what of the "superduper" chip joining multiple GPU's?

[shangshang]

I forget the name but was there a chip that was supposed to be able to join multiple GPU's together like SLI or CF except that this chip could do it to different GPUs! I beleive MSI has such chip in some motherboard?

I was hopping to hear some more about this. Is this a dead notion now? I remember some people was very high on this, even declaring SLI and CF dead soon.

just curious how this project is going. damn what IS the name of that thing

 

[Mistwalker]

Hydra? Hydra-something? Didn't it end up getting demo'd with mediocre scaling?

EDIT: Lucid Hydra.

http://techreport.com/articles.x/17934

 

[RavenSEAL]

You must be talking about the LucidLogix Hydra engine.

As far as i'm concerned, MSI is the only manufacturer supporting it as of now.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-259-_-Product

 

[Soccerman06]

Hydra works, but is buggy and doesn't replace sli/xfire yet. It's scaling isn't anywhere near 100% yet and adding 2 different chips isn't like adding 2+1=3 its more like 2+1=2.25.

 

[notty22]

Other than just to 'do it' or 'try it', its got no real purpose.
Sli works better than Hydra if you use 2 nvidia cards
Crossfire works better if you use 2 AMD cards
Of course it lets you add cards of different power tiers/makes, but then it barely works.
Here is 5770 with the Hydra chip on board, allowing for some interesting, but probably impractical combinations.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...lor-_-14131370
http://www.techpowerup.com/123613/PowerColor_HD_5770_Evolution_Pairs_with_Any_Other_Card.html

 

[Illyan]

The technology is promising, though. On a few games it shows near native CF/SLI scaling, and I'm pretty sure they're pushing out improvements every now and then. Hopefully with time it will be at least equal to those solutions, with the flexibility of pairing different cards. I've got a 5850 and a 6850, and right about now I wish I had a hydra board to mess with.

 

[shangshang]

I've got a 6850 and 460 right now. Man it sure would be nice to try them out on a Hydra board.

Sidenote, I think Hydra chip at this point just praying to be bought out by a big chip company. If not, then Hydra will go way of dodo bird. I hope somebody will buy out Hydra and put it to good use!

 

[jones377]

me thinks the company will run out of capital before they come up with anything good enough to generate sufficient sales. And in the meantime, both AMD and Nvidia keep improving their own solutions. Lucid is chasing a moving target.

 

[(sic)Klown12]

Sidenote, I think Hydra chip at this point just praying to be bought out by a big chip company. If not, then Hydra will go way of dodo bird. I hope somebody will buy out Hydra and put it to good use!

I'm half-way expecting MSI to buy them out. They've been the company who has worked with them the most. It would give them a tangible advantage in the crowded motherboard market.

As far as i'm concerned, MSI is the only manufacturer supporting it as of now.

ASUS has an AMD motherboard out with a Lucid chip. Looks pretty decent for an AMD board.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...roogle-_-Motherboards+-+AMD-_-ASUS-_-13131667

 

[Ben90]

While the scaling isn't anywhere near Crossfire/SLI and mixing/matching cards really doesn't work, I prefer the Hydra solution as both cards render the same frame instead of AFR. There are definitely bugs, but if they could get these worked out I would actually consider buying multiple GPUs despite the lesser scaling.

Ive always been a proponent of a single powerful GPU due to my hate for the extra latency AFR brings on. Hopefully Lucid can get their stuff together to put a spotlight on same frame rendering.