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Running Video Cards in Parallel

Posted by michael on from the seeing-double dept.

G.A. Wells writes "Ars Technica has the scoop on a new, Alienware-developed graphics subsystem called Video Array that will let users run two PCI-Express graphics cards in parallel on special motherboards. The motherboard component was apparently developed in cooperation with Intel. Now if I could only win the lottery."

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  1. In other news... by Unloaded · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...Microsoft announced that Clippy had broken the before unheard of 2,000 fps barrier.

    1. Re:In other news... by david.given · · Score: 5, Funny
      Microsoft announced that Clippy had broken the before unheard of 2,000 fps barrier.

      However, they went on to say that Clippy was still intact. They're going to try again using a bigger catapult and with a concrete-reinforced barrier.

  2. Man am I out of the loop. by Randolpho · · Score: 4, Funny

    PCI-Express? What happened to AGP?

    Seriously, I've been out of the PC market for too long. Alas, poor wallet. I had cash flow, Horatio.

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  3. Re:what will this do? by m4vrick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now you can play solitary and minesweaper at the same time on a maximized screen. :)

  4. Are we going to need this... by CodeMonkey4Hire · · Score: 5, Funny

    for Longhorn?

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  5. too many standards by jcostantino · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm going back to ISA...

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