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Wow. I wonder how big of a performance increase you will get?
[Posted by: oroblraM | Date: 05/13/04 05:31:08 PM]
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Computers with 2 Graphics Cards on the Way!
Started by: oroblraM | Date 05/13/04 05:31:08 PM
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You're missing the point on cost. A $400 card is not twice as fast as a $150 card, so two $150 cards will be FASTER than the $400 card and will save you $100.
[Posted by: Pete | Date: 05/13/04 07:49:53 PM]
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I think 2 PCIe cards will only improve mulit monitor performance, since they will unlikely will work "together" as the Voodoo 2 in SLI mode did.
[Posted by: carlos | Date: 05/13/04 10:22:39 PM]
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If this technology is 100 % efficient it would be cheaper to install 2 radeon 9800 Pro cards than one X800 PRO card. And give higher performance.
Nice thought :-)
But I don't think this will be reality. Itwould be a first for this technology, if it can work with just 80 or 90 percent efficiency and even that is very unlikely.
Nice thought :-)
But I don't think this will be reality. Itwould be a first for this technology, if it can work with just 80 or 90 percent efficiency and even that is very unlikely.
[Posted by: mjello | Date: 05/13/04 10:56:33 PM]
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If this will work and make a big performance boost, say 75%+ with an extra graphic card then im convinced that more of these motherboards are to follow. Lets hope so, im currently not totally satisfied with my 5900 Ultra and if adding another one and getting lots of extra performance this would be an option i would consider. :-)
[Posted by: Silver | Date: 05/14/04 01:29:08 AM]
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I think there should be some market for such configurations. Graphics processors are not only capable of delivering fast frames in latest games nowadays, but can also accelerate other tasks, such as media encoding, multiple display configurations, Picture in Picture,...
Imagine having two graphics/video accelerators w/ built-in TV/HDTV tuner. This would give user a chance to record even two simultaneously broadcasted shows in real time. Since there are no other consumer level cards out there that would be capable of real time encoding of HDTV content (I'm talking full-resolution lossless encoding for 1080i) except for those few ones that are in some way linked to higher performance AGP/PCX bus, this and such platforms make an obvious choice (given, it will work?).
There are two drawbacks for such solutions, though:
Ideally, such systems should also support dual processors for dual AGP/PCX speeds to work. This makes AMD64 processors an obvious choice since they use built-in memory controllers and high-throughoutput north-bridge.
The second drawback is price vs. performance factor. If I'd be buying a new platform I wouldn't hesitate much in buying such system for say 20% more than my second best choice, if it would give me a true possibility to install a second GPU and a second CPU latter on that would increase total system performance to at least 80%.
Imagine having two graphics/video accelerators w/ built-in TV/HDTV tuner. This would give user a chance to record even two simultaneously broadcasted shows in real time. Since there are no other consumer level cards out there that would be capable of real time encoding of HDTV content (I'm talking full-resolution lossless encoding for 1080i) except for those few ones that are in some way linked to higher performance AGP/PCX bus, this and such platforms make an obvious choice (given, it will work?).
There are two drawbacks for such solutions, though:
Ideally, such systems should also support dual processors for dual AGP/PCX speeds to work. This makes AMD64 processors an obvious choice since they use built-in memory controllers and high-throughoutput north-bridge.
The second drawback is price vs. performance factor. If I'd be buying a new platform I wouldn't hesitate much in buying such system for say 20% more than my second best choice, if it would give me a true possibility to install a second GPU and a second CPU latter on that would increase total system performance to at least 80%.
[Posted by: MyK | Date: 05/14/04 05:15:04 AM]
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lol, u guys, it's NOT going to be cheaper. This is Alienware patented stuff, and we all know Alienware=expensive...
[Posted by: Shadowmage | Date: 05/19/04 10:40:30 PM]
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Well if Alienware can pull this off and get it right with good support from Nvidia and Ati and maybe Microsoft ..... mmmm the possibility's are endless
with technology moving so fast these day's anything can happen .
Damn where did i put my check book
with technology moving so fast these day's anything can happen .
Damn where did i put my check book
[Posted by: Timehiker | Date: 06/04/04 01:26:03 AM]
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i have 2 graphics: ATI AIW DDR32 mb+nVIDIA GeForce FX5500.....can i install them on my pc?....thanx
[Posted by: amine | Date: 01/05/06 02:24:13 AM]
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