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Did AMD just tease a dual-GPU graphics card?

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It’s not every day that you get an envelope addressed to you labeled Top Secret, only to open it and find altered photos of yourself accompanied by a cryptic, creepy question — with nary a shred of evidence regarding its possible origin.

Well that’s exactly what happened to me today. Check out the photo below.

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What you see there is an edited photo of yours truly, my face sliced in half and mirrored, asking “Wouldn’t you agree that two is better than one?” Once I remembered that I hadn’t been magically transported to the set of the sequel to SE7EN, I was immediately creeped out. On the back of the photo is a single line that reads “#2BetterThan1,” which only heightened the mystery and further clouded my mind. There was also a blank, photo-size piece of glossy paper in the envelope as well. I actually ran some water on it to see if there was a hidden message for me there. I had no such luck.

Puzzled and taken aback, I plugged “#2BetterThan1” into Twitter, and found others in the tech community also received these envelopes. Some speculation indicates that this could be a tease on AMD’s part regarding a rumored dual-GPU graphics card based on the high-end Radeon 290X chip. The card’s alleged code name is Vesuvius, sharing its name with the volcano that destroyed the ancient city of Pompeii centuries ago.

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If this indeed is an AMD Vesuvius tease, I’m relieved. In the meantime, I’m going to check my closets when I get home from work today, and look over my shoulder every now and then.

What do you think? Sound off in the comments below.

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