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CeBIT 2005: SLI Shuttle Surfaces

Posted by timothy on from the small-packages dept.

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."

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  1. Another CeBIT story? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why not do a daily summary of multiple CeBIT stories?

    1. Re:Another CeBIT story? by unts · · Score: 2, Interesting

      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.

    2. Re:Another CeBIT story? by Dolda2000 · · Score: 2

      Well... why? Why should stories be posted together just because they all originated from CeBIT? They aren't even necessarily related topics. It's like saying "Another story from the US? Why not do a daily summary of multiple stories from the US?", isn't it?

    3. Re:Another CeBIT story? by sbryant · · Score: 2, Informative

      Oddly enough, there hasn't been that much CeBit stuff on /. in comparison to what is actually going on there. I've read articles about some really cool stuff. If you can read German, there's good coverage on the German tech news site Heise.

      -- Steve

  2. If Only by leathered · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now if you can get that shhutle syystem to ruun in SLLI mode I would be most immpressed.

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  3. When you consider by OverlordQ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    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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    1. Re:When you consider by Mafiew · · Score: 3, Informative

      "unsupported" games may work but to try you have to make your own "application profile" if Nvidia has not released one. Basically all this involves is specifying which mode to use for specific programs.

      http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=NzExLDM=

      I'm sure its pretty annoying for the average gamer though, to edit some obscure file every time they want to play a new unprofiled game. But then again Nvidia fanboys who are crazy enough to spend 1200$ on a pair of video cards will doubtless have no problem with this.

  4. Space shuttles? by _Sharp'r_ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Am I the only one who pictured two space shuttles taking off in tandem?

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  5. Re:Editing? by SiMac · · Score: 2, Informative

    Shuttle are is correct if you're British. In UK English, collective nouns normally take a plural verb.

    On the other hand, "syystem" is only correct if you have a speech impediment.

  6. Re:Overkill? by XFilesFMDS1013 · · Score: 3, Funny

    You must be new here.

  7. Makes sense by Guspaz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    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.

  8. Re:zerg by jackbird · · Score: 3, Informative
    Yes. But not from Shuttle.

    clicky

  9. Re:Cooling? by nick_davison · · Score: 3, Funny

    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?

    Marketing it as the smallest, most powerful, space heater that money can buy?

  10. Seems kindof silly by Mantus · · Score: 2, Insightful

    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.