X38/X48 based boards can get SLI

[gdogg]

the problem is that the software is encrypted and the chip contains the "key". the encryption is there to prevent what you described from happening.
it allows nvidia to control exaclty who can get sli and who not.

if one would hack the software (happened in the past, but very old version of the software that doesnt support current graphicscards) then yes, it would become possible to have sli on any mainboard even without the chip from nvidia. but that woudnt be official support and would be stopped by nvidia with the next driver release.

Yup, they obviously don't need or want my business so I'll just never buy a product from them again. Having been a victim of there boards before, that mistake will never happen again.

No matter what people who are given the board for free say about it.

If 8800 was a flop, I'm sure we would have our intel sli support.