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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. Rats by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post and I don't have a slashdot account :-(

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Sorry couldn't resist. AC powaaah!
    This reminds me of the 3dfx Voodoo stuff! Cool.

  3. I think that's the sound of a pin dropping by Phidoux · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    So they run sound cards in parallel too?

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  4. nigritude ultramarine by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nigritude ULtramarine

  5. Not reading the linked article... by Chris_Jefferson · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Normally I don't read the linked article because it's slashdotted.

    In this case I'm not reading it because their horribly misformed HTML doesn't render in Konqueror (and yes, it is their HTML. It's horrible. I imagine mozilla will render it because it's absorbed enough IE-specific hacks over the years)

    While I realise slashdot isn't a website to be talking about valid HTML, perhaps it could at least be checked pages render properly and readably? (I'm guessing Safari fails too. Anyone got a mac to check?)

    (OK, OK, I know I'm horribly off-topic)

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    1. Re:Not reading the linked article... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Was readable in Safari 1.2...

  6. Is that new? by e-Trolley · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I use a 3 head system with xinerama since a few years. It's damn slow but I love these 1600x1200x3 :)

  7. Re:Next comes dual AGP graphics. by thryllkill · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I hate to sound like I am trolling, but can we stop with the DNF jokes? They are not funny any more.

    Every time I log on to /.

    1. Whiz bang new technology
    2. Not in production yet
    3. It'll be out in time for DNF

    and just to keep the cliches running...

    4. ???
    5. Profit.

    (I actually got heckled for not using the profit sequence in a numbered list here)

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  8. Hey, you. STFU, idiot. by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    VA/MD/DC is the center of the known universe, what Beltway did you think we wereh talking about?

    And incidientally, I saw LLY 347 a few minutes later. On the side of the road, surrounded by state troopers. They were arresting him for the shitty carbon fiber hood and spoiler he tried to add to his civic.

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