Frontpage News: SLI Performance Preview

[GTaudiophile]

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[ViRGE]

Some advice before you read it: get a bib.

 

[LukFilm]

Awesome. I definitely did NOT expect more than 100% improvement under ANY circumstances. This is amazing!!!

 

[Hanpan]

What is interesting is that the cards run at PICe - 8x .

This may be crucial for some as there are many cheap dell servers which people would love to configure as workstations if there were only pcie8x cards.

 

[Chubasco]

sounds like it's worth the wait.

 

[AngleDust]

can we mix and match?

its seems two 6600 gt < one 6800 gt

with the way vid card prices usually go down in a year, if i bought a 6600 gt today, i'd rather pair that up with say a 6800 gt next year when its cheaper.

 

[Anubis]

yes you can mix them but they will run at the speeds of the slower one

 

[AngleDust]

ah, well, that kind of sucks.

 

[Comparisonman]

Those results look beautiful...... I can't wait until I can afford SLI.

 

[Dug]

Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Dug
Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

what else do you need?
all mobs have built in ethernet now and USB2 and such, after you add a soundcard what else is there other then a TV Tuner card?

that still leaves you with 1 open PCI slot anyway

 

[Xatrix]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Dug
Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

what else do you need?
all mobs have built in ethernet now and USB2 and such, after you add a soundcard what else is there other then a TV Tuner card?

that still leaves you with 1 open PCI slot anyway

Agreed.

What else is needed really?

56k Modem?

 

[ViRGE]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Dug
Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

what else do you need?
all mobs have built in ethernet now and USB2 and such, after you add a soundcard what else is there other then a TV Tuner card?

that still leaves you with 1 open PCI slot anyway

Ditto. Even my loaded system would work fine, as the 3 PCI slots are enough for my sound card, TV tuner, and even my SATA card(though a good highend would have more than the 2 SATA ports I have now, so there's really no need). The only other thing I could possibly image someone needing is a SCSI card or more NICs, and if that's the case, the TV tuner can be replaced with a USB version.

 

[Dug]

Originally posted by: Xatrix

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Dug
Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

what else do you need?
all mobs have built in ethernet now and USB2 and such, after you add a soundcard what else is there other then a TV Tuner card?

that still leaves you with 1 open PCI slot anyway

Agreed.

What else is needed really?

56k Modem?

It looks to me you only have 2 pci slots available as the 2nd video card comes too close to the 1st pci slot, making it useless.

sound card, tv tuner or hdtv tuner, scsi, wireless card, something else I can't think of right now.

Pic of 2nd card covering 1st pci slot

 

[iwantanewcomputer]

i have a sound card, fiber optic NIC, and am looking for a tv tuner soon. that would get pretty cramped

 

[Lyfer]

I wonder what PSU they used to power up that rig. OCZ powerstream 520w?

 

[KeithP]

I doubt that the power supply is going to be a big deal as long as it is a quality unit. I am running a 6800GT in a Shuttle (200 watt ps) with an O"C Barton, 1 gig of RAM, sound card, 1 optical and 1 HD without a single problem. A high quality 400W would probably be fine even with a couple of HDs/opticals.

Hopefully any remaining bugs can be worked out. The great thing about SLI is that you will be able to run high resolution LCDs at their native res and still get great performance. I hope more games start supporting widescreen resolutions. I would love to have a 23 inch Samsung, Sony or Apple LCD running at native res for any game a throw at it.

-KeithP

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Dug
Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

what else do you need?
all mobs have built in ethernet now and USB2 and such, after you add a soundcard what else is there other then a TV Tuner card?

that still leaves you with 1 open PCI slot anyway

Wireless LAN, SCSI, Firewire...

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: Dug
Looking at all the SLI boards- there's not enough room.

Once you add in a sound card and one other pci card, your done.

what else do you need?
all mobs have built in ethernet now and USB2 and such, after you add a soundcard what else is there other then a TV Tuner card?

that still leaves you with 1 open PCI slot anyway

Wireless LAN, SCSI, Firewire...

(1) Most motherboards come with Firewire built in.
(2) Get a USB wireless adapter. They're more popular than PCI based ones anyway and it away from your PC's internals
(3) That leaves room for a PCI SCSI card.

Did I miss anything???