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Nvidia SLI

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  • 28-06-2004 11:43pm
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    PcP
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    Saw this linked from another forum. I wasn't sure whether to post it in games or computers but figured gamers would be most interested in it. Mods please move it if better suited to another forum
    http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1728/

    Still a bit away and would probably cost more than a house in Dublin but it sounds well sweet..

    /me starts looking for things to sell...


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    Deadwing
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    Holy shizzle.....


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    #3
    po0k
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    The 3Dfx curse lives on...


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    Cake Fiend
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    Curse? Legacy more like. Voodoo 2 owns j00.


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    #5
    po0k
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    Better news bit here:
    http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=2097


    It's not the same tech as the VooDoo2 (which was great in it's day - I have a V1 and V2), but the reliance on software to do the load balancing is going to screw it.

    It's simply going to raise the bar a bit, create a new ultra-affluent-tech-fanboy level and it's no real compensation for having a medicore hardware design.

    What gamer is going to spend €1000 on 2 graphics cards + the cost of the board, the chips and the over-priced DDR2 memory to go with it, to say nothing of the cooling and power supply issues you'll have.
    If nvidia release a PCIe-8x ranger of cards that sport the connector, and don't load the cost of the small bridge adapter PCB - but in fact sell pairs of cards in bundles at a reduced price to buying them seperately, they might have a winner.
    Still, it's going to cost a fortune, and isn't really as nice a way of doing things.
    Compare a VooDoo5 to a GF2 Ultra.


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