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[Rammsteiner]

Will AMD have a non nvidia chip that supports SLI and Crossfire???

Well, if you're pointing on X58 boards, nor do they? If you didnt mean X58, Im interested what chipset you're talking about though.

[GAR]

Well, if you're pointing on X58 boards, nor do they? If you didnt mean X58, Im interested what chipset you're talking about though.

I mean as in a chipset for the Phenom II's that will support both crossfire and sli.

[dinos22]

yup that is a huge deal now
if AMD doesnt support SLI on their chipsets they will shoot themselves in the foot big time

That pretty much only depends on NVIDIA, they will have to allow SLI on other chip sets beside their own or certified by them. Do we have any non-NVIDIA socket 775 chip sets that support SLI? I guess not. Socket 775 will be where the competition is for AMD, Core i7 is a step to far to reach for AMD at the moment.

AMD will just have to pay for the license....and it will make end user boards a bit more expensive

[Morgoth Bauglir]

yup that is a huge deal now
if AMD doesnt support SLI on their chipsets they will shoot themselves in the foot big time

It's not up to AMD. Intel extracted SLI support from nVidia because they had significant leverage...AMD has no such leverage, for the time being.

[Helmore]

yup that is a huge deal now
if AMD doesnt support SLI on their chipsets they will shoot themselves in the foot big time

There is nothing in AMD's chipsets that prohibits SLI support, it's NVIDIA's drivers that check for compatibility and they will certified or NVIDIA boards.

[ownage]

yup that is a huge deal now
if AMD doesnt support SLI on their chipsets they will shoot themselves in the foot big time

I don't see why SLI support is that important. Lots f people bought intel chipsets that didn't support SLI. Most people, even at XS don't buy multi GPU solutions, and when they will do, there's always Crossfire.
SLI support would only be a great extra.

[Rammsteiner]

I mean as in a chipset for the Phenom II's that will support both crossfire and sli.

Wait, I think one of us doesnt get the point

You asked whether AMD has a non-nVidia chipset both supporting CFX and SLI, which was in my eyes some rethorical question since we know AMD doesnt have it.

I answered that if you're pointing out that Intel does have, namely the X58, it ain't really true.

Intel still needs to include, well the motherboard manufacturer, a little chip from nVidia to enable SLI.

So basicly I was wondering if there's another chipset having both CFX and SLI from Intel without the nVidia chip or either of us missed the context of each others post

Not a big deal in anyway, but I guess it got a lot more complex than it could have been though

[Junos]

Intel still needs to include, well the motherboard manufacturer, a little chip from nVidia to enable SLI.

Correction: nowadays manufacturers can send their mobos for "sli ratification" and pay a small amount of money (about 5$, if I'm correct) for each SLI certified X58-board on sale. They are still used in ûberclass motherboars though (marketing).

[Stukov]

Correction: nowadays manufacturers can send their mobos for "sli ratification" and pay a small amount of money (about 5$, if I'm correct) for each SLI certified X58-board on sale. They are still used in ûberclass motherboars though (marketing).

I imagine its $5 a board sold.