'SLI On A Stick' Reviewed

Bender writes "What would happen if you took NVIDIA's multi-GPU teaming capability, SLI, and stuck it onto a single graphics card? Probably something like the GeForce 7950 GX2, a 'single' video card with dual printed circuit boards, dual graphics processors, dual 512MB memory banks, and nearly twice the performance of any other 'single' video card. Add two of these to a system, and you've got the truly extreme possibility of Quad SLI. We've seen early versions of these things benchmarked before, but the latest revision of this card is smaller, draws less power than a single-GPU Radeon X1900 XTX, and is now selling to the public."

Re:Wow

[HugePedlar]

DNF?

OMG

[EW87]

I think my Dell just Cried.

FINALLY

[Quick Sick Nick]

*Throws away 4 7900 GTXs running in SLI*

If I upgrade, I might be able to go from 200 frames per second in Doom III to.... 205 frames per second!

I can't wait to get rid of my old setup! It was a piece of shit!

Re:Wow

[ceeam]

Windows Vista Aero Glass.

Dual madness

[xming]

I have a dual core duo 2 with dual channel GB DDR2 and dual GPU dual card (SLI) setup with dual monitor, cooled with dual case fan, powered by dual (redundant) PSU on 220V. Oh forgot about my dual layer DVD burner and dual button mouse.

Re:Wow

[Anonymous Coward]

Seriously, it's gonna be great to know that a game of solitaire can bring my computer to it's knees...

New game in mind?

[pneumatus]

I heard these new cards were developed especially for Duke Nukem Forever!

Re:Exclusivity- what's the deal?

[alpinerod]

The review states: Before you get all excited about the prospect of dedicating 96 pixel shaders, 2GB of memory, and 1.1 billion transistors to pumping out boatloads of eye candy inside your PC, however, there's some bad news. NVIDIA says Quad SLI will, at least for now, remain the exclusive realm of PC system builders like Alienware, Dell, and Falcon Northwest because of the "complexity" involved. Did it mention anything about having to have a direct supply of electricity from your local Three Gorges Dam as well?

Imagine...

[enko]

Imagine a beowulf cluster of those?

Are they crazy?

[WhackingDay]

$600???!! Why, that's way too expensive. I mean no one would spend $600 for something you only can play games with. The makers of these cards are stupid.

Re:Weight

[dkf]

Or maybe, just maybe, old-school lay-down cases will come back in style.

Bah! It's 19" racks for me! All I need now is a big reel-to-reel tape deck to use as a false front, and everyone will know I've got a proper computer!

Re:Bleugh

[moonbender]

Remember, the best ride is on the face of the wave.

I'm sorry, you'll have to come up with a car analogy.

Re:Dual madness

[SleepyHappyDoc]

Now all you need is a dual personality, and you have a set. ;)

Re:Bleugh

[mikael]

Remember, the best ride is on the face of the wave.

I'm sorry, you'll have to come up with a car analogy.

The best ride is on the roofrack of the car?