Nvidia readying SLI 2.0 multi-GPU tech?

[chaminga_d]

Rumor has it that a new and improved version of Nvidia's SLI multi-GPU technology is on its way. VR-Zone says Nvidia will introduce a so-called SLI 2.0 at the CeBIT show in Hanover, Germany in mid-March. Few details are available, the site says, but the technology will supposedly allow mixing and matching of graphics cards. SLI 2.0 might also allow users to hook up more than two GeForce 8-series graphics cards together, although this is little more than speculation at this point.

Still, the mixing-and-matching ability might make sense as a response to ATI's "boundless gaming" GPU-accelerated physics implementation. "Boundless gaming" allows users to pair one or two high-end graphics cards with a low-end model so the slower card can essentially behave like a dedicated physics processor in games that support GPU-accelerated physics. In fact, Nvidia has already stated that the third, eight-lane PCI Express x16 slot on its reference nForce 680i SLI motherboard would be perfect for physics processing.

[Anusha]

Nvidia has already stated that the third, eight-lane PCI Express x16 slot on its reference nForce 680i
:D :D :D That should be PCI-E x8.

Poor Ageia. If this happens, they'll run out of sales. (PhysX cards I mean)

[chaminga_d]

That should be PCI-E x8.

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[Anusha]

8-lane PCI-E means 8X speed ne?

[prasadana2]

Mata owa teren ne..

[chaminga_d]

8-lane PCI-E means 8X speed ne?

HiHi..... No it is not

The PCIe link is built around dedicated unidirectional couples of serial (1-bit), point-to-point connection known as a "lane".

A connection between any two PCIe devices is known as a "link", and is built up from a collection of 1 or more lanes.

[Anusha]

Just found this: http://www.barefeats.com/quad14.html :rolleyes:

...We ran various graphics intensive apps at 1920x1200 High Quality to see how much faster a Radeon X1900 XT runs in the 16 lane (x16) slot as opposed to being installed in a 4 lane (x4) and an 8 lane (x8) slot. Our tested unit was a Mac Pro 3GHz with 16GB of RAM....

[prasadana2]

Omg 16X Vga Card 1..

[Anusha]

Omg 16X Vga Card 1..
Are you nuts? Almost every PCI-E graphics card operates at x16. :confused:

[prasadana2]

is it so im using agp 8x i dedent know..

[Anusha]

Max AGP speed is 8x (i.e. 2.133GBps)
AGP is obsolete. PCI-E is the current standard. It's getting updated soon as well - a newer revision of PCI-E. Maybe PCI-E x32; not sure though.

[chaminga_d]

Anusha ayya read this out.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

[Anusha]

Anusha ayya read this out.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express
This is what it says...
....and a slot of a large physical size (e.g. x16) can be wired electrically with fewer lanes (e.g. x1 or x8;.....

[chaminga_d]

Ane manda?

[Tissaka]

aney mama nam owa danne na.. mama ahinsakai :yes:

[Anusha]

aney mama nam owa danne na.. mama ahinsakai :yes:
Boru epaa :D :D