Gigabyte's 3D1 brings SLI to a single card

An anonymous reader writes "Gigabyte have implemented nVidia's SLI on a single graphics board, dubbed the "3D1." The card features two GeForce 6600GT cores (I would imagine two 6800 cores would draw too much power and create too much heat for a single PCB.) Hexus.net have a review of the board, which in various tests was able to compete with a 6800GT, but will it be marketed at a favourable price? You may also want to read Hexus' article - 'An Introduction to SLI' - for a look at how SLI technology works."

Comments

Too Much power?

[Kjuib]

"I would imagine two 6800 cores would draw too much power and create too much heat for a single PCB."
I don't know whether it would or not, but I will be willing to test that for you. Send me one, and I will fill out all the forms and keep track of heating and power levels.

Good coverage

[JDevers]

Man, talk about good coverage. A single board getting TWO Slashdot posts when new GPUs often don't merit one.

http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/12/16/1916 24 7&tid=152&tid=137

Re:Something bugging me about SLI...

[iainl]

No, it really is version 2.

Unfortunately, it won't become actually useable until version 3, and only stops being an almighty kludge at version 4. Presumably, they'll make it multi-user at 3.11, too.