14 DAY TRIAL // Coming to grab attention at the 2011 edition of the Computex trade show, a certain, not overly well known maker of video cards has unveiled a fairly unusual multi-GPU graphics card.
When speaking of dual-GPU graphics cards, one usually thinks of the performance monsters that AMD and NVIDIA both delivered, but it so happens that other companies have projects of this sort that don't really fit the norm.
In this instance, it is a certain company called Triplex that played the dual-GPU card, having developed a model that is a sort of merger of two Radeon HD 6950 boards.
Bearing the name of Para-souls HD6950, it can have either 2 GB of GDDR5 VRAM or 4 GB of the same type of memory.
Meanwhile, two DVI ports, along with an HDMI output and a pair of DisplayPort connectors, make up the connectivity capabilities, ensuring a wide monitor and HDTV compatibility, plus multi-display readiness.
Regrettably, the report held no information on the clock speeds of the graphics processors, shaders (CUDA cores) and memory. Still, the interface of 256 bits, at least, point towards a fairly good bandwidth.
All in all, considering that the regular HD 6950 can more or less handle any game thrown at it, provided one doesn't try to go to far with multi-screen setups, this dual-HD 6950 should be able to impress.
Of course, whether or not users end up choosing this model will depend on not just the specs, but also the price that Triplex decides to ask in return for its delivery, whenever it happens to make it available.
Of course, being a specially-designed product, the newcomer has a more or less unique cooler, with two fans and a large, bright blue color theme. Two large, aluminum heatsinks exist, as does a CrossFireX connector at the top of the PCB.