Question on Linux hardware support

[maleko]

Does linux have support for sli? i just got a copy of novell suse 10 from my uncle for christmas, and i'm wanting to know if it would work on my current computer since i'm running 2 66gt's in sli.

 

[TonyRic]

SLI support (I believe) is a vendor item. Check with NVidia or ATI or whomever manufactured your video.

 

[Nothinman]

The readme for the nVidia drivers doesn't mention SLI at all, so I would guess that it doesn't support them. You could try contacting nVidia or poke around the nvnews.net forums and see if anyone else has already done the legwork.

 

[drag]

Nvidia in Linux-land supports SLI in a limited fasion.

Thing is is that SLI is a silly gimmick in reality to get people to buy more video hardware then they need. It's kinda stupid and only works well on a limited number of games that support it in Windows.. the use for it in Linux is even less, which basicly means I can't think of any good reason to even have it. Of course other people will disagree with me.

Maybe you can trade your video card for another harddrive or more ram or a Hauppage WinPVR-xxx or Plextor PX-TV402U usb2 tv capture device and get Mythtv setup? I donno.

But since you have it.. it's a waste to ignore it.

See here:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=326&num=1

Thing is is that the only Nvidia drivers that support it are 8xxx series drivers, which are currently in Beta. There have been drivers that have leaked to public that can utilize it. I don't know if Nvidia has actually released anything that they support, even in beta form. Nvidia has Linux-specific forums at their website and you can probably find the latest information about it there.

Good luck.