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The First Quad SLI Benchmarks

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the oggle-drool-drool-oggle dept.

An anonymous reader writes "X-bit labs have a preview of NVIDIA's Quad SLI system based on two GeForce 7900 GX2 cards. On each GeForce 7900 GX2 is allocated 512 MB of on-board memory, which is connected through a special bridge chip with 16X PCIe lanes to the other daughter card and the system. The two GPUs on the card work in SLI mode. The core and memory are clocked lower than a single GPU card at 550 MHz and 1.2GHz (DDR). For Quad SLI, NVIDIA has introduced a new mode of SLI, AFR of SFR where each card alternately renders a frame split between the two GPUs of one card after the other. The GX2 cards are benched (when possible) at resolution of 2560 by 1600 with 32X SLI AA and compared to a Crossfire x1900 XTX system on a variety of games."

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  1. HTIALOA by yogikoudou · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hell That Is A Lot Of Acronyms

  2. X-bit found a tit on that one, no? by DrunkenTerror · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Twenty-seven pages? Gimme a fucking break. Think they're milking it a touch?

  3. When two is not enough... by andytrevino · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fuck Everything, We're Doing FOUR Graphics Cards

    1. Re:When two is not enough... by Bogtha · · Score: 5, Funny

      From the Onion article, February 2004:

      Stop. I just had a stroke of genius. Are you ready? Open your mouth, baby birds, cause Mama's about to drop you one sweet, fat nightcrawler. Here she comes: Put another aloe strip on that fucker, too. That's right. Five blades, two strips, and make the second one lather. You heard me--the second strip lathers. It's a whole new way to think about shaving. Don't question it. Don't say a word. Just key the music, and call the chorus girls, because we're on the edge--the razor's edge--and I feel like dancing.

      From CNN, September 2005:

      Gillette has escalated the razor wars yet again, unveiling a new line of razors on Wednesday with five blades and a lubricating strip on both the front and back.

      --
      Bogtha Bogtha Bogtha
  4. I wonder by masterpenguin · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I wonder what percentage of people who will be running quad sli 7900's live in their parents basement.

    Although I'm a college student, my experences are that once people graduate college(and are making the money to afford these toys), generally they realize what a waste of money it is to stay on the bleeding edge of PC Gaming tech

    I don't know though, perhaps there is a larger market for these than I think.