I will go from 4x 1070s in my PC to 7x. Don't have all the waterblocks yet though, and not home to deal with it either. The GPU waterblocks I'm looking for are near half the price of a GPU in the UK, so I'm holding out for more 2nd hand ones on the used market, when I'm in the US next week.
All I could find was they are not going to invest as much time into it as they had before. It will still be possible and since most people I know who use watercooling dual+ GPU setups use it for benchmarking and the most important benchmark tools will most likely still be supported, I don't see much of an issue here. Dropping support and offering reduced support are two different things. Unless you have other sources?
No, they just aren't calling it crossfire now. They refer to it as mGPU as defined by DX12. 3/4 GPUs as far as gaming goes are done for though. They've been done for awhile on Nvidia and are now done with AMD's VEGA. Now only dual cards are supported. Before with DX9-11, Nvidia/AMD had to make a profile specifically for it and the game needed to support it as well. In DX12, its more incumbent upon the game developer, although tweaks from the GPU makers are still needed.
Honestly, don't bother with dual GPU right now. Unless you have a specific use case, bc it just isn't getting much suppt. AotS is the exception, not the rule unfortunately. MS takes a year to implement mGPU in their games and they're all console ports that will run fine on one decent GPU.
Of course with how GPU architectures are developing, were likely to see multiple dies as "one" GPU ala infinity fabric for AMD, and for Nvidias yet to named(as far as I know) version. Not the same as a dual GPU/single card solution of the past as it would be seen/treated as a singular GPU. It's been noted that Nvidia is experimenting with MCM's and is looking to go a similar path as AMD so beyond the current gen of Nvidia, we will see.
My understanding is that EK uses non-standard threading on their products; Does this mean these will actually work with fittings from other manufactures? Or by standard do they mean their own standard?
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austinsguitar - Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - link
its amazing that the EK-FC Terminal X7 - Acetatl is actually being made now instead of being a prototype. let the crazy builds begin lads :)Notmyusualid - Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - link
Already ordered & arrived..I will go from 4x 1070s in my PC to 7x. Don't have all the waterblocks yet though, and not home to deal with it either. The GPU waterblocks I'm looking for are near half the price of a GPU in the UK, so I'm holding out for more 2nd hand ones on the used market, when I'm in the US next week.
darckhart - Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - link
funny the photos say radeon. didn't they just announce they were dropping crossfire support?Death666Angel - Tuesday, October 10, 2017 - link
All I could find was they are not going to invest as much time into it as they had before. It will still be possible and since most people I know who use watercooling dual+ GPU setups use it for benchmarking and the most important benchmark tools will most likely still be supported, I don't see much of an issue here. Dropping support and offering reduced support are two different things. Unless you have other sources?Manch - Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - link
No, they just aren't calling it crossfire now. They refer to it as mGPU as defined by DX12. 3/4 GPUs as far as gaming goes are done for though. They've been done for awhile on Nvidia and are now done with AMD's VEGA. Now only dual cards are supported. Before with DX9-11, Nvidia/AMD had to make a profile specifically for it and the game needed to support it as well. In DX12, its more incumbent upon the game developer, although tweaks from the GPU makers are still needed.Honestly, don't bother with dual GPU right now. Unless you have a specific use case, bc it just isn't getting much suppt. AotS is the exception, not the rule unfortunately. MS takes a year to implement mGPU in their games and they're all console ports that will run fine on one decent GPU.
Of course with how GPU architectures are developing, were likely to see multiple dies as "one" GPU ala infinity fabric for AMD, and for Nvidias yet to named(as far as I know) version. Not the same as a dual GPU/single card solution of the past as it would be seen/treated as a singular GPU. It's been noted that Nvidia is experimenting with MCM's and is looking to go a similar path as AMD so beyond the current gen of Nvidia, we will see.
danjw - Wednesday, October 11, 2017 - link
My understanding is that EK uses non-standard threading on their products; Does this mean these will actually work with fittings from other manufactures? Or by standard do they mean their own standard?Railgun - Saturday, October 14, 2017 - link
I’m using EK blocks and PrimoChill Revolver fittings with zero issues.Morawka - Monday, October 16, 2017 - link
Not true dan, they use the same G1/4 as everyone else