New 3DLabs cards out

[Slaimus]

The Realizm card even has virtual memory and SLI that does not require duplicated data.

 

[Schadenfroh]

SLI is owned by nvidia, wonder what method they are using, i wonder if its like the one by alienware or like the one nvidia uses, or maybe MAXX tech from ATI, or even the one 3dfx used.

 

[Rage187]

Where does it say anything about SLI or using 2 cards in one computer?


"3Dlabs' 16x PCI Express-based graphics feature dual Visual Processing Units (VPU's). Twice the processing power. Twice the performance."

I see it says 2 VPU's on the card, but nothing about running 2 cards at once.

I also see they sell a multiview add on card, that further solidifies this as a single card.

 

[kazeakuma]

Originally posted by: Rage187
Where does it say anything about SLI or using 2 cards in one computer?


"3Dlabs' 16x PCI Express-based graphics feature dual Visual Processing Units (VPU's). Twice the processing power. Twice the performance."

I see it says 2 VPU's on the card, but nothing about running 2 cards at once.

I also see they sell a multiview add on card, that further solidifies this as a single card.

Damn you, edited before I posted. I couldn't find anything on SLI or 2 video cards either. I guess the dual VPUs could be in a form of SLI. The Voodoo5 implemented an SLI solution on card with 2 gpus, so I don't see why it can't be done here.

 

[Auric]

There is nothing inherently good about SLI. 3dfx's method was particularly primitive. NVIDIA's is better but does not approach the level of Evans & Sutherland with automatic load balancing of numerous ATI VPU's: 2 per card, up to 2 cards per chassis, up to 8 chassis per channel.

 

[Slaimus]

Except this one does not duplicate data, which is the main downside of SLI. And virtual memory for GPUs is revolutionary.
The 2 pixel chips + 1 geometry/bridge chip sound a lot like the rampage.