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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. Press Release by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    over here: clicky

  2. this isn't new by f13nd · · Score: 5, Informative

    Alienware didn't invent this
    the PCI and PCI Express have had this written into spec
    AGP does too, but when was the last time you saw dual AGP slots on a mobo? (they do exist)

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  3. Re:Quad-screen? by houghi · · Score: 5, Informative

    I want tri-head or quad-head video, but with at least AGP speeds

    So order one now. They are available here at Matrox.

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  4. Re:Man am I out of the loop. by Auntie+Virus · · Score: 5, Informative

    There's a White Paper on PCI Express from Dell: Here

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