Quad GPU?

[ribbon13]

Both ATi's and nVidia's architecture are superscalar right? And with nVidia's 2200/2050 chipset, a theoretical quad Opteron could have four x16 PCIe slots. What are the chances that we will see 3+ GPUs act in unison on current architecture. From what I have heard, ATi's offerings won't need any physical connections between the cards.

Here's hoping for a quad dual-core opteron with four dual-GPU video cards.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

its a possibility but im sure Nvidia saif that they are only supporting the 2 card option right now. who knows maybe they will, but im not that sure that multiple cards is the way forward. multi gpus on one board seems better to me

 

[biostud]

ATi's solution will only work on ATi mboards,

 

[Sc4freak]

I think just an ATI chipset is required for AMR.

 

[biostud]

Originally posted by: Sc4freak
I think just an ATI chipset is required for AMR.

But that is not going to happen on a nForce 4 board

 

[Fenuxx]

I don't think that quad GPU is going to happen anytime soon, as it would require 32 PCI-E (4 x16 slots running at x8 speed) lanes in the chipset, plus at least 2 to 6 more for x1 and x4 slots which is too complex for chipmakers at the moment. Although, it may be possible in the future, not at the moment, unfortunately.