NVIDIA's SLI licensed for upcoming P55

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited August 2009 in Science & Tech
NVIDIA's SLI licensed for upcoming P55

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  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Meh,, why hamper your future Windows 7 experience with inferior last generation tech?

    Enthusiasts should demand a crossfire enabled product to be ready for the DX11 in 2010.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Inferior last generation tech like the Phenom II? ;)
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    OH SHI-
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Stay on topic, we are talking multi-gpu tech on an Intel platform now. I'm just saying, you are gonna spend an arm and a leg on a new Intel board, triple channel DDR3, and CPU to water it down with last generations graphics technology?
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Are you gonna spend an arm on new DDR3 and a DX11 GPU only to pair it with last generation's processor technology? ;) It's all a part of the same topic.
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    The P55 chipset supports both SLI and Crossfire. How is this limiting yourself to last generation's graphics technology?
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    That was my point mertesn, if it already supports crossfire, why bother with the SLI formality. It is just bloat that the chip set does not need.....





    Yes, I am doing a little Monday trollin.....
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    lolwut. Nothing has to go into the chipset to enable SLI, just like nothing has to go into the chipset to enable Crossfire. A company purchases a CF or SLI license to get their device IDs in the GPU drivers, which activates the CF/SLI routines.

    It's purely software if the board has two PCIe lanes of 8x or better.
  • _k_k P-Town, Texas Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    oh snap!
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Still SLI is a feature that nobody needs. I maintain that in 2010 Crossfire will be where its at because only crossfire based solutions will be DX11 ready.

    The court rests your honor.
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    Rests? on what grounds? That isn't even an argument.

    SLI = Crossfire.. just 2 different implementations.
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    SLI and Crossfire offer the same solution: Multiple GPUs.

    How is it that SLI is a feature that nobody needs, but Crossfire is?
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    If nobody needs SLi, nobody needs Crossfire. What a stupid statement. Come on, Cliff.
  • mertesnmertesn I am Bobby Miller Yukon, OK Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    While we're at it, what games do you know of that will require DX11 that are coming out in 2010?

    By your logic I should just hold off on all of my purchases because sometime in the future PCI Express 3.0 cards will be coming with support for DX12 on Windows 8, making anything I could purchase now obsolete.

    The court fails, your honor.
  • MAGICMAGIC Doot Doot Furniture City, Michigan Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    :confused2Wait.. Wait.., So you want me to buy a cpu based solely on the Price/Performance ratio but when i buy a new platform or GPU i should toss that logic out the window and buy the newest technology?
    I'm confused now.
  • Cliff_ForsterCliff_Forster Icrontian
    edited August 2009
    I just figured I would do a little trollin. It makes Monday a little more bearable.

    You guys are too easy
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