Intel/Nvidea Relationship

[macforth]

I was somewhat amused at the following:-
http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/...med-nvidia-intel-stuff

and also confirmed in:-
http://www.crn.com/hardware/203100330

So what can we make of this? It occurred to me, (and I fully appreciate I could be very wrong), that we have a situation where Penryn will not work with SLI. We all know that Nvidia has failed or refused to make available drivers to allow SLI on Intel chipsets. Could it be that Intel have now disallowed their next generation CPU's to work with Nvidia's chipsets and/or their GPU's in SLI?

Food for thought................................Cheers Macforth

 

[Thund3rb1rd]

Yea, I read about that earlier too.

IMO, it's nVidia own stubbornness with it's cooperation with intel/SLI issue that is the cause. I agree with intel's spokespersons comment: "it works as intended with intel chipsets". Meaning the reason nVidia is now having a hard time with Penryn and SLI has nothing to do with intel, and everything to do with nVidia. But, I don't believe intel would intentionally cripple it's CPU from working with SLI. That would shrink their client base. I think the reason is because intel had nothing to go on when developing the Penryn so it would make SLI stability less of an issue.

On the flip side though. I agree, and am happy, with nVidia having such a hard head when it comes to their SLI technology. Otherwise, ATI would bite the dust, and my graphics would cost a lot more money.

 

[AmberClad]

HP rep's comments to another site:

Sood also hinted that HP may move over to an alternative chipset, saying ?if you're a fan of ATI (AMD) CrossFire and Intel chipsets with Intel 45 nanometer you'll probably see more solutions coming out in the future.?

Oh the irony, to have Penryn be compatible with AMD Crossfire, but not SLI...

 

[VirtualLarry]

NVidia still can't get the bugs out, I guess.

I'll say it again: It's a crying shame that the designers of PCIE2.0 didn't take the time to come up with a hardware/software specification, to allow sharing of PCIE lanes in an open-standards manner, that would allow things like SLI and CrossFire to become platform-independent.

 

[aigomorla]

NVIDIA, makes awesome gfx cards.

NVIDIA made awesome north bridge controllers for AMD.

NVIDIA sucks hardcore on intel platforms expecially against the P35.

NVIDIA boards from my experience cant put out endruance wise. The longest ive had a nvidia board handle 100% LOADED WCG high overclock stress was around 6 months.

My Gigabyte P35-DS3P has been kicking strong @ 100% with same settings, since there first production when i got it.



I really dont recomend NVIDIA unless you absolutely need sli because your running a 30inch lcd monitor trying to play crysis at maximum resolution.

If your that hardcore, then you belong in the same leauge as me in parts, and should be looking/waiting for skulltrail. The only INTEL chipset to offer and support SLI.

 

[BladeVenom]

I never understood why Nvidia were such douches when it came to SLI. You think having people buy two video cards would be enough for them not to also demand they buy their chipset also.

 

[Thund3rb1rd]

Originally posted by: aigomorla
NVIDIA boards from my experience cant put out endruance wise. The longest ive had a nvidia board handle 100% LOADED WCG high overclock stress was around 6 months.

uhm, wouldn't that be under warranty with most brands?
or, did you mean that you O.C.ed your board too hard, but that would be admitting you broke your own stuff, and not nVidia

 

[nyker96]

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
NVidia still can't get the bugs out, I guess.

I'll say it again: It's a crying shame that the designers of PCIE2.0 didn't take the time to come up with a hardware/software specification, to allow sharing of PCIE lanes in an open-standards manner, that would allow things like SLI and CrossFire to become platform-independent.

I like that idea of open spec for SLI for both ATI/Nvidia, better yet, why not a open standard that not require any bridging and able to be run on mixture of ATI/Nvidia products. WOuldn't that be cool, get a nice 8800GT along side 3870. Too much to ask for?

 

[Deleted member 4644]

Originally posted by: nyker96

Originally posted by: VirtualLarry
NVidia still can't get the bugs out, I guess.

I'll say it again: It's a crying shame that the designers of PCIE2.0 didn't take the time to come up with a hardware/software specification, to allow sharing of PCIE lanes in an open-standards manner, that would allow things like SLI and CrossFire to become platform-independent.

I like that idea of open spec for SLI for both ATI/Nvidia, better yet, why not a open standard that not require any bridging and able to be run on mixture of ATI/Nvidia products. WOuldn't that be cool, get a nice 8800GT along side 3870. Too much to ask for?

lol.. yes.