haha lock all but 1 core That would be pretty fun to watch!

Seriously, Nvidia didn't pay to get rights to make Intel chipsets, did they? Yet they made money selling the chipsets without paying a royalty on the connection.

Now along comes SLI. They say "hey you can't use that tech unless you pay us".

Intel says "you're dreaming"

Nvidia refuses to change their tune, and now they see just what that feels like when the other side treats them the way they treated everyone else.