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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."
the Gigantahugeanormus selection of apps that get a benefit from SLI, it makes the price of a SLI system oh so much more reasonable.
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CeBIT is a HUGE event with an awful lot to cover. It's a chance for a lot of companies to showcase new hardware. There's bound to be a lot of CeBIT stuff both on Slashdot and the rest of the tech-geared web for the next few days.
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.
This isn't a CeBIT story. It's a hexus advertorial submitted by Steve Kerrison of hexus.