The madcap design crams two 24GB GPUs into one dual-slot PCIe card for 48GB of video memory, turning heads and prompting the obvious question: why?

Aimed at AI and workstation nerds, the B60 Dual gets one DisplayPort and one HDMI per GPU, which makes for a slightly awkward I/O layout. It sports a blower-style cooler, less flashy and more functional, so it can survive inside workstations or even servers without melting the backplane.

Blower coolers are popular in workstations because they don’t need fancy chassis reengineering like passive cards do once TDP edges past 350W. Maxsun says this setup should be fine in that range. Since each Arc Pro B60 runs at x8, the card bifurcates an x16 PCIe slot, assuming your CPU and board are up to the task.

The more interesting scenario is packing four Franken-cards into a single box. That gives eight GPUs and 192GB of memory, powered by something that still runs off a regular wall plug. Each GPU can apparently sip power down to 120W, keeping total system draw within something vaguely sensible.

While this might sound like overkill, older Windows versions used to get twitchy when dealing with more than 32 video outputs. With just two outputs per GPU, a four-card, eight-GPU setup keeps things stable. Add a BMC VGA or iKVM, and you're sitting at 17 outputs.

In terms of cost, if Maxsun can price this around $1000, it’ll make Nvidia’s RTX 6000 Ada at $5500 to 6000 a pop look even more absurd. The single Arc Pro B60 is supposed to start at $375, which is pocket change next to the $18K to 20K you’d need for a pair of RTX 6000s.

Yes, it’s a bit of a kludge, but it’s a clever kludge. For AI, graphics, and virtualisation on a budget, Chipzilla might have finally tripped over a winning idea.