
Re:From the TFA: the top right connector is differ (Score:4, Informative)
They're all dual-link (at least the connectors are - that doesn't guarantee the hardware behind them is). Single-link connectors have two blocks of nine pins on each side, and the middle block of nine pins is only on dual-link connectors. The top connector is dual-link DVI-D, while the others are dual-link DVI-I. A DVI-D port will not support a VGA adapter.