NVIDIA to launch Quad-SLI in March - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 24th Feb 2006, 12:01

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2006/02...i_launch_date/

ozstrike · 24th Feb 2006, 12:05

Snazzy, but is there really any point? Won't they be rendered (heh) obsolete when DX10 and SM4 come out?

Edit: Not obsolete as such, but it's a bit of a waste to spend all that money when new tech is coming out so soon.

Shadow_101 · 24th Feb 2006, 12:22

I can’t afford dual graphics, never mind quad.

Edit: This Seems about a pointless as the Quintippio

mclean007 · 24th Feb 2006, 12:26

I'm still slightly baffled by the SLI bridge on those cards - there appear to be two bridges, one from card 1 to card 3, and one from card 2 to card 4. I assume that there is an internal bridge linking card 1 to card 2, and another linking cards 3 and 4, but how does card 1 talk to card 4, or card 2 to card 3? If it can go from 1 --> 3 --> 4 (i.e. if the communications can go across the SLI bridge then across the 'internal' bridge), then why does there have to be two external bridges? Confused!

Anyway, quad SLI? Rock on!

Hybr1d · 24th Feb 2006, 12:31

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Originally Posted by Shadow_101

I can’t afford dual graphics, never mind quad.

Don't worry, many of us are in the same boat

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Originally Posted by ozstriker

...but it's a bit of a waste to spend all that money when new tech is coming out so soon.

That's true with any tech at any time, no?

Swafeman · 24th Feb 2006, 12:33

Get some Quad DX10 cards then, duuh

perplekks45 · 24th Feb 2006, 12:37

As I would interprete this it acts like 2x2 SLI.
Today you have SLI cards splitting the work to 1/2+1/2 or 1/3+2/3 or whatever and with quad SLI you'll have like two cards doing one half, 2 the other. Understandable?

Anyone correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks.

MrWillyWonka · 24th Feb 2006, 12:40

Nice, but is there really any point right now? What game would actually need that amount of graphics power, ok you might get a few hundred fps, but you arn't going to notice a differnce between 100fps and 300fps! By the time the 4 gpus have a use, there will be newer cards out capeable of doing the same things.

But I guess everyone wants bragging rights!

LoneArchon · 24th Feb 2006, 12:43

If i were spend that much on just video cards i would want to water cool them but with the way they are stacked there is no room for the blocks. I also belive that other people buy this much power may want to push it futher with addtional cooling

Godboy_g · 24th Feb 2006, 13:40

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Originally Posted by LoneArchon

If i were spend that much on just video cards i would want to water cool them but with the way they are stacked there is no room for the blocks. I also belive that other people buy this much power may want to push it futher with addtional cooling

Why cool it, you could probably heat your house with this.... lol

This is getting a bit ridiculous though..... They should be working on making a dual, or quad core card, not making us buy 4 to connect together. Especially with the trend lately in making things smaller and smaller (ala MacMini, and new Shuttles), will SLI even have a place in the future?

ozstrike · 24th Feb 2006, 13:43

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Originally Posted by Hybr1d

That's true with any tech at any time, no?

True, but DX10 will probably last at least a year, maybe two.

Mankz · 24th Feb 2006, 13:44

oooh- im looking forwards to this!-

But, is it possible to use it with a normal Asus A8N- SLI Deluxe / Premium

Mankz

Kaboom22 · 24th Feb 2006, 14:22

I'd rather they has stuck 2 chips on one PCB instead of 4 pcb's and some daft SLI linkage. If they sell a single pair together, it will be popular with people with only one X16 PCI-E. Having said that, i want one

i need to win a large amnount of cash first though...

Solidus · 24th Feb 2006, 14:42

feels pointless to me, 1 graphics card is enough yet they add more and more. Why not try build a graphics card thats 4in1 instead of adding more other cards to it.

zr_ox · 24th Feb 2006, 14:44

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Originally Posted by MrWillyWonka

you arn't going to notice a differnce between 100fps and 300fps! By the time the 4 gpus have a use, there will be newer cards out capeable of doing the same things.

Well said. This all just pointless....absolutley pointless! Admintedly there will be a market, a very miniscule one but some people may be stupid enough to buy it. These card will become collectors items in a few years time, and to be honest I think Nvidia are the ones looking for the bragging rights. Cant see ATI trying this.

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Originally Posted by Godboy_g

Why cool it, you could probably heat your house with this.

You will have no option but to use this to heat your house. Its gonna cost so much to buy it, and run it. There will be no money left for the heating bills!

Nuts!

koola · 24th Feb 2006, 14:53

ok, NVIDIA has lost it.....

Just pointless.

Tim S · 24th Feb 2006, 14:54

The market is for those of us who can afford a Dell 30" display - you'll stuggle to play games very smoothly at 2560x1600, lots of AA and high details with two X1900's in CrossFire. By the same token, I would expect GeForce 7900 SLI (two cards) to be the same too.

Dr. Strangelove · 24th Feb 2006, 15:06

Hmm this seems a bit pointless to me as well. You would hope that they would get started on making dualcore GPU's soon or something like that.

Looking forward to the Bit-Tech review tho....

BTW. Bigz what's with that avatar.. had to save it to see what is says

Veles · 24th Feb 2006, 15:42

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Originally Posted by Godboy_g

Why cool it, you could probably heat your house with this.... lol

This is getting a bit ridiculous though..... They should be working on making a dual, or quad core card, not making us buy 4 to connect together. Especially with the trend lately in making things smaller and smaller (ala MacMini, and new Shuttles), will SLI even have a place in the future?

I read an article a while ago that a new chip nVidia are working on is infact dual core, which means you can do quad SLi with just 2 cards meaning you can still watercool them and stuff.

Is it just me or does that picture look rediculously fake, I know it is actually working and everything, I saw the pics from CES or whatever it was, but that pic looks really fake. The SLI bridges don't appear to be even close to plugging into the boards and as far as I can tell they arn't pulgged into the mobo either.

<A88> · 24th Feb 2006, 15:44

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Originally Posted by bigz

The market is for those of us who can afford a Dell 30" display - you'll stuggle to play games very smoothly at 2560x1600, lots of AA and high details with two X1900's in CrossFire. By the same token, I would expect GeForce 7900 SLI (two cards) to be the same too.

So will this actually support the ability to plug two monitor outputs into an SLI setup, as the 30" Dell requires?

<A88>

24th Feb 2006, 12:01	#1
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mclean007 Officious Bystander Join Date: May 2003 Location: Nodnol Posts: 1,597	I'm still slightly baffled by the SLI bridge on those cards - there appear to be two bridges, one from card 1 to card 3, and one from card 2 to card 4. I assume that there is an internal bridge linking card 1 to card 2, and another linking cards 3 and 4, but how does card 1 talk to card 4, or card 2 to card 3? If it can go from 1 --> 3 --> 4 (i.e. if the communications can go across the SLI bridge then across the 'internal' bridge), then why does there have to be two external bridges? Confused! Anyway, quad SLI? Rock on! __________________ Demand Naked DSL in the UK!

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perplekks45 BSc... finally Join Date: May 2004 Location: Vienna, Austria Posts: 3,353	As I would interprete this it acts like 2x2 SLI. Today you have SLI cards splitting the work to 1/2+1/2 or 1/3+2/3 or whatever and with quad SLI you'll have like two cards doing one half, 2 the other. Understandable? Anyone correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks. __________________ "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far." Blame it on Cheaps! [now a social group]

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MrWillyWonka . Moderator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Southampton, Hants Posts: 5,746	Nice, but is there really any point right now? What game would actually need that amount of graphics power, ok you might get a few hundred fps, but you arn't going to notice a differnce between 100fps and 300fps! By the time the 4 gpus have a use, there will be newer cards out capeable of doing the same things. But I guess everyone wants bragging rights! __________________ Project Red - HL2 - PSOne LCD S-Video Guide Main Rig: Asus Striker Extreme, Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 OC'd to 2.65GHz, 4GB Corsair XMS, 8800GTS in SLI, 36 & 74GB Raptors

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Kaboom22 Multimodder Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portsmouth (ish) Posts: 182	I'd rather they has stuck 2 chips on one PCB instead of 4 pcb's and some daft SLI linkage. If they sell a single pair together, it will be popular with people with only one X16 PCI-E. Having said that, i want one i need to win a large amnount of cash first though... __________________ Project Cold Angel Cold Angel Discussion Thread

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Solidus Superhuman Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: England Posts: 1,647	feels pointless to me, 1 graphics card is enough yet they add more and more. Why not try build a graphics card thats 4in1 instead of adding more other cards to it. __________________ I'm a n00b in need of constant h3lp! Xbox Live GT: Mephestic PSN Tag: M3phestic Twitter: Mephestic

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Dr. Strangelove Supermodder Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Dundee Posts: 306	Hmm this seems a bit pointless to me as well. You would hope that they would get started on making dualcore GPU's soon or something like that. Looking forward to the Bit-Tech review tho.... BTW. Bigz what's with that avatar.. had to save it to see what is says __________________ If it isn’t broken, fix it. If it is broken, mod it till it looks like it's meant to be broken.