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SLI Performance Reviewed at Anandtech

Posted by Zonk on from the two-chips-means-twice-the-shiny dept.

DarkSarin writes "Anandtech has a review of dual gpu's using nvidia's nforce4 SLI chipset. They are showing ~66 fps on doom3 at 1600x1200 with 4xAA turned on (a 75% increase in performance over a single gpu). It's not available yet, but it should be fairly soon."

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  1. Expensive..... by spicy+salsa · · Score: 1, Insightful
    I wonder how many people will actually use this. Two 6800 GT's at 400 dollars each equals 800 dollars. Plus your going to need a massive power supply. One 6800 GT requires a 350 watt power supply so would two require a 700 watt power supply?! Yeeeesh....

    Free Flat Screen HERE!

  2. Some of you guys are missing the point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah, it's expensive, but cost has never really ever been the point. Having the fastest computer is.

    I totally undestand how some of you guys wouldn't spend that kind of cash on an SLI system, you just want a sensible computer for everyday use. Well, guess what? I don't. I want the highest framerates possible, so when I play my brother online in Halo or Doom 3 deathmatch, I can SPANK HIS ASS.

    I think that nvidia bringing back the SLI upgrade path is not only sensible, it's FUN. And that's the point.

    1. Re:Some of you guys are missing the point by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      Well, anything over 60 FPS is not going to help you anyway.

      Uhh, do you actually play first person shooters competitively or on a regular basis at all? There's a tremendous difference in feel between a system doing 100+ frames per second and one that's just doing around 60.

      10 out of 10 gamers, people who do this all the time, who were going into a competition would pick the former machine over the latter, every time.

      Graphics just don't mean that much to me

      Then WTF are you posting here about? Are you just trolling then?