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Alienware Discuss New Video Array Technology For Gamers
Gaming Nexus writes "Over at Gaming Nexus, we've posted an interview with Alienware about their new video array technology, which 'will provide gamers with an expected 50% increase in gaming performance by utilizing two video cards.' The interview covers the creation of the technology, the problems they had in developing it, as well some more details on how it works." The short version is that it utilizes multiple cards to render one screen, similar to SLI, but with many more features added in as well. What Alienware has developed is a software layer that sits between the video drivers and the application, routing things to where they need to be.
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Imagine a beowulf cluster of these... *ducks*
So does this mean if I buy 3 really cheap ATI radeon 9200's i can have the same performance as a Radeon 27600 ??
Or can I finally put to use those old ISA videos cards i used to have in my 386?
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Somehow I doubt that Alienware will get the patents that are 'pending' - I'd imagine that SGI probably already has a whole portfolio covering this area, since this kind of thing is their bread and butter.
Yes, because nobody is granted patents when there is a lot of prior art.
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Am I the only person who couln't give a damn about SLI and would rather have two dual-head cards in the system to power 4 flatpanels all with scrolling ccze'd logs so I can sit back in my huge leather chair and cackle with power while stroking my white cat?