Dual Video Cards Return

Kez writes "I'm sure many Slashdot readers fondly remember the era of 3dfx. SLI'd Voodoo 2's were a force to reckoned with. Sadly, that era ended a long time ago (although somebody has managed to get Doom III to play on a pair of Voodoo 2's.) However, Nvidia have revived SLI with their GeForce 6600 and 6800 cards. SLI works differently this time around, but the basic concept of using two cards to get the rendering work done is the same. Hexus.net has taken a look at how the new SLI works, how to set it up (and how not to,) along with benchmarks using both of the rendering modes available in the new SLI." And reader Oh'Boy writes "VIA on its latest press tour stopped by and visited in the UK and TrustedReviews have some new information on VIA's latest chipsets for AMD Athlon 64, the K8T890 and the K8T890 Pro which supports DualGFX. But what has emerged is that DualGFX after all doesn't support SLI, at least not for the time being, since it seems like nVidia some how has managed to lock out other manufacturers chipsets from working properly with SLI. VIA did on the other hand have two ATI cards up and running, although not in SLI mode."

Looks better on SLI Voodoo2's than on my Rad 9800.

[Lostie]

...because you can see more than 1 colour (black).

Re:New trend ?

[Scoria]

The 'dual' strategy allow for further performance gains....

Eventually, barring any further technological advances, perhaps we'll even result to modular clustering. Once again, the enthusiast's computer will be larger than a refrigerator! ;-)

Double The Money

[Squeebee]

So the guys at Nvidia were sitting around when in walk the PHB and says "Guys, we need to make more money". And flunkie one says "Hey, let's release a new card, all the fanboys will rush out and buy it!" PHB says "Well that's ok, but we do that enough already". Flunkie two says "I know, let's convince the users that the one overkill video card they buy is not enough, let's convince them that the need to buy TWO!" And the rest my friends, is history! Stay tuned for the new quad-card cash-vacuum, coming soon.

Should have invested in...

[vasqzr]

Dual webservers. Would have delayed the Slashdotting.

Re:TWO Cards!

[Rew190]

TWO Cards! (Score:-1, Redundant)

I think that's the first time the actual moderation of a post has made me laugh more than the post itself.

That giant sucking sound...

[Aggrazel]

LOL a link off the front page to a page filled with hundreds of screenshots?

I weep for that man's router.

Re:TWO Cards!

[Anonymous Coward]

I think you stumbled onto something.

From now on, every article about SMP, clustering, etc. will have troll posts for the express purpose of getting Redundant mods.

Re:SLI != SLI

[Linuxthess]

Could be useful for scientific simulations or even getting closer to the idea of "ToyStory in realtime"...

I propose a new acronym, TSIRT which will be the standard of rendering performance, similar to the "LOC" (Library Of Congress) reference when comparing download speeds.

May the GeForce be with you!

[asliarun]

nVidia some how has managed to lock out other manufacturers chipsets from working properly with SLI
A case of nVidia acting on the SLI?

Re:SLI != SLI

[ArsonSmith]

I created a top notch 3d rendering engine and all I got was this TSIRT.

Re:Buy the second a year later

[tygerstripes]

...and, of course, the convenience of being able to fry your breakfast on the case!

Just what I needed

[BollocksToThis]

I was sitting around yesterday wondering to myself "How can I make the inside of my computer hotter than the fires of hell?".

I Feel Another Commercial Coming On

[Greyfox]

3.4 GhZ P4 with a gig of RAM: $3000
2 nvidia SLI cards: $600
Getting 4 FPS anyway because 40,000 people are on the same server as you: Priceless.

Two video cards = 2 x resolution?

[UnknowingFool]

Does this mean that if I spend $600, my pr0n will be twice as detailed?