J. Clarke
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Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:35 am Post subject:
Re: Will ATI go SLI? |
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John Lewis wrote:
| Quote: | On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:12:59 GMT, "Toe Jam" <toejam@yourfoot.com
wrote:
Rockin Ronnie wrote:
Just wondering if this is a fad or something ATI is looking into.
Thoughts?
Ron
I can't imagine there is going to be a large market for that. Most of us
consider it a big deal if we can afford to buy ONE high end video card...
Dual 6600GT-PCIExpress will be quite hot. Possibly buy one 6600GT
and another later under the SLI-certification program ( supposedly
guaranteeing that boards match in SLI-mode ). Gives either quad-head
out in non-SLI-mode, or dual-head SLI performance almost equal to a
single 6800 Ultra and the dual-price is likely to quickly drop below
that of the single-Ultra, unless nVidia quickly cranks the 6800
GT/UltraGPU on a smaller-geometry process - as with the X800XT,
the 6800GT and Ultra current yields are poor, keeping the prices high.
In an interesting variation, Gigabyte has already announced a AGP
board with dual 6600GT in SLI-configuration, so Ati has distinctly
missed this particular boat. If Ati do a dual-chip configuration, it
will either have to be a kludge around an existing GPU, or a new GPU
for which the driver will probably take months to perfect. On the
SLI-driver alone, nVidia has nearly a one-year head-start.
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I thought one of the selling points for the new-style SLI was that it didn't
need a special driver.
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--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net) |
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John Lewis
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Thu Dec 30, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:
Re: Will ATI go SLI? |
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On Sun, 26 Dec 2004 16:35:45 -0500, "J. Clarke"
<jclarke@nospam.invalid> wrote:
| Quote: | John Lewis wrote:
On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 01:12:59 GMT, "Toe Jam" <toejam@yourfoot.com
wrote:
Rockin Ronnie wrote:
Just wondering if this is a fad or something ATI is looking into.
Thoughts?
Ron
I can't imagine there is going to be a large market for that. Most of us
consider it a big deal if we can afford to buy ONE high end video card...
Dual 6600GT-PCIExpress will be quite hot. Possibly buy one 6600GT
and another later under the SLI-certification program ( supposedly
guaranteeing that boards match in SLI-mode ). Gives either quad-head
out in non-SLI-mode, or dual-head SLI performance almost equal to a
single 6800 Ultra and the dual-price is likely to quickly drop below
that of the single-Ultra, unless nVidia quickly cranks the 6800
GT/UltraGPU on a smaller-geometry process - as with the X800XT,
the 6800GT and Ultra current yields are poor, keeping the prices high.
In an interesting variation, Gigabyte has already announced a AGP
board with dual 6600GT in SLI-configuration, so Ati has distinctly
missed this particular boat. If Ati do a dual-chip configuration, it
will either have to be a kludge around an existing GPU, or a new GPU
for which the driver will probably take months to perfect. On the
SLI-driver alone, nVidia has nearly a one-year head-start.
I thought one of the selling points for the new-style SLI was that it didn't
need a special driver.
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AFAIK, the SLI functions are in the latest nVidia unified drivers and
non-functional for configurations not recognized as genuine SLI.
John Lewis
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--John
Reply to jclarke at ae tee tee global dot net
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