NVIDIA to support 16xAA in SLI - bit-tech.net Forums

Tim S · 13th Jun 2005, 15:03

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2005/06..._16xAA_in_SLI/

Da Dego · 13th Jun 2005, 15:08

Hmmm...

A trip to the NVidia boardroom:
"OOOH! Lookie what ATi announced...QUICK! What can we think of to beat this!? Think FASTER...FAAASTTERRR!!! I know...they have Super-AA, let's make Super-DUPER-AA!!!"

Tim S · 13th Jun 2005, 16:50

well, fair play to them IMHO - ATI claimed they could do more with CrossFire than what NVIDIA could do with SLI. NVIDIA turn on more features when they have competition.

Firehed · 13th Jun 2005, 18:44

Good marketing, but the customers who already run SLI kinda get shafted in that respect. Granted, 1600x1200 4xAA is pretty void of jaggies so I'm not too worried. What I really hope is they add (fix?) support for multiple displays with SLI enabled, and/or a reboot-free software enable/disable of it.

So, you think when G70 hits shelves they'll add in 4xCTU (crappy texture upscaling)? lol Because let's face it, you can have 100xAA 100xAF and still have horrible image quality with crappy textures.

apoogod · 13th Jun 2005, 22:04

just to clear this up for me....SLI only works with 2 monitors?

<A88> · 13th Jun 2005, 22:10

SLI only works with one monitor. Two won't work.

<A88>

JADS · 13th Jun 2005, 22:15

Now if one of them could get off their backsides and develop a better interface than DVI for future digital high resolutions displays I'd be more impressed

Tim S · 13th Jun 2005, 22:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by apoogod

just to clear this up for me....SLI only works with 2 monitors?

AFAIK that is on the list of 'things to be fixed' in the future, but right now it does not work.

Firehed · 13th Jun 2005, 23:59

What's wrong with DVI?
To make it as obvious as possible, SLI needs two video cards, but can only output to a single display. We WANT multi display support in SLI mode, but don't have it.

Tim S · 14th Jun 2005, 06:36

I understand that multi-monitor support is something that will be fixed soon. I don't know what kind of time frame, but it has been on the bug reports for a while now.

apoogod · 14th Jun 2005, 21:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigz

I understand that multi-monitor support is something that will be fixed soon. I don't know what kind of time frame, but it has been on the bug reports for a while now.

would that just be a software fix?

Tim S · 14th Jun 2005, 22:18

afaik yes

Firehed · 14th Jun 2005, 22:28

Good

Although bad timing, as my second monitor is (literally) bolted onto the side of a different case. Might be able to make use of one of my PS1 screens though.

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13th Jun 2005, 18:44	#4
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Firehed Why not? I own a domain to match. Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An hour north of Boston Posts: 12,576	Good Although bad timing, as my second monitor is (literally) bolted onto the side of a different case. Might be able to make use of one of my PS1 screens though. __________________ hire me @ eric-stern.com - web developer and php ninja pics @ my smugmug :: Twitter @firehed :: blog @ firehed.net 40D\|580EXII\|285HV\|AB800\|70-200f/4LIS\|17-50f/2.8\|150f/2.8Macro\|50f/1.8 MacPro @ 8x2.8GHz, 10GB FBDDR2, 3TB HD :: MBP @ 2x2.2GHz, 4GB DDR2, 320GB HD