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Nvidia quad-SLI cards for system builders only?
Quad-SLI sparks the kind of excitement among enthusiast computer users as does the latest Ferrari among car lovers. And just like the Ferrari, quad-SLI is not only expensive, but it also requires experience with fine tuning and maintaining computers. While single and dual card solutions are easy enough to install, the quad-SLI cards require motherboard tweaks, better power supplies and a host of other changes that may be an unsolvable problem to mainstream users.
At least two US system builders have confirmed that existing agreements with Nvidia prohibit the sale of standalone quad-SLI cards. However, ultimately standalone quad-SLI cards will be available, once the issues surrounding quad-SLI have been removed.
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Quad... How are they going to do this?Only graphic card slots on motherboards?(If each card need at least two slots...)Two dual GPUs?We'll need higher cases with more slots?
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[b]Originally posted by DragonMaster:[/b][quote]Quad... How are they going to do this?Only graphic card slots on motherboards?(If each card need at least two slots...)Two dual GPUs?We'll need higher cases with more slots?[/quote]Alot of t hings are onboard these days, and this solly makes the computer you're on you're gamming computer. If you have money for this then surley you have an old crap maichine laying around that would love to take you're pcie cards
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The only problem is the soundcard if you're gaming. Quad-SLI only in prebuilt machines... That's like the PhysX card currently...
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[b]Originally posted by DragonMaster:[/b][quote]Quad... How are they going to do this?Only graphic card slots on motherboards?(If each card need at least two slots...)Two dual GPUs?We'll need higher cases with more slots?[/quote][url]http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/2006/04/23/
vidia_quadsli_only_for_systembuilders/[/url][quote]While single and dual card solutions are easy enough to install, the quad-SLI cards require motherboard tweaks, better power supplies and a host of other changes that may be an unsolvable problem to mainstream users.[/quote] -
[quote]While single and dual card solutions are easy enough to install, the quad-SLI cards require motherboard tweaks, better power supplies and a host of other changes that may be an unsolvable problem to mainstream users.[/quote]Well, a beefier PSU is no problem. They say motherboard *tweaks* : Tweak is a mod you apply to a current piece of electronics like a 3rd BIOS or a voltmod for a mobo, not a layout change... That is called -needs a special motherboard-.
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