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The_Pope · 7th Jan 2006, 19:32

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/01...um_go_mxm_sli/

I rather suspect the Geminium-Go! is more of a proof-of-concept product, or maybe a just-because-we-can showpiece from MSI, presumably because they have SLI notebooks on the way too. But the idea of a Go7800 GTX SLI notebook just blows me away.

Sure won't be cheap, and don't you dare try and play games on it without being plugged into the way, but for the ultimate in space-saving, portable gaming, this has to be it!

Nexxo · 7th Jan 2006, 19:57

That's the way to go! Low heat/noise, easily upgradable SLI grapics on one card. Please sir, can I have some more?...

Hybr1d · 7th Jan 2006, 20:17

^ What he said!

Nature · 7th Jan 2006, 20:20

This sucks. I have the money for a lappy with a 7800Go and pentium M, but now I'm waiting for the Yonah. But now... I want to shoot myself because of the thought of having to wait for SLi in a notebook. I *REALLY* wanna try FEAR but the computers in China have at best a Geforce 4 MX 64mb...

Any time-frame for this SLi notebook thing>?

SLi in a laptop is kinda insulting anyway... Since you can't cop a notebook graphics card OEM or retail...

hitman012 · 7th Jan 2006, 20:22

I always wanted to be able to use the Go series cards in a desktop for those reasons. Looks like MSI have cottoned on

Edit: woot 2k posts.

Hybr1d · 7th Jan 2006, 20:33

How well do the "go"s perform against the desktop variants?

hitman012 · 7th Jan 2006, 20:35

I'm pretty sure that they perform identically, give or take a few FPS here and there.

Tim S · 7th Jan 2006, 20:41

There's a go 7800gtx review in the hardware section that compares an xfx gtx extreme to ago 7800gtx. Posting from my phone so i can't get a link at the moment. The system is called an Evesham Voyager or something like that.

The_Pope · 7th Jan 2006, 21:21

I linked it in the story already, but here is the direct link:
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...ia_7800/1.html

scq · 7th Jan 2006, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nexxo

That's the way to go! Low heat/noise, easily upgradable SLI grapics on one card. Please sir, can I have some more?...

It's not really upgradable. The way I see it, it's just SLi on a card. Sure, you can swap it out for a couple 7800s, but how much will that cost? And I still haven't figured out where to buy MXM cards yet.

lepre · 7th Jan 2006, 21:31

i'll buy a "gaming notebook" when it will not have a monitor, a keyboard and a battery

infered101 · 7th Jan 2006, 21:35

SAme wtih me if i wanted a rly mobile gaming computer i wouldnt want something that had built in crap. I mean battery wont be used a keyboard will be external and the mouse thing wouldnt be used. I want someone to make a computer using a laptop that is truly portable but only has a NICE monitor built in none of that battery and such. How nice would a 2" lan pc that is both the computer and the monitor be.

Shadowed_fury · 7th Jan 2006, 21:39

OMFG. Thats cool.

Still a laptop though... /runs

Mister_Tad · 7th Jan 2006, 21:41

Quote:

Originally Posted by scq

It's not really upgradable. The way I see it, it's just SLi on a card. Sure, you can swap it out for a couple 7800s, but how much will that cost? And I still haven't figured out where to buy MXM cards yet.

My thoughts exactly.
Youre still buying the bulk of 2 cards, now if it was a couple sockets that would be different but we're going to need some serious architectural changes before we'll see that. I suppose its a step in the right direction

I'd rather see 2x MXM slots on a motherboard, with a video IO on the mobo

could make motherboard layout very flexible as well

M_D_K · 7th Jan 2006, 23:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mister_tad

My thoughts exactly.
Youre still buying the bulk of 2 cards, now if it was a couple sockets that would be different but we're going to need some serious architectural changes before we'll see that. I suppose its a step in the right direction

I'd rather see 2x MXM slots on a motherboard, with a video IO on the mobo

could make motherboard layout very flexible as well

SLI ITX anyone

oh yeah thats where the money is

morgan.

riggs · 7th Jan 2006, 23:37

Looks pretty cool.

The next step would be to have RAM slots. The user could buy a 256Mb (cheaper) card, and still have the option of doubling the memory at a later date.

IMO, the sooner the 'traditional' x2 card SLi setup disappears, the better.

valium · 7th Jan 2006, 23:54

I cant wait to see if this catches on, would love to see some reviews with 7800's

scq · 8th Jan 2006, 02:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by radiator

Looks pretty cool.

The next step would be to have RAM slots. The user could buy a 256Mb (cheaper) card, and still have the option of doubling the memory at a later date.

IMO, the sooner the 'traditional' x2 card SLi setup disappears, the better.

I think they've tried upgradable memory before. They were just sockets where you could stick in memory ICs.

What would be interesting, as so mentioned and hinted before, is if they produced a sort of "graphics motherboard". It would have slots or sockets for memory, and sockets for cores. I can imagine assembling a graphics card. It would be like a "sub computer" of sorts.

How viable that would be, I'm not too sure. I doubt graphics cores could come cheap, and GDDR ram also, and each new core may require a new architecture, but if they could unify it, imagine how much money we could all save from having to produce more PCBs and further leach the planet of her resources.

otm3x · 8th Jan 2006, 02:46

omg... It is so freaking smart....
it card will save so much power for sure...
but is the card kind of too long??

lepre · 8th Jan 2006, 12:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by scq

I think they've tried upgradable memory before. They were just sockets where you could stick in memory ICs.

What would be interesting, as so mentioned and hinted before, is if they produced a sort of "graphics motherboard". It would have slots or sockets for memory, and sockets for cores. I can imagine assembling a graphics card. It would be like a "sub computer" of sorts.

How viable that would be, I'm not too sure. I doubt graphics cores could come cheap, and GDDR ram also, and each new core may require a new architecture, but if they could unify it, imagine how much money we could all save from having to produce more PCBs and further leach the planet of her resources.

the cost would rise and everyone will say that they don't want to change the graphicmobo bla bla...

i think it would be better to use mxm in desktop (mounted as in this msi or onto the mobo, doesn't mind) so we'll have a standard thruth desktops and notebooks (and smaller pc)

7th Jan 2006, 19:32	#1
The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	MXM SLI for desktops; SLI notebooks to follow http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/01...um_go_mxm_sli/ I rather suspect the Geminium-Go! is more of a proof-of-concept product, or maybe a just-because-we-can showpiece from MSI, presumably because they have SLI notebooks on the way too. But the idea of a Go7800 GTX SLI notebook just blows me away. Sure won't be cheap, and don't you dare try and play games on it without being plugged into the way, but for the ultimate in space-saving, portable gaming, this has to be it!

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The_Pope Geoff Richards Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: UK Posts: 2,089	I linked it in the story already, but here is the direct link: http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...ia_7800/1.html

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