Friday, October 12th 2007

NVIDIA bringing in 3-Way

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NamesDontMatter
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NVIDIA is getting its 3-way SLI ready for its November 12th launch. To run your own 3-Way SLI setup you will need the following three things. First, you will need the upcoming 3-way SLI drivers. Second, you will need a 680i SLI motherboard or a soon to be released 780a/780i SLI motherboard that must include at least 3 PCIe x16 slots. Third, you will need to have three GeForce 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra graphics cards(It is a necessity to have 2 SLI connectors on each card). Lastly you will need a 3-way SLI bridge card. Interestingly it looks like the upcoming G92 won't support 3-way SLI because it only has one SLI connector per card.

VR-Zone provided a diagram that shows how 3-way SLI operates.



In brief summary; Card A connects to Card B, and B connects to C and then C connects back to A. If this 3-way SLI bridge card is sold separately the 3-way SLI setup may prove to be more expensive then a 3-way Crossfire X setup.
Source: VR-Zone

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21 Comments on NVIDIA bringing in 3-Way

#1
FatForester
G92 won't support it? Well that's a bummer. Like people would 3-way midrange cards anyways lol
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#2
panchoman
Sold my stars!
lets see how ati does their multiple card x-fire. they've already got quad x-fire boards out there.
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#3
[I.R.A]_FBi
exactly, why would i want to do three way high end?
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#4
Chewy
would be good for gaming on a 30" mointor that uses 1600p.. other than gaming like crysis at theses resolutions.. I dont see much point in having 3way sli besides for benchmark scores... just upgrade and sell your old card to newer models.
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#5
panchoman
Sold my stars!
is 1600p around? i've set to see something that and use the full 1600x something res of a grafix card.
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#6
jocksteeluk
pretty good but id have to say the graphics card market is becoming overkill, they will be able to make a console with far less power available look just as good if not better for most games using the same hardware as when the product was first launched.
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#7
Chewy
panchomanis 1600p around? i've set to see something that and use the full 1600x something res of a grafix card.
yeah Samsung makes a 30" "monitor" thats like 2500x 1600 resolution.. its nice but costs alot :P some tv's have resolution options this high aswell, I know Sony has some.
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#8
Unregistered
yeah, if you have a nice, big hdtv lying around.... call it a monitor.
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#9
hat
Enthusiast
This was already posted :p
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#10
WarEagleAU
Bird of Prey
This is a complicated piece of technology. I dont think ATIs Tri Crossfire is this complicated...
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#11
kwchang007
WarEagleAUThis is a complicated piece of technology. I dont think ATIs Tri Crossfire is this complicated...
How does Ati's work?
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#12
LiveOrDie
:laugh::wtf: 8800GTS only has 1 SLI connectors its the GTX and Ultras that have 2
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#13
mandelore
that looks a bit....hacked together.

But I somewhat agree about overkill, because you go out and spend top money on 2 cards, then a third (same or lesser card)

THEN, 2 months down the line, having spent loads of cash, your 2 cards in that setup become redundant via the inroduction of a new card thats more powerfult han both combined, half the price of one of those cards, and sucks less power than all three.. lol :laugh:
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#14
LiveOrDie
NamesDontMatterNVIDIA is getting its 3-way SLI ready for its November 12th launch. To run your own 3-Way SLI setup you will need the following three things. First, you will need the upcoming 3-way SLI drivers. Second, you will need a 680i SLI motherboard or a soon to be released 780a/780i SLI motherboard that must include at least 3 PCIe x16 slots. Third, you will need to have three GeForce 8800 GTS or 8800 Ultra graphics cards(It is a necessity to have 2 SLI connectors on each card). Lastly you will need a 3-way SLI bridge card. Interestingly it looks like the upcoming G92 won't support 3-way SLI because it only has one SLI connector per card.

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VR-Zone provided a diagram that shows how 3-way SLI operates.



In brief summary; Card A connects to Card B, and B connects to C and then C connects back to A. If this 3-way SLI bridge card is sold separately the 3-way SLI setup may prove to be more expensive then a 3-way Crossfire X setup.

Source: VR-Zone
YOU SOULD READ IT RIGHT BEFOR YOU POST DOGGY INFO ABOUT:shadedshu
THIS IS WHAT VR-Zone said
Nvidia is stepping up efforts on getting 3-way SLI ready for launch on Nov 12th. However, to get 3-way SLI up and running, there are a few requirements. Firstly you need a 3-way SLI drivers. Secondly, you need either a 680i SLI or the upcoming 780a/780i SLI board with at least 3 PCIe x16 slots. Thirdly, you need either GeForce 8800 Ultra or GeForce 8800 GTX cards as these cards have 2 SLI connectors on each card. Even the upcoming G92 cards will not support since it has only 1 SLI connector. Fourthly, you would need a 3-way SLI bridge card
AND I THINK THE 790i Board that runs DDR3 can run TRi SLI
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#15
NamesDontMatter
Live OR DieYOU SOULD READ IT RIGHT BEFOR YOU POST DOGGY INFO ABOUT:shadedshu
THIS IS WHAT VR-Zone said
Nvidia is stepping up efforts on getting 3-way SLI ready for launch on Nov 12th. However, to get 3-way SLI up and running, there are a few requirements. Firstly you need a 3-way SLI drivers. Secondly, you need either a 680i SLI or the upcoming 780a/780i SLI board with at least 3 PCIe x16 slots. Thirdly, you need either GeForce 8800 Ultra or GeForce 8800 GTX cards as these cards have 2 SLI connectors on each card. Even the upcoming G92 cards will not support since it has only 1 SLI connector. Fourthly, you would need a 3-way SLI bridge card
AND I THINK THE 790i Board that runs DDR3 can run TRi SLI
Okay . . . I spelled one letter wrong . . . Just let me know next time(*edit here* and I will change it), no need to attack me about it.
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#16
panchoman
Sold my stars!
i think it should just be one/two bridges that have 3 connections each.
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#17
Unregistered
what happened to the good days when you didn't need all these weird connectors for crossfire? even they've started with this crap now.
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#18
Morgoth
Fueled by Sapphire
3dfx was first!
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#19
magibeg
How efficient was 3dfx SLI anyway. Current cards definitely seem to have a lot of overhead when it comes to multiple cards.
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#20
ktr
Morgoth3dfx was first!
remember your roots...

magibegHow efficient was 3dfx SLI anyway. Current cards definitely seem to have a lot of overhead when it comes to multiple cards.
when you added a second 3dfx card, your performance doubled. not like today where you get like a 50-80% increase.

Also, 3dfx can play some modern games with special tweeks.
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#21
demonbrawn
ktrremember your roots...





when you added a second 3dfx card, your performance doubled. not like today where you get like a 50-80% increase.

Also, 3dfx can play some modern games with special tweeks.
Wow, that looks rediculous. Before my time, but cool. Very... compact.
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