The ultimate DFI Lanparty nF4 thread

[texuspete00]

I don't see why an ATI "SLI" setup wouldn't work on an nVidia chipset, that makes about as much sense as saying an X800 won't work on an nForce3 board. The chipset and motherboard should work like a chipset and motherboard, not a bunch of little electronic nVidia soldiers trying to invade and kill the ATI video card. I mean, it's not like M$ is making the hardware..........*shudders*

From my understanding, the SLI capabilities come from the drivers. The extra lanes from the chipset/motherboard and that bridge between the cards are the hardware support. Am I right in thinking that?

I agree with you and will not believe otherwise until someone posts concrete evidence. I think it's a bunch of guys with tinfoil hats on jumping to conclusions. There currently is no such thing as AMR etc... so that is why it's not supported. They say ATi will not need that bridge so maybe ATi chipset has it built in exclusively? I dunno, but unless ATi goes out of there way to break it, it will work. nVidia has done nothing before to believe that they will hurt mobo sales to influence graphics sales. You move the jumpers and you get 2 PCI-e 8x lanes from the mobo... simple as that. It was implied in the other DFI thread we'd be fools to think this way. Well stubborness of graphics firms would make people buy via... a real genious move... how could I have been so stupid.