Why not dual gpus like this?

[Chris2wire]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=1950

Why can't we get current high end vid cards to implement this.... instead of just the quadro

Oh right because they want to gouge our money with SLi

 

[akugami]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814121213

 

[Chris2wire]

I guess ill shutup now...

Why arent these ever discussed vs Sli and things like that? Just not a popular solution or what?

 

[DaveSimmons]

Custom designs like this are for bragging rights by the company, they don't really make money on them.

The market is too small. The tiny percentage of users willing to pay for dual-GPU cards aren't enough to justify the engineering and manufacturing costs.

SLI makes economic sense because they are just selling 2 of the same cards they make for the rest of the market.

 

[Googer]

Asus made one of those a long while ago. extremetech.com was one of the first to review it.

http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1872333,00.asp

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Custom designs like this are for bragging rights by the company, they don't really make money on them.

The market is too small. The tiny percentage of users willing to pay for dual-GPU cards aren't enough to justify the engineering and manufacturing costs.

SLI makes economic sense because they are just selling 2 of the same cards they make for the rest of the market.

Not to mention that the non standard design of the card means that it does not work too well with stock nvidia drivers and has some compatability problems.