Computex 2007: RV630 at HIS, dual-chip and on AGP

Tuesday 05th June 2007, 02:02:00 PM, written by TeamB3D

We're not at Computex this year but our brethren over at HEXUS have made the trip, uncovering two RV630-based products by HIS that deviate from the norm. The first pairs two RV630s on a single die, the second bridges the chip to AGP, giving users of AGP one more reason not to bother upgrading to PCI Express.

Their Computex 2007 Headline shows pictures of both, the dual-chip board communicating with the outside world via a PLX PCI Express multi-lane switch. Two DVI ports are present with what looks like headers for two more (giving two per GPU as expected), and each GPU is connected to 256MiB of memory.

The resulting PCB looks to be shorter than an 8800 GTX, and while the cooling solution isn't shown we'll be surprised if it's not dual-slot. The board needs a 6-pin feed from your PSU and HEXUS note that it won't be around for a while and might remain an engineering curiosity at best.

The AGP HD 2600 XT looks to be your standard bridged-to-AGP fare, HIS making use of an extra IC to bring the PCI Express-native GPU to the older connector standard. AGP8X receives another shot in the arm, then, for those clinging on to older systems.

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