PCPER.com: 5 GHZ+ Phenom II Overclock on Dry Ice, 6Ghz on LN2

[Donnie27]

posts merged.

SLI liscencing is a non-issue. If AMD puts forth a good product and people want it then nV will either have to cough up drivers that allow SLI to the paying consumer or eat cup-o-noodles/macaroni and cheese for a while.

Thanks! Even if Phenom II has moderate sales, AMD will still sale their video cards to folks seeing nVidia's a Tax Phenom II doesn't need nVidia at all IMHO! Our small market (though growing revenue wise) are the only ones who really give a flip anyway! How quickly do we forget nVidia had almost NO affect on the non-supporting SLI on Intel chipsets?

[Rammsteiner]

Buth with SLI availability you'll still have more sales.

No matter nVidia was quite arrogant at the launch of GT200 and in the end they had to lower the prices to still be competitive, there are always nVidia fanboys/pro-nVidia people around. All the 'TWIMTBP' advertizing catches a lot of people even if they dont even know that this seriously doesnt do anything in performance. Some people just want compatability, also again this doesnt have a lot to do with said logo.

And non-nVidia users, be it permanent or whether they've the best card or not, really wont, or at least shouldnt, care whether they can use it or not. Also if nVidia gets a better card out again you wont have to get another motherboard if you want to have SLI.