NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Selected by Global PC Builders For Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Launch

[StyM]

source here (http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_34431.html)

http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/34431/nforce_500_conroe.jpg


NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced that many of the world's leading system builders have elected to launch new enthusiast gaming Intel Core 2 Duo-based systems exclusively with NVIDIA SLI technology. The Intel Core 2 Duo processor combined with an NVIDIA nForce4 SLI X16 or NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI or 570 SLI-based motherboard and one, two, or even four GeForce® graphics processing units (GPUs), has already proven to be an unbeatable combination in terms of system level and gaming performance. This combination is earning early accolades from leading publications, such as Maximum PC magazine, which selected an Intel Core 2 Duo processor-compatible motherboard based on NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI technology and dual GeForce 7900 GTX GPUs for their 2006 Dream Machine cover story.

no crossfire at launch...

[Haltech]

Intel yanked ATI yesterday. This isnt surprising to me. Lets hope NV has a kickass chipset for us CD2 guys :)

[nn_step]

And once again absolutely no one is surprised

[NickS]

The nVidia 590 is based off the orig. C19, ie, it sucks ass. Have a nice launch ;)

[Kanten]

Eh, I thought 975X already supported Crossfire, did they ninja-kill that somehow?

[nn_step]

yes

[don_vercetti]

yes

They did no such thing, Crossfire on 975x is still alive and kicking.

SLI is just a better platform, more stable, more intuitive, more intuitive, less fiddly to set up and less prone to utterly random crashes.

[Charles Wirth]

SLI GPU's from the other side of the USA will arrive at 2AM PST.

Ill try to post another 70K before 3AM, maybe 80k by 4AM,

[NinjaWreck]

They did no such thing, Crossfire on 975x is still alive and kicking.

SLI is just a better platform, more stable, more intuitive, more intuitive, less fiddly to set up and less prone to utterly random crashes.

So is the RD600. ;)

Until I test crossfire on the 975x chipset I'll reserve my judgement on whether it's better than SLI.

[[XC] Lead Head]

Is it more or is that truck in the picture driving off the screen:stick:

[Charles Wirth]

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=9015645

Getting up to speed on settings before I go cascade.
Single card, twice dead.

[[XC] hipno650]

Is it more or is that truck in the picture driving off the screen:stick:

ya it is:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :lol: :ROTF: :ROTF:

[grimREEFER]

975p has cossfie support, but alot of oem's are using nforce 590 chipset instead

[NapalmV5]

uhh.. i cant make out the pic.. wat is it?

[alexio]

Is it more or is that truck in the picture driving off the screen:stick:
That's supposed to show how "realistic" the graphics are :D

[Ominous Gamer]

Is it more or is that truck in the picture driving off the screen:stick:

Dude, its SLI....its just that cool!!1!

[Starscream]

Is it more or is that truck in the picture driving off the screen:stick:

thats just how good SLI is.

System builders dont pic one thing over the other cause its faster they pic it because it will get them less complaining customers, faster to instal but most of all The price they have to pay for it.

could just as well be that Nvidia gave them a package deal that was cheaper then what ATI had to offer.
hey its not like they think about the customers they think of the people with no knowhow that buy it and about their profit.

[generics_user]

source here (http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_34431.html)

http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/34431/nforce_500_conroe.jpg



no crossfire at launch...
the answer: http://ir.ati.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=105421&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=888643&highlight=

looks like the same thing:D

[Marioace]

Fugger havent you tried the modded drivers for quad on intel?