CrossHair 4 Extreme ~ Lucid Hydra Brings SLi to AMD chipsets.

cadaveca · Jun 12, 2010, 10:38 PM

Seems nVidia really does have no place in the chipset business(pic stolen, no source, unknown validity):

Thoughts?

DrPepper · Jun 12, 2010, 10:44 PM

I read a review that said the Hydra chip wasn't as good as everyone hoped.

cadaveca · Jun 12, 2010, 10:57 PM

Depends on who you are talking to. It's not for benchers, for sure, as the Hydra Multi-gpu engine will add a bit of latency to the overall PCI-E bus, just by being there, however, the same can be said about NF200.

But, if it's just used as a PCI-E switch, the end result shouldn't affect real gameplay, nor should it or NF200, really be of any concern to a gamer.

Always consider who comments come from, before taking them into consideration for your own uses.

Geofrancis · Jun 13, 2010, 03:06 AM

i think the sli on the amd boards is probably the best feature of the hydra chip. the ability to mix ati/nvidia cards is just a bonus. how would this work with drivers and licensing i thought u needed nvidia to give a sli license before sli would work in any configuration.

drpepper ! another scotsman on tpu i thought i was the only one lol

SystemViper · Jun 13, 2010, 03:16 AM

when it that board being released, i can't wait,
Lucid Hydra bring it on.....

DrPepper · Jun 13, 2010, 03:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Geofrancis

drpepper ! another scotsman on tpu i thought i was the only one lol

Wow us Scots will soon be taking over ! Where abouts central ?

slyfox2151 · Jun 13, 2010, 03:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geofrancis

i think the sli on the amd boards is probably the best feature of the hydra chip. the ability to mix ati/nvidia cards is just a bonus. how would this work with drivers and licensing i thought u needed nvidia to give a sli license before sli would work in any configuration.

drpepper ! another scotsman on tpu i thought i was the only one lol

the way i see it, your not running them in "SLI" but rather just combineing the gpus together , or splitting the data between them.

this is different to SLI and the way it works.

Geofrancis · Jun 13, 2010, 03:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DrPepper

Wow us Scots will soon be taking over ! Where abouts central ?

im in ayrshire u?

DrPepper · Jun 13, 2010, 04:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Geofrancis

im in ayrshire u?

Stirlingshire

cadaveca · Jun 13, 2010, 04:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by slyfox2151

the way i see it, your not running them in "SLI" but rather just combineing the gpus together , or splitting the data between them.

this is different to SLI and the way it works.

Maybe..this is the first I have heard of SLi on AMD chipsets, so...I dunno how it will work. Seems ot me one way is using the Hydra chip, but the other is not?

I guess those things will be made more clear once the board actually launches.

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