angshuman

Dunno... dual cards have got to have *some* overheads somewhere that show up when both GPUs are not being fully utilized... that's probably when the sheer speed of one GTX trumps the massive width of the two cards. One scenario I can imagine involves memory latency: the GTX's memory is much higher clocked than the GX2's. So, if mem bandwidth is not getting hammered, then perhaps the GTX's lower latency yields benefits somewhere.

Wire length is a HUGE problem in general. As clock speeds keep increasing, one of the single largest problems chip designers have to face today is the amount of time it takes for a signal to travel from one end of a chip to another. It is very hard to do this in one cycle nowadays. Transistors are becoming smaller and faster, but wire delays are becoming increasingly dominant. Of course, once you get out of the extremely constrained on-chip design parameters, you do have a little more room to play. I'm sure a couple of (processor) cycles of extra latency on the PCI-express bus won't hurt much today, but I don't know if such a modular solution would work in the long term. We seem to be moving towards a System-On-Chip paradigm, where most of the critical components of the system are integrated onto a single chip. AMD have already integrated the FSB into the chip. GPUs will soon follow, and then you'll have your network card, South Bridge, audio, Firewire and RAID controllers.. everything, on chip. The only thing left on your "motherboard" would be power supply components and possibly DRAM.

Bah! Henpecked Hou will pwn them all...

Sssshh... stop giving ideas to the marketing guys! We've had enough teraflop wars for one generation!

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/crysis/n...tml?sid=6154899

I believe all/most dual-GPU slot motherboards (SLI and Crossfire) are built keeping dual-slot cards in mind.

Steve Vai - Get The Hell Outta Here

If this is true and Nvidia's designing their next-gen DX10 chip with the [sarcasm]lofty[/sarcasm] goal of killing an R580, I just lost a great deal of respect for them.

It's here. http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/Se...u=CP2-DUO-X6800

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X-bit labs has an article on Conroe's 64-bit Performance. A bit underwhelming, it seems.

Yes they will support MSAA on Floating Point render targets.

I envy you. I really do. I'd be a much richer guy today if I didn't have jaggophobia. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm with Alan on this. Don't really notice them much unless I'm looking for them. The one exception was really in this picture on the truck. Mainly because of the lighting. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> How about the power lines? That's the first thing that hit me.

I envy you. I really do. I'd be a much richer guy today if I didn't have jaggophobia.

The screenies are spectacular... but what's with teh jaggies? I can't stand 'em, especially in such realistic renderings!

Seconded. I hate extended dungeon crawling.

I don't know if there's a general trend... but I can tell you what happened during the GeForce 6 -> 7 transition. The 6800 Ultra used to be the ultra high-end. When the 7800GTX came out to replace it, nVidia disowned the 6800 Ultra and started phasing it out. However, it was still "selling" at online retailers at exorbitant prices, although I can't understand why anyone would buy it. The 6800GT used to be the little brother of the 6800Ultra, and when the 7800GT was launched, the 6800GT's price was slashed to bring it down to the upper mid-range. IIRC the price cuts actually happened within a couple of weeks of the 7800GT launch.

It's the Brooks Syndrome. You've gotten so used to your computer crashing, you don't even notice it now. Or your mind probably simply denies it and blocks it out. I'm really worried for you - once you move to an OS that doesn't bomb every 15 minutes, your mind may not be able to withstand the trauma.

Meh. I'll wait until ATi releases the R600, and nVidia releases its counter (8900?). Actually, after having spent a lot of $$$$ upgrading my current rig, I might pass on this entire generation. I'll likely build a brand new rig 6 months later.

There's a link to a nice Conroe motherboard article from Anandtech in this very thread (it's called Feeding the Monster); you should find a lot of relevant information there. It's probably best to wait for a month or so until the chips actually hit the market and settle down to stable prices. Hopefully, Nvidia will announce a new chipset by then so we can have a much clearer picture of the range of choices available.

Anandtech shows how easy it is to overclock a $183 E6300 with stock cooling and make it run circles around an FX-62.

isn't alma from a different game? She's from Fear Alma from FEAR is a cute little kid. Alma from NGB is a pink vixen that'll shred your body into tiny little pieces.

Work/Gaming Rig - Athlon64 3000+ (soon upgrading to a 4600+ or 4800+) - MSI NForce4 SLI mobo - Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit (onboard) - 1GB DDR400 Crucial ValueSelect - BFG GeForce 7800 GTX - 80GB Hitachi SATA - 160GB WD PATA - Dell 1905FP (Samsung PVA panel) HTPC - Athlon64 3300+ - 512MB DDR333 RAM - EVGA GeForce 6200 AGP - 10GB Seagate HDD - Logitech x530 speakers

Still trying to kill Alma on Hard Mode in Ninja Gaiden: Black.

Or, you can be a gentleman and give her the new one. :D