Concering Next Gen Nvidia and SLi

[GZFant]

Will the next generation of Nvidia cards support SLi?? I am about to upgrade to the ASUS SLi Deluxe solution but don't have enough money for a video card. What I was wondering, if I can upgrade the mobo now and wait till summer or next fall, will the new generation of Nvidia support SLi from the ASUS motherboard??

Thanks

 

[Keysplayr]

Current generation top end CPU's can nowhere near handle current 6800U SLI setups. And I don't see any huge improvements in processor speeds before the next gen video cards come out. So, I would say that unless a "miracle" happens in the CPU/Platform performance arena, an SLI setup would be a ginormous waste of cash for next gen Nvidia or ATI cards. I was hoping that Intel would come out with a show stopper, but they are still reeling and trying to recover from the wrong turn they made with Prescott. A similar mistake to nvidia's FX series. Nvidia bounced back with vengeance, I hope Intel can do the same SOON...

 

[GZFant]

I guess I should stress the importance of this purchase right now.....

My computer just broke, it was a 4 year old Dell and I am forced to buy a new computer right now. I have limited funds and I though the SLi solution would be a great buy, but was just wondering if next gen Nvidia will support an SLi configuration on say the brand new ASUS SLi board.

I am the one time buyer kind, seeing that I don't have as much experience in computers and they are definitely not a career focus.....

It comes down to is it worth it to spend more money on an SLi setup and not upgrade vid cards till next gen when i actually have money for a good vid card OR go with a 754 or regular 939 and get a relatively cheap vid card (say in the 6800 area) setup that will last another 4 years......

I am definitely getting back in to games and I thought this might be the best upgrade path....

 

[imported_Adonis]

I keep hearing of CPU bottlenecks, could someone explain to me how that works? From what I understand, processors right now aren't fast enough to keep up with the newest, most powerful video cards, could someone explain it in a little more detail though?

 

[wmansfield]

Basically the CPU is unable to crunch the game code fast enough to give the video card a full load of images to display. If you're going from 800x600 to 1024x768 or 1280x1024 and seeing no difference in frame rates your CPU is not able to do anymore work, but your video card is... or you have VSynch turned on..

 

[BenSkywalker]

If you crank everything all the way up even a 6800Ultra SLI setup is easily still the bottleneck. If you are stuck using a LCD then the benefits of SLI are of course suspect at best, but anyone with a remotely decent CRT will see benefits from this generation and the next generation of SLI parts.

I would wager heavily that SLI will be included in nV's next gen, ATi has already announced they will be supporting it with their next gen parts so you can feel fairly safe that nV wouldn't drop it right when they pick it up.

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: GZFant
I guess I should stress the importance of this purchase right now.....

My computer just broke, it was a 4 year old Dell and I am forced to buy a new computer right now. I have limited funds and I though the SLi solution would be a great buy, but was just wondering if next gen Nvidia will support an SLi configuration on say the brand new ASUS SLi board.

I am the one time buyer kind, seeing that I don't have as much experience in computers and they are definitely not a career focus.....

It comes down to is it worth it to spend more money on an SLi setup and not upgrade vid cards till next gen when i actually have money for a good vid card OR go with a 754 or regular 939 and get a relatively cheap vid card (say in the 6800 area) setup that will last another 4 years......

I am definitely getting back in to games and I thought this might be the best upgrade path....

Ah, I see where your going with this. Ok, there is absolutely NO guarantee that next gen SLI parts (if any) will work in a current gen SLI mobo. If I were you, I would get the fastest single PCI-E card you can afford to put in that new PCI-E mobo your getting. Like a 6800U or X850XTPE or something like that.
I know these cards are pricey, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd better buy big.

Oh, and just so you know, if you were planning on SLI'd 6600GT's don't bother. They can't even beat out a single 6800GT. I hope I at least came close to answering your question.

 

[zakee00]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
Current generation top end CPU's can nowhere near handle current 6800U SLI setups. And I don't see any huge improvements in processor speeds before the next gen video cards come out. So, I would say that unless a "miracle" happens in the CPU/Platform performance arena, an SLI setup would be a ginormous waste of cash for next gen Nvidia or ATI cards. I was hoping that Intel would come out with a show stopper, but they are still reeling and trying to recover from the wrong turn they made with Prescott. A similar mistake to nvidia's FX series. Nvidia bounced back with vengeance, I hope Intel can do the same SOON...

what do you mean cant handle current 6800U setups? everyone is babbling on about CPU limiting with SLi like its a bad thing...you are ALWAYS going to be CPU or GPU limited, get used to it. current gen cpus are LIMITING performance 6800U SLi, but not in any way crippling it.
being cpu limited just means that in this case if you are getting 180FPS on the Valve Video Stress Test at 10x7, and you pump it up to 12x10 4xaa 8xaf then your FPS will only drop a bit, to 150 say. I doubt that the fps would even drop that much with 2x 6800 Ultras.
so how is it a waste of cash if you can go from 10x7 no aa/af, to 16x12 4xaa 8xaf with a minimal performance impact?
let me know please