Comments on: Nvidia to Go With 3-Way SLI in the Future http://www.aeropause.com/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future Aeropause is a video game blog that explores game culture, trends, technologies and innovations Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Justin http://www.aeropause.com/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21893 Justin Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:35:46 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/#comment-21893 Mike, if you have a quad core, then 3-way SLI would have four engines (quad CPU) feeding three exhausts (3 GPU). Throw in a physics card as the supercharger. DDR3 memory would be the turbos. Mike, if you have a quad core, then 3-way SLI would have four engines (quad CPU) feeding three exhausts (3 GPU). Throw in a physics card as the supercharger. DDR3 memory would be the turbos.

]]> By: exkon http://www.aeropause.com/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21892 exkon Mon, 01 Oct 2007 19:16:01 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/#comment-21892 "The New Ultimate Gaming Platform." They really need an *, because "ultimate" in the PC world only really last 9 months.. “The New Ultimate Gaming Platform.”

They really need an *, because “ultimate” in the PC world only really last 9 months..

]]> By: Mike http://www.aeropause.com/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21891 Mike Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:26:22 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/#comment-21891 Not exactly. The 360 has 3 GPPs and 1 GPU. A GPP is a General Purpose Processor, which correlates to the CPU on Desktop's. A GPU is the Graphics Processing Unit. An overly simplistic analogy is with the 360 you have 3 engines feeding one exhaust. With the NVIDIA 3-way SLI, you have 1 engine feeding 3 exhausts. Not exactly. The 360 has 3 GPPs and 1 GPU. A GPP is a General Purpose Processor, which correlates to the CPU on Desktop’s. A GPU is the Graphics Processing Unit.

An overly simplistic analogy is with the 360 you have 3 engines feeding one exhaust. With the NVIDIA 3-way SLI, you have 1 engine feeding 3 exhausts.

]]> By: loopy http://www.aeropause.com/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21890 loopy Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:50:32 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/#comment-21890 It's like 3 Xbox 360's in one conveniant compartment! It’s like 3 Xbox 360′s in one conveniant compartment!

]]> By: Mike http://www.aeropause.com/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/comment-page-1/#comment-21889 Mike Sat, 29 Sep 2007 23:05:57 +0000 http://www.aeropause.com/wordpress/2007/09/nvidia-to-go-with-3-way-sli-in-the-future/#comment-21889 Great, it's the old PC adage of throwing more processors at the problem. Coming from the embedded environment, building specific hardware to solve a problem always provides the greatest performance. Throwing more processing power at it helps too, but it always has the overshadowing problem that sometime in the future someone will find a way to max out what you provided. SLI was cool, when the VooDoo2's were out. SLI is not bad in today's world, if only the SLI-able video cards included the $30-50 variants such that someone w/ 2 $50 cards could perform just as well as a $300 card. But that would never happen, just like how car manufacturers never build the concept cars that have 300-400hp and would cost less than their premium sports cars. Great, it’s the old PC adage of throwing more processors at the problem. Coming from the embedded environment, building specific hardware to solve a problem always provides the greatest performance. Throwing more processing power at it helps too, but it always has the overshadowing problem that sometime in the future someone will find a way to max out what you provided.

SLI was cool, when the VooDoo2′s were out. SLI is not bad in today’s world, if only the SLI-able video cards included the $30-50 variants such that someone w/ 2 $50 cards could perform just as well as a $300 card. But that would never happen, just like how car manufacturers never build the concept cars that have 300-400hp and would cost less than their premium sports cars.

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