DFI Lanparty nForce4 SLI

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10-22-2004, 08:19 AM
Dready

If you wanna run a Radeon in "SLI" mode you're gonna have to get a Alienware AXL system.

My plan is similiar to others with regards to SLI, except I'm gonna wait for a price drop on the GTs towards the end of next year, as I doubt I'll have 300 quid to blow on another card until then anyway.

Still, if the card drops to say .. 60% of its original price by then, like previous geneations have, thats a pretty good boost you'll get for the price. Maybe economically better than buying a next gen card when they come out.
10-22-2004, 08:22 AM
Rukee

Quote:

Originally Posted by Troopah

Yeah, that's what I've seen too.

SLI Connectors at the edge of the card, where else am I supposed to plug the SLI connector?

don`t you just use a ribbin style cable and connect the two SLi cards together at the connecter on the edge of the card??

....I`m gunna need a couple of 45* PCI-e slot addapters to kick the cards away from each other so I can mount up a Vapo to each, and then an extended SLI ribbin cable. ;)
10-22-2004, 08:30 AM
Hiryuu

No ribbon cable for this new incarnation of SLI (you must be thinking of the old voodoo 2 SLI that used ribbon cable). There is a small pcb that connects the 2 cards together for the new PCI express SLI.
10-22-2004, 08:37 AM
saaya

thats not all i think, you need that bridge piece of pcb plus you have to connect both cards first dvi plugs with a cable, no?

im not sure, but i think ive seen that somewhere... or am i messing it up with alx?
10-22-2004, 08:41 AM
burnout

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Runner

8 s-ata ports, lol.

8 s-ata ports seems to be state of the art on NF4 Boards.

afaik, only the small pcb ist needed to connect the cards, but I think, even a special kind of cable would do. I read some, that even card with different layouts can be connected, and this would be kinda difficult with a pcb...
10-22-2004, 08:42 AM
p4z1f1st

@ saaya: no - just the PCB-Bridge to connect both cards together

http://nvidia.com/page/sli.html

(flash-animation at the end)
10-22-2004, 08:47 AM
spaceman

The whole SLI thing is WAY outta my budget for awhile, but it'll be fun to watch some xtreme guys play with them. :cool:
10-22-2004, 08:54 AM
blinky

uhh oc-forums ripped this from an image posted on XS a day or two ago by sxs1100.

whys everyone woo-ing now, that pics been around here for a day or two, fuggin a
10-22-2004, 09:16 AM
Soulburner

Do I see 4 DIMM slots? :eek:
10-22-2004, 09:19 AM
Rukee

Quote:

Originally Posted by p4z1f1st

@ saaya: no - just the PCB-Bridge to connect both cards together

http://nvidia.com/page/sli.html

(flash-animation at the end)

That link says the 6800 Ultra is supported for SLI, that`s the first I herd of that, I thought SLI support was for 6800 GTs and lower.
10-22-2004, 09:24 AM
p4z1f1st

afaik ALL Geforce of the 6-series above 6600 will have SLI, when they're the PCIe-version.....

so:

6600GT
6800
6800LE
6800GT
6800Ultra

but how i said: only the PCIe-versions of that cards will have the SLI-connector at the top of the PCB
10-22-2004, 09:57 AM
Rukee

so, not all PCI-e VCs will have SLI support right?
Found a 6600 GT card looks like it has the place for the SLI PCB to connect to.
10-22-2004, 10:08 AM
p4z1f1st

Quote:

Originally Posted by p4z1f1st

afaik ALL Geforce of the 6-series above 6600 will have SLI, when they're the PCIe-version.....

so:

6600GT
6800
6800LE
6800GT
6800Ultra

but how i said: only the PCIe-versions of that cards will have the SLI-connector at the top of the PCB

do i have to repeat myself? :rolleyes: ;)
10-22-2004, 10:10 AM
Rukee

Quote:

Originally Posted by p4z1f1st

do i have to repeat myself? :rolleyes: ;)

no, you don`t, but I was looking at a PCI-e 6800 Ultra doesn`t say one way or the other, nor does it look like it has the connector on the edge, though you can hardly see.
10-22-2004, 10:34 AM
p4z1f1st

lol, you just can't see the SLI-Conntector :rolleyes: :D ;) ;) ;)
the cooler is too big ;)

bad pic, but here the position of the SLI-C (that's a 6600GT)
http://www2.alternate.de/html/main/p...J9XE03&view=0&
10-22-2004, 10:50 AM
MightyOne

Well, on nVidia.com it says that only the 6800 Ultra & GT, as well as the 6600GT will be SLI-capable, it seems like 6800 non-ultra and LE will only run alone ... but those are not available as PCI Express versions right now - maybe they're only thought for AGP? But anyway, it's not like any of other versions are REALLY available for PCIe ... ;) (at least not in Germany!)
10-22-2004, 10:55 AM
Sheik

2 Attachment(s)

Chaintech 6600 GT on my desk.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/solo_za/SLI.jpg

Then you use the connecting board below and if I'm not mistaken you set up the one card as the master and the other the slave. Only the master is then connected to the monitor.

BTW - this card gets 8000 in 3DMark03 with Chaintech Intel915 mobo and P4 775 3.2 GHz Prescott with BH5 @ 2-2-2-5 200 Mhz all default settings.
10-22-2004, 11:25 AM
s e t h

all this is great fun but does anyone actually have any idea when these boards will hit the shelves?
10-22-2004, 11:32 AM
mrlobber

Quote:

Originally Posted by flytek

all this is great fun but does anyone actually have any idea when these boards will hit the shelves?

No.
10-22-2004, 01:19 PM
Jack

is it just me, or is the location of the northbrigde just :banana::banana::banana::banana:?
it's next to the agp! :mad:
replacing the original heatsink with something bigger will not be an option, i presume...

let's just hope that this is just a show off sample,
and the final layout will change :D
10-22-2004, 01:25 PM
giorgioprimo

Dready

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dready

If you wanna run a Radeon in "SLI" mode you're gonna have to get a Alienware AXL system.

.

may you please tell me more about that?

thanks
10-22-2004, 01:33 PM
Mariachi

Quote:

Originally Posted by giorgioprimo

may you please tell me more about that?

thanks

Alienware ALX ;)
10-22-2004, 01:49 PM
giorgioprimo

I looked at.... do you know guys this array-technology will be avilable also for the other mobo? The will sell just with alx system or they will sell this thing also stand-alone?
10-22-2004, 03:41 PM
ArkhAngelos

sorry

the alienware thing in alienware only, gotta buy one of their overpriced PC's if you want it.
10-22-2004, 03:43 PM
p4z1f1st

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jack

is it just me, or is the location of the northbrigde just :banana::banana::banana::banana:?
it's next to the agp! :mad:
replacing the original heatsink with something bigger will not be an option, i presume...

let's just hope that this is just a show off sample,
and the final layout will change :D

man, don't panic :rolleyes:

@ DFI Lanparty-UT the small heatsink is enough all the way.....and that thing on the DFI nF4 is better then the Lanparty-UT-heatsink (it's "riffeled" - not blank).....and when it gets to hot for you, you just can put a low-noise-fan in the front of it and i garantuee you, that it even won't get hand-warm ;)

@ ALX: the third point in the comparison of SLI and ALX at the differences of both systems is nice :slobber::

Quote:

[b]"3. Alienware’s Video Array is not limited to 2 video cards. Future implementations may take advantage of this and put 4 or more video cards into one system. This would probably be more geared towards professional applications like rendering farms."[b]

WHAT THE HELL?!??! 4x GF6800Ultra's ?!?! :banana: :slobber: :banana: :D

hmm......SLI has 60-90% performance-boost, and ALX has 50-70%........but with ALX i could implement 4cards in my (really, really, really expensive) PC :slobber:

what will have then?
300fps @ Doom3 ?
>100k @ 2k1 ?
>50k @ 2k3 ?
>20k @ (fuc*ing-ultra-lazy-crap) 2k5 ?

....looool.....and what a PSU i'll need for 4 graphic-cards? 800Watt? :wierd:

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