i dont know if this has been posted before or not, but i just got an email from Nvidia stating that their new 780i chipset will have not 2 but 3 way sli? anyone else heard about this? sounds pretty kickass to me.
i dont know if this has been posted before or not, but i just got an email from Nvidia stating that their new 780i chipset will have not 2 but 3 way sli? anyone else heard about this? sounds pretty kickass to me.
Centurion 5 Mod <<--- ON HOLD FOR THE WINTEROriginally Posted by Omega
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Bit-Tech Tri-SLI Review.
Personally, I think that Tri-SLI is retarded-but for only one reason: the only cards supported are $500+ GTXs and Ultras. (At a minimum) who's gonna spend $1500 on graphics cards!? If they made 8800GTs Tri-SLI compatible then that would make sense: $250 x 3 = $750. $750 isn't too bad for the amount of performance you'll get.
Surprisingly though, the drivers work real nice and it wasn't like that whole "Quad-SLI" fiasco.
I got one question though: will the upcoming 8850GX2 (7950GX2s successor and competition to ATI's HD3870X2) be Tri-SLI?
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I notice no one mentioned quad Crossfire... The presentation leads me to believe any crossfire cappable card will work in quad mode with all lanes at 16x.
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Tri Sli isn't that great at the moment as the three PCI-E lanes are knocked down to 8x and bottle necks also occur in the Northbridge. The main problem is having a powerful enough processor to feed the beast.
All the heat coming of 3 cards jammed together would be huge. Also you would need a beefy PSU to.
Either this is something they will play around with and then leave it alone or it will mature into something great.
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I don't see a point in SLi'ing lower end cards, as I've done sli with cards, and less you get a killer deal on the cards its not worth it.
I find sli useful for those who have the money to drop on high end parts. To many people try building a pc for 600$ and then trying to go sli with low end cards. Just not worth it.
Less you game on 1024x768, its not worth sli'ing low end cards, as a higher end card would do much better anywho.
But for rich people, Tri-sli will make some killer rigs.
When I said "lower-end" I more meant to say mid-range and higher cards. If that supported cards like the 8800GT or 8800GTS (new and old) then tri-sli would be an instant hit. In addition, with cards like the 8800GT, you'll actually have some open slots on your motherboard and case when you go Tri-SLI!
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