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ASUS EAH3850 Trinity Prototype Video Card Goes Triple Penetration With Three Cores

What the crap? As if shoving two GPUs onto a single card wasn't enough to play contemporary games at a decent frame rate, Asus has just made an EAH3850 Trinity, a tri-core card with its own connected water-based cooling system. When you break it down, it's three RV670 cores in one card, generating output for four DVI ports allowing you to power four monitors (or one gigantic one at insane-o resolution).

Two cores in back and one in front make up the construction, which runs so hot that it comes with heatsinks, heat pipes and a water block that fits into two 5.25-inch slots. How many Xbox 360s, PS3s and Wiis could you buy for the price of one of these? [Nordic Hardware]

2:00 PM on Tue Mar 25 2008
By Jason Chen
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Hvedhrungr at 02:11 PM on 03/25/08
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I know people swear by building gaming rigs, but I think this arms race got ridiculous back around the PS2/Xbox.

Write games for machines, don't build machines for games.

Other than that, this seems like a decent bit of technology. Just imagine that in 2 years, you'll be able to buy two of these for $30.
tamoko at 02:11 PM on 03/25/08
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Dirty Chen.. bad boy!
fsusmithc2 at 02:16 PM on 03/25/08
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Wow, this type of stuff just makes my old ATI Radeon 9600 XT look like a box of crayons and construction paper by comparison. Yikes...
Maksimir at 02:16 PM on 03/25/08
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This madness must stop! Won't somebody please think of the children!
SneakerFiend at 02:24 PM on 03/25/08
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Dam playing this would be like having a tiny orgasm everytime you see the blood splatter onto the floor.
OMG thats crazy 3GPU's is.........leaving me speachless and i'd be willing to pay for one of these than having to pay for 3 other graphic cards that may not even have the output of this beast.
hazmx at 02:27 PM on 03/25/08
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It still wont run Crysis on DX10 at Very high above 10fps.
hazmx at 02:28 PM on 03/25/08
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It still wont run Crysis on DX10 at "Very high" settings above 14fps.
(Its a joke by the way)
sunshine06 at 02:34 PM on 03/25/08
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i touch myself with one of these every night
endrewsmith1 at 02:38 PM on 03/25/08
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imagine quad crosfiring these things. Better off assembling in fish tank unless u want ur casing melt down
endrewsmith1 at 02:41 PM on 03/25/08
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imagine quad crossfiring these things....better off assembling in fish tank unless I don't mind burning down my house
dave-o at 02:42 PM on 03/25/08
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Sweet, now I can finally run that 82" Samsung!
aznplayer213 at 02:49 PM on 03/25/08
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triple hd porn anyone?
m4ximusprim3 at 02:51 PM on 03/25/08
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Triple Penetration?
Pretty soon my computer will run out of slots!
ripfire4 at 02:59 PM on 03/25/08
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@m4ximusprim3: Actually, it's quite possible to have 3 penetrations with one slot.
tegronin at 03:24 PM on 03/25/08
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i'd hit it!
tegronin at 03:28 PM on 03/25/08
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@ripfire4:

but it always leaves me feeling so dirty...
EL_RIEL at 03:55 PM on 03/25/08
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@ripfire4: LOL@tegronin: LOLx2
feckineejit at 03:57 PM on 03/25/08
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will it play doom?
FrankenPC at 04:19 PM on 03/25/08
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I hear the sound of circuit breakers popping.
xaka718x at 04:20 PM on 03/25/08
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can it play halo?
sshrum at 04:22 PM on 03/25/08
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But will it blend!?!
shenanigans61 at 04:34 PM on 03/25/08
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Microsoft Flight Sim 95 is said to be it's limits.
Doom-out of the question
discounteggroll at 05:58 PM on 03/25/08
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@m4ximusprim3:
DVDA gave me the shudders...this is just flat out wrong. I'm gonna go play some number munchers and possibly oregon trail
Evangelion at 06:10 PM on 03/25/08
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Crysis, anyone???
Evangelion at 01:01 PM on 03/26/08
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@aznplayer213: yes, triple HD porn.
Bezike at 09:30 PM on 03/26/08
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this card is freaking crazy i want one soo bad but i dont even want to think of what other parts you need just to run this but it would be awesome!