Quad SLi 7900's for everyone

[ben_j_davis]

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30025

"NVIDIA has one more surprise up its sleeves for CeBIT. You all know that it will really announce its ghost Quad SLI systems. It won't be a Dell feature only; Nvidia will offer this monster to its other customers.

Nvidia plans to introduce 7900 GTX cards with two chips per card. Those cards should fit and work with normal Nforce 4 SLI motherboards. This is Nvidia's well kept secret - at least it was.

Normal Quad SLIs have four different graphic cards, especially designed by Nvidia. This new SLI will let you plug two new cards, each with two GPUs in your Nforce 4 SLI motherboard and it should work.

Those cards will need a lot of power but it will be cool to read a review of such a powerful system. This is definitely going to be a price and performance Bugatti but if you have a million dollar house you can get Quad SLI as well.

We remember that someone called Quad SLI a pig with lipstick and we cannot imagine a the better showy off thing than this"

 

[ben_j_davis]

Comon someone must be considering buying one of these?

 

[semi-pro waster]

Nope, "life - not - your - on". Re-arrange those words into a sentence and you will see my take on it It is an impressive technical achievement but it isn't worth the money as far as I am concerned.

 

[oweneades]

Cpu limitation is the only two words that spring to mind.

And this isn't really anything new, Asus has their 7800GT dual card.

 

[BubbySoup]

That's nice ... they should fit them with a mains adapter

Soon, it will be cheaper for me to cook my dinner than game on my PC ...

 

[Explicit]

Willy Wavers Edition...

 

[DannyW]

bit daft considering not many games will take full advantage

 

[uvarvu]

I might consider just ONE of the cards as my sn26p would probably not accommodate two. Would one card run in SLI configuration?

 

[Gibbo]

Hi there

Quad SLi will only be available as complete systems. The 7900 GX2 won't actually be available as a product online for some considerable time yet.....If you want Quad SLi you will have to buy it as part of a full system which will cost in the region of 4k-5k......

 

[div0]

If you want Quad SLi you will have to buy it as part of a full system which will cost in the region of 4k-5k......

come on people, stop pushing and form an orderly queue

 

[Goksly]

I left that kinda money in my other wallet
But I guess considering its 4 GPUs and 2gb of video ram.... the price of 4/5k is to be expected for a system that will have similar high end components (unless gibbo is talking of an entry level onee (486 / 640kb of ram etc )).

 

[ACESHIGH]

ATI may be bringing quad crossfire though.

http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?h...6lr=&sa=N
Translated ...

The GeCube manufacturer should present at the time of Cebit first graphics board ATI embarking two graphics processors, in fact two Radeon X1600 XT.

The chart, baptized Gemini, should be marketed as from April for a price of approximately 400 euros. Apart from the fact of being able to connect four screens out of only one chart, this model should not revolutionize the medium of the graphics boards. On the other hand, it could introduce a technology well making it possible to couple the power of four processors ATI via the chipset Radeon Xpress 3200 which supports 32 lines NCV express train. This stage, the chart of GeCube remains a technological demonstration to bring to the level charts multi GPU of NVIDIA.

 

[lordedmond]

we are going to have to have external power supplies just to drive the GFX chips soon , the form factor for a psu wont be big enough niether will the space in the cases.

maybe thats why you will only be able to buy complete systems custom psu/case and a rupture bra to lift it LOL

 

[Goksly]

we are going to have to have external power supplies just to drive the GFX chips soon , the form factor for a psu wont be big enough niether will the space in the cases.

maybe thats why you will only be able to buy complete systems custom psu/case and a rupture bra to lift it LOL

Asus has already done this with their dual 7800GT. I think its a bad direction to go, but im sure those with 24"+ TFTs will be happy to have even more GPU power.

 

[pastymuncher]

At this rate everyone will need their own nuclear power station in the garden!!