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nVidia Introduces 3-Way SLI
nVidia Introduces 3-Way SLI
Just in case you have an unlimited budget for building your PC, and you have to run games at the absolute highest settings possible, nVidia has introduced a new 3-way SLI system that allows PC gamers to use three graphics cards, simultaneously.
According to nVidia, using the NVIDIA nForce(R) 680 SLI MCP motherboard, a PC with three graphics cards can achieve roughly 2.8x the graphics processing power of a single GPU.
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Wow, a factor of 2.8 would be an amazing value, I think I remember the factor of 1.6 for dual-SLI, sadly I couldn't find any confirmation for that in Wikipedia. But I assume that this is a best case scenario polished by the PR-Department, the value for real life situations should be much lower, maybe 2.4 or 2.5.
But this varies with the cards you actually use, the resolution you are running and of course the game you're measuring this with. I would also like to point out that SLI is mostly useful when you're using higher resolutions with rich details. E.g. the performance boost for Crysis on mid-settings at a 1024er Resolution, would be much lower compared to the boost you get for Crysis on very high settings at a 1920er resolution.
Jeez, buy a larger graca instead, how about that?
SLI will become useful only when they make it possible to hook up two different cards (so you could use your old one as assistant when you buy a new one).
well, apart from there not being a bigger one one the market at the moment, that wasn't my point at all.
I was merely commenting on the "2.8" from the news.
And I was commenting the news. Else I would have responded to your reply.
I don't care for the people who don't know what to do with their money. Technology should not be developed just for this minority.
I'm no expert on hardware but I think "hooking up" 2 cards that are different could be pretty tough.Fist - different GPU frequencies could be a problem. Another one could possibly be that the slower graphics card could become some sort of bottleneck for the output.
I never actually saw the point in SLI anyway since getting only around 1.6 times the perfomance for double the price is no good deal in my opinion. And the 2.8x perfomance with 3-Way SLI ? I won't believe this before having seen it with my own eyes.
Personally, I'm a fan of just waiting 14 hours (or whatever the development cycle is for new video cards these days), and upgrading the old card. Costs less in the long run and (over the long term) keeps you further up on the GPU power curve.
Of course, if you can afford to constantly upgrade three cards (and wouldn't prefer to feed a small town), then enjoy the fancy new technology!
I really like your style and humor :-)
Thanks, Starkiller! :)
You hit the nail :D
That about sums up my opinion.
Uh? New graphic card? For me, the 4xxx series still sounds like new. Where are they at the moment? ;)
I am playing System Shock 2 with a few mods on an 1.7 GHz Notebook with onboard graphics. And it's great :)
You're playing System Shock 2 for the.....2137th time?
no. for the first time :)
I played command & conquer 2 when SS2 was released. If you are always behind the developement, you don't have to pay that much :P
Yes, but sadly I wasn't disciplined enough and have played everything already.
I mean it.
Everything worth playing.
Everything?
Then we demand a complete checklist so we, too, can play everything worth playing!
:)
Ha! If I had such a fine memory, I'd be glad to provide you with such a list.
But you could come around behind your sarcasm, hand me a list of the best games and I'll be glad to tell you which I've played (and of course glad to find some new gems, as there is always something you have missed).
Seriously, I have played most (my estimate is ~90%) of the games which are beeing deemed good by my friends, by game magazines and websites. + some games which weren't that good ;)