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4 PCI-E Card SLI !!!

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tungtung

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For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
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Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
 
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
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Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
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Actually 4 PCI-e 8x slots not 16x
 
Originally posted by: OnEMoReTrY
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
Link

Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
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Actually 4 PCI-e 8x slots not 16x
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Oh yeah ...
 
Regardless, that's impressive.

IIRC, SLI (scalable link interface) allows a user to link an essentially unlimited number of GPUs together, provided the slots and the power are adequate. All NV has to do is enable it in the driver, which one of those goofballs at XG or StarStorm could probably do easily.

Rumor has it ATi's upcoming MVPU (Crossfire, the rumblings are saying) can support up to 32 GPUs linked - again, essentially unlimited.

Right now, to me, it comes down to two things - who's cores are more powerful, and who's card-linking method results in the least overhead. I have an inkling that since NV uses an actual PCB, gold-fingered link between cards that they'll get away with less performance loss than ATi's cable-linking method. If ATi's raw core performance makes up the difference, however...

But time will tell.
 
I figured Gigabyte would do something like this. They were the first to put 2 gpus on one board. I figured they'd try to run 2 dualgpu cards in sli or they'd do this. Very interesting...
 
I don't much see the point of this for 6600GT unless your monitor can do 20X15, but four 6800GTs or 6800Us- whoa nelly! Some serious high res/high AA/high AF potential there!
 
Originally posted by: Rollo
I don't much see the point of this for 6600GT unless your monitor can do 20X15, but four 6800GTs or 6800Us- whoa nelly! Some serious high res/high AA/high AF potential there!
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WOAH...ya!! u could possibly do Doom3 at 2028x1600 at 200fps...lol this would mean the need for 1000W really soon...imagine having 4 G70s!
 
Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
I figured Gigabyte would do something like this. They were the first to put 2 gpus on one board. I figured they'd try to run 2 dualgpu cards in sli or they'd do this. Very interesting...
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regarding that dual gpus on one board...has any benchmarks been released on their new card which has dual gpus cores on a 6800GT board??
 
Originally posted by: ddogg
Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
I figured Gigabyte would do something like this. They were the first to put 2 gpus on one board. I figured they'd try to run 2 dualgpu cards in sli or they'd do this. Very interesting...
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regarding that dual gpus on one board...has any benchmarks been released on their new card which has dual gpus cores on a 6800GT board??
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I've seen some benches on dual 6600GT, not sure about the 6800GT though.
 
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
Link

Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
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Lame. Lame. Lame. SLI is buggy enough and way too pricey, how is this going to be? Stupid grahpics card manufacturers tricking folks into buying 2, 3, 4 cards? Pathetic.
 
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
Link

Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
Click to expand...

Lame. Lame. Lame. SLI is buggy enough and way too pricey, how is this going to be? Stupid grahpics card manufacturers tricking folks into buying 2, 3, 4 cards? Pathetic.
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geez...not another guy trying to start a flamefest in here.....!!! they dont trick ppl into buying 2 or 4 cards or whatever...its upto u whether u can afford it no n it looks like u cant so therefore u criticize it!! if u dont want SLI dont get it....
 
Originally posted by: PrayForDeath
Originally posted by: ddogg
Originally posted by: Chode Messiah
I figured Gigabyte would do something like this. They were the first to put 2 gpus on one board. I figured they'd try to run 2 dualgpu cards in sli or they'd do this. Very interesting...
Click to expand...

regarding that dual gpus on one board...has any benchmarks been released on their new card which has dual gpus cores on a 6800GT board??
Click to expand...

I've seen some benches on dual 6600GT, not sure about the 6800GT though.
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benches for the dual 6600GT have been released, that i knw...but i want to see how well the 6800GT performs...should easily be the highest performing single card.
 
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
Link

Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
Click to expand...

Lame. Lame. Lame. SLI is buggy enough and way too pricey, how is this going to be? Stupid grahpics card manufacturers tricking folks into buying 2, 3, 4 cards? Pathetic.
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http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/31.html
 
Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
Link

Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
Click to expand...

Lame. Lame. Lame. SLI is buggy enough and way too pricey, how is this going to be? Stupid grahpics card manufacturers tricking folks into buying 2, 3, 4 cards? Pathetic.
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http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/31.html
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hahahaa....!!! :thumbsup:
 
Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: homercles337
Originally posted by: tungtung
For those SLI fans (unfortunately I'm not one of them) ... drool over this board.
Link

Gigabyte has managed to create 4 (yes you read that correctly FOUR) PCI-E 16x slots on one single motherboard ... though unfortunately this seem to only work on Intel platform for now ... no estimate on availability given though.
Click to expand...

Lame. Lame. Lame. SLI is buggy enough and way too pricey, how is this going to be? Stupid grahpics card manufacturers tricking folks into buying 2, 3, 4 cards? Pathetic.
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http://www.bartleby.com/17/1/31.html
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Yes, we are all aware that you are the poster child of nVidiot SLI fanboism. I could have done SLI, i can afford it, its a stupid investment.
 
Originally posted by: ddogg
I could have bought a ferrari, i can afford it, but its a stupid investment!! :thumbsdown:
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LOL- no doubt.

Or as Aesop said in the fox and the goat:
"I'm in a bad position, why don't you join me?"
 
Originally posted by: Rollo
Originally posted by: ddogg
I could have bought a ferrari, i can afford it, but its a stupid investment!! :thumbsdown:
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LOL- no doubt.

Or as Aesop said in the fox and the goat:
"I'm in a bad position, why don't you join me?"
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lol
 
Originally posted by: homercles337
Price / performance. Ferrari / horsepower, performance. Do the math. Yup, SLI is wise indeed. :rolleyes;
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sigh...based on this statement it shows how clever u are.....i wasnt comparing SLI to a ferrari, just that those who cannot afford one will always complain,.."oh its so xpensive" is it really worth buying one for 2million bucks!! blah blah!! u seem to fall into that category
 
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