NVIDIA SLI to be available with upcoming Intel desktop computing platform
Monday 14th July 2008, 09:46:00 PM, written by Rys
NVIDIA has put ink to paper to seal a deal that'll see their nForce 200 logic be the backbone of SLI support on Intel's upcoming desktop computing platform.
Their new CPU architecture, codenamed Nehalem, is the star of that new platform, and it looks set to bring a new memory controller architecture and a healthy per-clock, per-core boost in basic processor performance to the table. Gamers salivate, even this far from launch, so it's key for NVIDIA to get the "SLI will be supported" message out as soon as possible.
The nForce 200 approach to enabling SLI support is getting short shrift from many, though. Its implemenation in Skulltrail and nForce 780i SLI hasn't set the world alight, with the PCIe 2.0 implementation coming under fire especially, along with heat output and power consumption concerns.
Industry partners seem happy enough, though, and any nForce 200-equipped X58 mainboard should support both SLI and Crossfire at the same time, unless NVIDIA decide to be particularly mean. With Crossfire enjoying a renewed push in popularity because of the GPUs you can use with it now, boards that allow both multi-GPU technologies should be especially attractive in some quarters.
Those with an existing investment in SLI that look to take their GPUs to X58 and Nehalem should breathe a sigh of relief at least.
The announcement about support can be found at NVIDIA's website.
Their new CPU architecture, codenamed Nehalem, is the star of that new platform, and it looks set to bring a new memory controller architecture and a healthy per-clock, per-core boost in basic processor performance to the table. Gamers salivate, even this far from launch, so it's key for NVIDIA to get the "SLI will be supported" message out as soon as possible.
The nForce 200 approach to enabling SLI support is getting short shrift from many, though. Its implemenation in Skulltrail and nForce 780i SLI hasn't set the world alight, with the PCIe 2.0 implementation coming under fire especially, along with heat output and power consumption concerns.
Industry partners seem happy enough, though, and any nForce 200-equipped X58 mainboard should support both SLI and Crossfire at the same time, unless NVIDIA decide to be particularly mean. With Crossfire enjoying a renewed push in popularity because of the GPUs you can use with it now, boards that allow both multi-GPU technologies should be especially attractive in some quarters.
Those with an existing investment in SLI that look to take their GPUs to X58 and Nehalem should breathe a sigh of relief at least.
The announcement about support can be found at NVIDIA's website.
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