Their technique sounds exactly like what this one company was developing ages ago, when graphics cards still used the PCI bus. Theirs also divided the screen into multiple areas (depending on the amount of graphics card in the system -- their technique allowed you to install even 4 cards or more) but they hadn't dealt with the problem described here yet (that one area of the screen may be harder to process than the other, so a 50/50 split isn't always optimal).

I forgot what the name of the company was. The reports on their technology just faded away over time. Maybe they finally solved the problems associated with it and licensed the idea to Alienware? I don't believe Alienware's statement that they developed it in-house anyway, especially considering patents for this technique would already have been granted to that other company, their "patent pending" statement is meaningless because of prior art.

It seems to be pretty useless to me. I would be great for a graphic workstation, but for gamers? Contemporary games and near future games won"t utilise full horsepower of a single top of the line card (RX800XT / GF6800). When it came that you really need horsepower of both cards together, their support for latest technologies will be out of date.

bajs

How can afford that kinda machine???
And what is the advantage of 2 highend card together? i just dont see the point

Based on past experience, I am not sure Alienware is trustworthy. And since when have they done any real,orignal hardware themselves or through partners?

Yuri your thinking of Quantum 3D's Obsidian series i believe.. they used to bundle alot of 3dfx cards together in one system.. the adress http://www.quantum3d.com is still there, so the company seems to exist, but i dont find anything of their old Obsidian cards.