ATI dual Gemini board confirmed

GECUBE got famous for its showcasing of dual mainstream chip card on Cebit and Computex. The reference design was made by ATI and now the chip firm wants to encourage companies to use this dual RV570XT card.

The card is codenamed Gemini and supports the PCIe interface only. It is built on 8-layer PCB and supports both ATX and BTX formats. The card will have two RV570XT chips clocked at a saucy 650MHz core and 1500MHz memory.

It uses 256-bit GDDR 3 in 8MX32 136 BGA 900MHz package. If we read the spec correctly the memory on this card should overclock even higher.

The card supports two Dual, Dual Link DVI and a VIVO. It is in development stage and should be available shortly after the summer, we reckon by November 2006.

ATI is also working on two other cards, codenamed Hellfire 1 and Hellfire 2. These are like Gemini, but with a single chip and a different memory speed. µ