Bokishi Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 Behold the X1950XTX! Sexy! And notice the gigantic CPU cooler in the background.. ) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Imagine trying to crossfire that thing; you'd have no room for a soundcard. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaftan Barlast Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 You cant SLI/Crossfire ANY double-slot cards, can you? DISCLAIMER: Do not take what I write seriously unless it is clearly and in no uncertain terms, declared by me to be meant in a serious and non-humoristic manner. If there is no clear indication, asume the post is written in jest. This notification is meant very seriously and its purpouse is to avoid misunderstandings and the consequences thereof. Furthermore; I can not be held accountable for anything I write on these forums since the idea of taking serious responsability for my unserious actions, is an oxymoron in itself. Important: as the following sentence contains many naughty words I warn you not to read it under any circumstances; botty, knickers, wee, erogenous zone, psychiatrist, clitoris, stockings, bosom, poetry reading, dentist, fellatio and the department of agriculture. "I suppose outright stupidity and complete lack of taste could also be considered points of view. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted July 28, 2006 Author Share Posted July 28, 2006 (edited) Only on large Mobos Edited July 28, 2006 by Bokishi Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 I believe all/most dual-GPU slot motherboards (SLI and Crossfire) are built keeping dual-slot cards in mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 *stares at the pictures* *stares some more* Time for motherboard companies to redesign their boards, soon, perhaps? “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted July 28, 2006 Share Posted July 28, 2006 How much bigger can these things get? I mean, there was a time when companies were proud at how small they could make a component. Now, the video cards are huge and the manufacturers are telling us we might need a secondary PSU just to make the things work. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionavar Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 Tom's has an interesting article on this very thing for those interested. The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 Tom's has an inteesting article on this very thing for those interested. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> External graphics, that's crazy! Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionavar Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 What I find tantalising about it - to be honest - is the flexibility it might offer the mobile user. My current upgrade is a SFF as the power of a notebook is hampered by the GPU. If, however, I had access to an external graphics solution, I could chuck the PDA and go with a powerful - yet small - notebook and when @ home link to a high-end GPU box. Now that would be sweet! The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 Heh, yeah that does sound cool, people wouldn't need desktops anymore; they just link their laptops to massive hardware when they get home. Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostStraw Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I'm kind of suprised that no one has produced anything like that yet. Even though it does mean more wires running here and there, I'd definitely spring for it. I have a thing for modularity . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I just think it would be easier to cool and easier to replace. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionavar Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 I just think it would be easier to cool and easier to replace. Agreed! And the longecity factor of modularity would perhaps help with this crazy constant upgrade route for PC Gecklings The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted July 29, 2006 Author Share Posted July 29, 2006 If I understood the article correctly, you can link up to 32 external cards, does that mean for SLI power? Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionavar Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 If I understood the article correctly, you can link up to 32 external cards, does that mean for SLI power? I don't see that as the implication - though I suspect the technology could hypothetically do such a thing. That would be a lot of power indeed. The universe is change; your life is what our thoughts make it - Marcus Aurelius (161) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Get 768 of them, and have them each render a single line while at 1024x768! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguars4ever Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Get 768 of them, and have them each render a single line while at 1024x768! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A novel idea, Alan my friend! I've even selected an appropriate case for them, including it's unique brand power supply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cantousent Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 Oh, that's too funny. talk about modularity. I was afraid you'd have 768 different cases! Your solution is much better. Forget the batmobile. Instead, you've got the casemobile. I'd think external video cards must make it a lot easier to use a few. 768 is a bit out of my price range, however. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bokishi Posted July 30, 2006 Author Share Posted July 30, 2006 Get 768 of them, and have them each render a single line while at 1024x768! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A novel idea, Alan my friend! I've even selected an appropriate case for them, including it's unique brand power supply! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha just park that thing on your driveway and tell everyone it's game time! Current 3DMark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted July 30, 2006 Share Posted July 30, 2006 How fast would an external graphics solution be? Would they just be using an existing interface like Firewire. It just sounds like another potential bottleneck. I can't imagine it being easy to compete with a PCI-E 16x connector attached right to the motherboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostStraw Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 How fast would an external graphics solution be? Would they just be using an existing interface like Firewire. It just sounds like another potential bottleneck. I can't imagine it being easy to compete with a PCI-E 16x connector attached right to the motherboard. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I was wondering this too. Are there problems with the length of wire as to why they couldn't just make something like a long extension from the video card to the PCI-E 16x on the motherboard? I'm not familiar with such things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angshuman Posted July 31, 2006 Share Posted July 31, 2006 Are there problems with the length of wire... 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostStraw Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 (edited) I just ran into an external graphics card solution from Nvidia today. It's not for home users though, starting at $17,500. Here's the link: Quadro Plex [www.reghardware.co.uk] edit: Here's the link to Nvidia's page on it: NVIDIA Quadro Plex VCS [www.nvidia.com] Edited August 1, 2006 by LostStraw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadyCrimson Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 It's not for the average home users though, starting at $17,500. Fixed. I want one. I could afford it, but still, I think hubby would be a little mad at me... “Things are as they are. Looking out into the universe at night, we make no comparisons between right and wrong stars, nor between well and badly arranged constellations.” – Alan Watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaguars4ever Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 I love the way they call it the The Quadro Plex 1000 family, when the snazzy gizmo would probably make you forget all about your family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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