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NVIDIA Brings SLI Technology to Intel Bloomfield CPU Platforms

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All they are doing is making an add on nForce200 chip. Does the same job as the nForce 100 chips on Skulltrail board.

Instead of being enabled in the x58 chipset then have the specific nForce 200SLI chipset to handle the SLI.

Way to go make the board more expensive instead of just allowing X58 to run SLI and Intel giving them a license to make compatible chipsets
 
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Yes it does. It is the same solution though to get SLI onto Skulltrail.

As this is going to be an additional and OPTIONAL chip you will need to check that the x58 board you buy has the nForce 200 SLI chip on it as not all will.

If the board has no nForce 200 SLI chip on then will be Crossfire only.
 
If this was a year ago I would be shouting HURRAH. Though, am not sure how much of a premium I would pay for an X58 board that had SLI support aswell as CF, especially now that we kind of have a choice to simply go ATi.

With this said, I suppose X58 will cost a pretty penny when it launches so for the people buying them it wouldnt be that much of a stretch.

Martyn
 
So basically all Intel Nehalem chipsets will support Crossfire out of the box but only a few will have the necessary chip to support SLI also and will probably be offered as "premium" models at higher cost. Meanwhile NVidia won't be producing their own boards for Nehalem!?

If this is true then I really think this could be the end of SLI tbh.
 
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So basically all Intel Nehalem chipsets will support Crossfire out of the box but only a few will have the necessary chip to support SLI also and will probably be offered as "premium" models at higher cost. Meanwhile NVidia won't be producing their own boards for Nehalem!?

If this is true then I really think this could be the end of SLI tbh.
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I think the first batch of nehalem willn't have sli support but in 09 they will.
 
That SLI200 chip costs £30 so unlikely many motherboard makers will include it. Just Nvidia's way of trying to get a piece of the ££ action as SLI can run in software only as has been proved in the past when hacked drivers were released around 2005 which enabled SLI on an Intel based motherboard.

The thing which will concern Nvidia is that Intel let AMD/ATI have Crossfire so most enthusiasts can have that solution if they want multigpu and Intel based boards which leaves Nvidia out in the cold as they have been arguing about SLI for years now.
 
DAMN didn't know it would be that expensive. They'll have no chance of it being widely adopted then :D

They're basically trying to make up for the fact that they won't have a chipset for Nehalem LOL
 
That was the deal with Intel or did you not read it fully days ago ?.

Intel feel good they ain't going to have a Nvidia Mobo at launch and they get a botch up SLI job.

Then Nvidia have time to get a Chipset 100% right in 2009 as Intel have now finally given them the info they need.

Think back to NF4+AMD who did not hold back important needed info from Nvidia. ;)

Again many here inc yourself have very short memories if indeed your old enough to remember the NF2/3 etc (as in not born but old enough to mess with PC's). :p

You seem to hate Nvidia and that's cool, but funny it was all 8800's that were the rage for 2years and the 790I can hold its own with any X48.
 
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Sli/crossfire is still a miniscule part of the market but as people say the knock on effect of being able to sell systems with ATi/amd/intel name with the classification of being the fastest setup around does mean people will buy the same brand lower end products thinking thats the best way to go(even though its true this time :p ) .

Sli really won't be affecting the bottom line for Nvidia, maybe more so for ATi as 2x £120 cards isn't a bad option, while with nvidia 2x£220 cards is a different matter, but in general neither company cares much about their multigpu stuff, its bragging rights, not money making. Nvidia will be happy if they have a single board they can get a review out running in sli trying to claim to be the fastest even if no one on earth would buy it.
 
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"nVidia is run by Muppets"
 
drunkenmaster said:
but in general neither company cares much about their multigpu stuff, its bragging rights, not money making.
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Well, AMD seems fairly keen on single-board multi-GPU solutions to the point where they're really acting on its criticisms, cured microstutter, vastly improved scaling (close or equal to 100% performance boost in CoD4, GRID, Age Of Conan and Oblivion according to AnandTech) and such.
 
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