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ATi goes SLI
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Gamingphreek
Lifer
THe Inquirer is full of it. ATI already said they would not implement something like this.
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imported_obsidian
Senior member
Competition is grand isn't it.
imported_obsidian
Senior member
No, in a recent press release they specifically said they would.
Here's the link:
http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/v...ay/20041030045717.html
Yes, where is the "SLI will be only for a very small niche market" crowd? I believe they simply did not understand our side of the debate. SLI by any other name is still going to be a form of concurrent processing. With the die shrinks, increased number of transitors, ramping of clockspeeds, and expensive cooling required already, it seems only logical to adopt a similar strategy to AMD&Intel, and go with multiprocessing designs, atleast until packaging materials and tech get over the current hurdles.
Besides, you market it to a crowd that isn't disuaded by cost i.e. the workstation market, and the other markets it will sell in are just ancillary benefits. Then take into account that holding the performance crown has a very real impact on the company's bottom line, and there is a compelling argument for adopting the technology.
Yes, I have heard the counter-arguments but it looks like none of the big players are listening any more than I am 😉
nitromullet
Diamond Member
Anyone hear anything about an Intel chipset that supports SLI? Tumwater already sort of supports it - PCIe x16/x4 as oppsosed to PCIe x8/x8. Plus it is a Xeon chipset, but they already have the technology...
Keysplayr
Elite Member
HYPOCRITES
Interviewer: So what do you think of Nvidia's SLI solution?
ATI Marketing Director: Well, we think it is premature and very expensive to implement, so people won't go there. Oh, by the way, here's our "SLI" version that we have in production."
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys, I much prefer NV over ATI, not a blinded fanboy, but I gotta call this one like I see it.
Interviewer: So what do you think of Nvidia's SLI solution?
ATI Marketing Director: Well, we think it is premature and very expensive to implement, so people won't go there. Oh, by the way, here's our "SLI" version that we have in production."
LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Guys, I much prefer NV over ATI, not a blinded fanboy, but I gotta call this one like I see it.
LTC8K6
Lifer
Another vote that SLI remains in a niche market.
The thinking by most is that they'll buy one card now and another card later. I think that by the time "later" arrives, your 2 old cards won't be as fast as one new one, or maybe only slightly faster. At that time, the big spenders will have 2 of the newest cards in SLI anyway, and will still be blowing your doors off. That seems like an unwinnable race to me if you are on a budget. You'll never catch up.
SLI only makes sense to me if you've got the dough to buy the 2 cards at about the same time and get the benefit for the whole time you have the cards, and most people won't want to do that.
The big spenders will always pay for the latest and fastest, and the latest is always a niche market.
It's likely we'll have a lot more boards that support SLI than we have users of the capability.
I could certainly be wrong, though. 😀
The thinking by most is that they'll buy one card now and another card later. I think that by the time "later" arrives, your 2 old cards won't be as fast as one new one, or maybe only slightly faster. At that time, the big spenders will have 2 of the newest cards in SLI anyway, and will still be blowing your doors off. That seems like an unwinnable race to me if you are on a budget. You'll never catch up.
SLI only makes sense to me if you've got the dough to buy the 2 cards at about the same time and get the benefit for the whole time you have the cards, and most people won't want to do that.
The big spenders will always pay for the latest and fastest, and the latest is always a niche market.
It's likely we'll have a lot more boards that support SLI than we have users of the capability.
I could certainly be wrong, though. 😀
jiffylube1024
Diamond Member
So what were you expecting ATI to say? "We think SLI is great and it's a shame that our products don't have it," perhaps? Of course he's going to talk out of his @ss; SLI blindsighted ATI this generation.
OMG let's all boycott a company because they are hypocrites; they downplay one of their competitor's features until they implement it themselves. Because that has never been done before in the past of free market competitive companies; certainly not by the likes of Intel ("64-bit is unnecessary") or any other company.
Jeez.
Yes, apparently SLI is going to take off (I *still* don't see it's current value in this generation except in the ultra-high end for running dual 6800GT's or 6800Ultra's; dual 6600GT's are disappointingly slower than a single 6800GT).
However, I can see it definately being useful down the road (and dual 6800GT's would kick butt. I'd fancy building two computers for people and then stalling them for a couple weeks ... "uh, your 6800GT isn't here yet 😉 ). But Keys et al, do you have to cram this down everyone's throats everytime ATI renegs on one of their PR comments?
3dfx had SLI
ATi and 3dfx did dual chip cards (so maybe did others...?) MAXX and V5's
Volari gets dual GPU (yes, crappy).
ATi 9700's have multi-GPU solutions made available for workstation type stuff, made by specialist companies.
nVidia announces their SLI
ATi announces something.
ATi says nVidia has an expensive solution, which eats a lot of power - correct
Premature - PCIe is only just out on the market, and we don't really need that much rendering power for most users, it IS a niche market.
It's also very expensive.
They make good points.
Intel said AMD-64 wasn't needed, and they would do something when they thought it necessary.
They have.
ATi has already got a history of multi-GPU stuff, and there is a history of 2 cards and multiple GPU's in the graphics card market, it's not really anything new. It's a step that ATi were never unlikely to take IMO.
ATi and 3dfx did dual chip cards (so maybe did others...?) MAXX and V5's
Volari gets dual GPU (yes, crappy).
ATi 9700's have multi-GPU solutions made available for workstation type stuff, made by specialist companies.
nVidia announces their SLI
ATi announces something.
ATi says nVidia has an expensive solution, which eats a lot of power - correct
Premature - PCIe is only just out on the market, and we don't really need that much rendering power for most users, it IS a niche market.
It's also very expensive.
They make good points.
Intel said AMD-64 wasn't needed, and they would do something when they thought it necessary.
They have.
ATi has already got a history of multi-GPU stuff, and there is a history of 2 cards and multiple GPU's in the graphics card market, it's not really anything new. It's a step that ATi were never unlikely to take IMO.
So was the Personal Computer 😉
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