Short, But Powerful: Dual-GPU Radeon Fury Card Spotted

We learned just earlier that AMD’s Radeon ‘Fury’ graphics cards should pack quite a punch, with the top-end Fury X able to butt heads with NVIDIA’s GeForce GTX TITAN X. It’s fun to note, then, that AMD already has plans to release a dual-GPU graphics card this fall. Normally, neither AMD or NVIDIA will spill those kinds of beans so early, but it’s clear AMD doesn’t want the hype surrounding Fury to die down.

Little did I realize, that dual-GPU card is already a reality. Anshel Sag, from Moor Insights & Strategy, managed to snap a quick photo of the card, and while the clarity isn’t high, it’s not hard to understand what kind of technological feat this is. Thanks to the use of 3D memory, less PCB space is required, and that results in a card that looks to be about eight inches long.

I can’t help but let my mind wander here. If AMD can cram two GPUs into a card of this form-factor, imagine if it wanted to create a 12 or 13 inch card for the ultra high-end market that packs three GPUs in under the hood. That might require your own personal power plant to take advantage of, but it feels like we’re near the point where such a card would be possible. Whether or not it’d be worth AMD’s time is another story, since tri- and quad-GPU isn’t exactly a heavily sought-after configuration.

What’s also exciting about this is the thought of what NVIDIA might be able to pull off. We first learned of its Pascal architecture a few years ago, and back in March, we learned even more about what to expect. Some of its claims are impressive, and if delivered, it could help the company regain, or retain, the lead position on GPU performance.

These are some exciting times for graphics technology.