Rollo's Far Cry SM3.0 Benchmarks

[nRollo]

AFAIK, there aren't any PCIE 6800s available yet, but your point is valid. I don't think we have any reason to believe sli won't be available in a few months.

(and how I'll envy those who have it if I can resist it's siren song...)

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003I don't know about anyone else, but the Intel "Tumwater" chipset mobo is available right now as I have said this before. It is still quite pricey, but that wont last long when OEMs start releasing their Dual PCI-e x16 boards. Point is, that there is a mobo available right now, this second, for an NV SLI setup. As costly as it might be, it is still ready to purchase presently.

isn't that like a $400 dual xeon m/b that only has 1 16x pcie and 1 8x? hardly sounds like a 'mainstream' solution.

curious.. where are all the 2 16x 'mainstream' pcie m/b announcements?

in all seriousness, we may seem some very expensive sli solutions from 'system builders', but i think it will be awhile before we see some mainstream parts and an sli 'upgrade' path, if at all. frankly it shouldn't be a surprise anyways, as there's really nothing a single nv40 can't run well (not to mention the x800s)...

 

[Johnbear007]

Originally posted by: GeneralGrievous

And all of the above still leaves SLI out of the equation, when all single card solutions get to look slow and dated. Do you think HDR will run slow on SLI too BFG? And do you have any factual basis for saying it will run slow on 6800s?

It'll run slow on YOUR 6800. I can't believe you, of all people, are falling for this marketing ploy garbage. I guess they could rename the Voodoo 1 as a 6800 and you'd buy it, huh?

I also doubt people will dump so much money on video cards. Besides you, anyway.

no one who gets a 6800NU and a copy of Far Cry for $300 is going to be saying "Damn. I could have bought last year's good card for a few bucks less and REALLY been behind the curve!"

That's because very few educated people are moronic enough to buy one of those cards. I guess now $180 vs $300 is a "few" bucks? I guess you compare it to the 9800 XT all the time becase its the only card that makes the 6800 look like a good value for its price.

TWIMTBP= every developer you've ever heard of
GITG= What's that? Oh yeah, =Valve

Huh? Like this matters at all............

Well, to be fair there were an awful lot of people who thought the upgrade from a 9800 pro to an XT was worth the money, so it seems like an upgrade from a pro to a 6800 is even better

However it's probably better to spend another 50$ and get the GT for 350$ rather than the 9800 pro fro 195$

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003I don't know about anyone else, but the Intel "Tumwater" chipset mobo is available right now as I have said this before. It is still quite pricey, but that wont last long when OEMs start releasing their Dual PCI-e x16 boards. Point is, that there is a mobo available right now, this second, for an NV SLI setup. As costly as it might be, it is still ready to purchase presently.

isn't that like a $400 dual xeon m/b that only has 1 16x pcie and 1 8x? hardly sounds like a 'mainstream' solution.

curious.. where are all the 2 16x 'mainstream' pcie m/b announcements?

in all seriousness, we may seem some very expensive sli solutions from 'system builders', but i think it will be awhile before we see some mainstream parts and an sli 'upgrade' path, if at all. frankly it shouldn't be a surprise anyways, as there's really nothing a single nv40 can't run well (not to mention the x800s)...

Now I didn't say it was a mainstream solution. What I did say is even though its pricey, there is a motherboard currently available that will allow an NV SLI setup. No telling when new mobo's will surface, but I have a feeling they are in the works as we speak.

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003Now I didn't say it was a mainstream solution. What I did say is even though its pricey, there is a motherboard currently available that will allow an NV SLI setup. No telling when new mobo's will surface, but I have a feeling they are in the works as we speak.

true, but my point wasn't to refute what you said, rather point out how inconsequential that particular solution was to most people.

while it's certainly possible, i'm not sure how many would "step up" to a dual xeon board with a crippled 2nd pci-e slot.

 

[Keysplayr]

I know you weren't, we're just having a nice conversation. :beer:

 

[CaiNaM]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003
I know you weren't, we're just having a nice conversation. :beer:

personally, i'd like to see some announcements on mb's that will support nv's SLI. would go far to help speculate about what the vialbility of this particular solution would be. right now, it's pretty sketchy at best.

 

[SickBeast]

Originally posted by: CaiNaM

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003Now I didn't say it was a mainstream solution. What I did say is even though its pricey, there is a motherboard currently available that will allow an NV SLI setup. No telling when new mobo's will surface, but I have a feeling they are in the works as we speak.

true, but my point wasn't to refute what you said, rather point out how inconsequential that particular solution was to most people.

while it's certainly possible, i'm not sure how many would "step up" to a dual xeon board with a crippled 2nd pci-e slot.

I'm guessing you haven't read about nVidia's nForce 4 chipset for the A64 then. There was a thread about it on GH not long ago. In any event, it has a "crippled" 2nd slot (8X as opposed to 16X). From what I understand, 8X is not much of a limitation to the 6800U at all. Try running your X800PRO at AGP4X and have a look at your results. I would be willing to bet that you would lose less than 3% of your performance.

Basically what I'm saying is that nVidia themselves have created a chipset with a "crippled" PCI-E slot; that speaks volumes IMO. They are going to be the ones pushing the SLI technology, so they *should* want to have a hardware solution that demonstrates the viability of such a solution.

I agree that keysplayer's motherboard reccomendation is not viable for most people. Honestly though, if you have $1,000 to spend on graphics cards, I don't think $400 for a motherboard is really such a big deal.