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CeBIT 2005: SLI Shuttle Surfaces
Kez writes "You wouldn't think it could be done, but you can actually fit two high performance video cards into a Shuttle XPC and run them in SLI mode. Shuttle are being a bit coy about the whole affair, despite the fact that they have the system on show. As such, no internal photos are available, but HEXUS.net has a writeup explaining what's inside."
Why not do a daily summary of multiple CeBIT stories?
Well, I have a Cirrus Logic 5401 VGA controller.
I'll sell it to you but, it won't be cheap.
...Shuttle are being a bit coy about the whole affair, despite the fact that they have the syystem on show.
Come on, I hate reading things with errors like those. A bit of proofreading would be nice.
Does anyone need 12,000 fps for Star Wars Republic Commando?
I'm not a Troll, it's reverse psychology.
Now if you can get that shhutle syystem to ruun in SLLI mode I would be most immpressed.
For all intensive porpoises your a bunch of rediculous loosers
What is the point of this article? All I am interested in when I hear about 2 cards in SLI configuration is their performance, and this article does not mention the performance at all.
Paul
the Gigantahugeanormus selection of apps that get a benefit from SLI, it makes the price of a SLI system oh so much more reasonable.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
I saw this a week or so ago, and the first thing what wandered through my mind was not 'They are going to get sued' but 'So this is the OEM version of the Shuttle eh?'.
There has been a lot of speculation that Apple never designed the Shuttle but bought it in from outside, guess we will find out if and when Apple sue over it.
Am I the only one who pictured two space shuttles taking off in tandem?
The party of stupid and the party of evil get together and do something both stupid and evil, then call it bipartisan.
of Small Form Factor computers to be light, portable , and functional (like a Mac Mini?)
I'm not exactly dissing this card setup, but the price of one of these machines is starting to outweigh the weight and size of a standard form factor.
When I first heard about SFF, the first thing I thought was media server. A light, portable, PVR. Its now turned into 'How much tech can I squeeze into the smallest space possible?'
If we insist on such prick-waving, then please make sure the thing doesnt burn. That's the one thing all wo/men don't want.
This is great! Now due to me getting fired for gaming all the time, I can still game in the efficiency apartment that I can barely afford while working part time at my local fast food joint! Kudos to going smaller and smaller as my income falls!
Don't SFF cases usually have weak psu's, and don't high end video cards consume lots of power? Doesn't seem like a good match to me.
It makes sense. Existing XPCs already have two slots; one PCI slot and one AGP/PCIe slot.
It looks like all they've done is replaced the PCI slot with a second PCIe slot, and put in a shorter SLI bridge between them. The only actual difficulty in this setup would be cooling, which I'm sure Shuttle will solve considering their expertise with SFF cooling.
I think the article is misquoting though. The slots themselves are probably not spaced half the distance together. It's just that SLI solutions normally require the space of 3 slots, and they're doing it in the space of 2.
Seems to me that with ~two~ high end cards like 6800GTs, cooling would be even more of an issue. What are they doing to deal with the extra heat?
The real story here is Shuttle perfecting the folding of space-time.
I deeply enjoy my Shuttle SB65G2, it works reasonably well w/ a P4 and an ATI FireGL X1, but lately I'm more interested in dual CPU systems over dual video cards.
I don't suppose anyone knows if Shuttle is planning a dual Opteron system or something similar?
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Wowee!!! Now I can play Lesuire Suit Larry at three kajilliongillionmumelillion frames per second!!
Look at this product range from a well-known manufacturer. They already have that.
#include "coucou.h"
Yes, the rest of us pictured two space shuttles surfacing in tandem and that you should definitely not consider quitting your day job to become a comedian. kthxbye.
and nobody gets it :(
you can squeeze 2 of the letter "y" into the word "system"
The truth doesn't care what I think.
Cool, now all our astronauts can play games at blazing fast speeds while ascending through the stratosphere.
From my understanding, all the video out still comes from one primary card, so rather than wasting rear-case space with a second card, why not make a daughtercard for SLI? It would put off less heat and be a smaller card without the circuitry and plugs to plug in a monitor.
What to buy? This is now the question :\
Though he apparently messed up the link.
you fucking moron
Not only do SFF computers have weaker power supplies, they are SMALL.
The GeForce 6800 Ultra cards afaik all take up 2 slots (one connector, double wide though).
And from benchmarks I've seen using two 6800 non-ultras doesn't equal the performance of a single 6800 Ultra. Plus the system would have to have some crazy cooling going on and would likely be very loud. The only way I see this being reasonable is if they use a internal power supply + an external.
Thanks for posting that ;)
you apparently don't get the joke.