Nehalem chipset won't do SLI

[JPB]

Jensen, look what you did

Bosnian people tend to say don?t play with fire if you are not a fireman, and Jensen Huang is everything but a fireman.

We learned that Intel is really upset with a little green thing called Nvidia and that the chipset that will support Nehalem CPUs codenamed Bloomfield won't support SLI.

This is not big news, as traditionally the X38 and X48 high end chipset in its reference boards didn't support SLI, and yet again Intel was fine.

First generation Nehalem won't do SLI, but it will support Crossfire, as Intel likes AMD more than Nvidia, which is kind of an awkward situation.

If there is a mechanism for Intel to remove Nvidia from its chipset list for future products, this is highly likely to happen. Just remember the Nforce 680i where Intel intentionally forgot to tell Nvidia that it changed the Yorkfield 45nm quad-cores and the final score is that Nforce 680i doesn?t run with 45nm quad-cores.

This cost Nvidia a lot of money, as it decided to swap all Nforce 680i reference designed boards for 780i and this happened when Intel was rather cold to Nvidia. It also caused an upset in the market, as not all of Nvidia's partners got in on the upgrade scheme.

Well, Nvidia wanted a fight and a fight is what they're going to get.

 

[bryanW1995]

Fuad is a retard. Wait, it's an insult to retards to compare them to fuad. JEN-HSUN huang didn't cause intel to not offer sli on their chipsets the other day, he REFUSED TO LICENSE it to intel YEARS ago. The thinking was that nvidia would sell a LOT more chipsets if you had to buy one to get sli. I don't know how much it cost intel to get sli on skulltrail, but it had to be a LOT, and nvidia knew that they weren't planning to offer a chipset in that price range, anyway. Jen-Hsun needs to open up a can of whoop-ass on fuad to get him to learn at least something that NEARLY 100% OF TECH-SAVVY USERS already know, which is that jen-hsun and jensen are NOT the same name. How the hell can you be an alleged tech reporter and not know something about the ceo of nvidia??? it's not like he snuck up on us; he co-founded the company 15 years ago!!!

 

[skypine27]

Not to offend SLI users or anything, but all I can say is "Thank God".

I tried SLI w/ dual 8800 Ultras and a 680i mobo. All it did was double my expense, create immense heat pouring out the back of the case, cause extra BSODs and lockups, and occasionally work in about 4 games. (3 of which were already playing maxed out with one video card so SLI offered no improvement).

So I called it quits. Shortly thereafter, nvidia starts pumping its latest craze, TRI-SLI. At this point I was downright offended. I mean, what's my motherboard for, stuffing as many graphics cards in it that will fit? You want me to go buy a new TRI-SLI mobo, 3 identical video cards, a new 1000+ watt PSU, and a new airconditoner for my computer room? Excuse me?

At that point I sold my 680i out of spite for nivida and swtiched to an X48 mobo (see sig). I'll never buy another nvidia chipset mobo again. However, I do like their video cards, including "Self Contained/Transparent SLI but Not Really SLI" cards like the GX2.

Maybe this is just what nvidia needs to come up with a substantially better video card than the 8800 Ultra, instead of just telling users to stuff more of them in their case.

Good on Intel.

 

[toadeater]

Intel is going to lose. It is going to lose because there's little need for ultra-powerful CPUs (amongst consumers) and much more of a need for ever more powerful GPUs. GPUs is where its at for gaming and multimedia. Nvidia isn't going to be standing still while Intel adds more cores, GPUs too will evolve. By the end, there will be very little difference between the two; e.g. look at the Cell, is it a GPU or a CPU?

 

[krnmastersgt]

That may be true for hardcore gamers, but enthusiasts and the rest of the gaming population would probably prefer stability from their system, less heat ouput, and the bragging rights of a high ass overclock. There's also the fact that people don't like paying for non-linear performance increases with additional video cards, and when you consider you can pay roughly $2000 and still have a system (not including that nice high res monitor) that can't play EVERY game at max settings and high res with sustainable frame rates, it doesn't exactly justify the price premiums that come along with SLI hardware. Unless you're me and don't care in the slightest what others may say 😀.

 

[Majic 7]

Some think that the entire computer business revolves around what goes on in these forums and high end tech sites. Intel will be still making bazillions if the entire PC gaming industry goes to hell. I keep seeing fud here and there on the net about someone who knows someone at Intel and the amazing thing they have hidden away, waiting for the right moment. Sounds like total disinformation but Nvidia seems to have their panties in a twist about something. Makes me wonder what the inside industry rumors are saying. It is pretty amusing. Laptops are out selling PCs now and that will continue to do so. From what I see on component availability Intel is out selling AMD about 9 to 1. Cpus and integrated are where the money is in laptops. 90% of users have no need for high end video cards in laptops or media centric Pcs. Intel could "lose" and still win the war and probably be the last one standing if AMD doesn't pull their head out.