SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Extreme gaming just got a whole lot better. NVIDIA(R) Corporation has extended its SLI(TM) technology, which enables the use of multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) on a single computer, allowing up to three GeForce(R) graphics cards to be used in a single machine. Now hot, new, graphics-intensive titles, such as Call of Duty 4, Company of Heroes Opposing Fronts, Enemy Territory: Quake Wars, and Unreal Tournament 3, can be played at the highest resolution possible, with all the graphics settings cranked to the max, and antialiasing applied for the first time.

maybe the time of cheaper cards x 3 is coming for better performance then 1-2 big cards

like this?

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4862/3waysli03yh6.jpg

I don't know what pos computers everyone else is running but my single gpu runs cod4 just fine on 1280x1024 with everything turned on except for AA because I've never used it, don't really see much of a difference. Crysis on the other hand, I doubt even a tripple SLI system would run that game.

honestly i could think of a bajillion better things to spend money on

Imagine the power supply required to power 3 ultra's!!!!!

honestly i could think of a bajillion better things to spend money on

you could get AM radio for your phone

or a bigger boot for an lpg tank lol

ill wait till there cheap

like this?

What the f***....

your new car lowered, a better body kit and a wing!

or a bigger boot for an lpg tank

Thats a good idea Jim. I think you should too.

I have one graphics card and it takes up 3 slots worth of space the motherf***er

pretty sure i can play unreal tournament 3 on highest res with everything on full and AA without 3 graphics cards...

for that price i could think of a better 3-way

Usually one top of the range card runs everything smooth as high settings

3 * Nvida TNT2 32MB Ultra's now thats the s***!!!

Usually one top of the range card runs everything smooth as high settings

Not at a decent resolution.

People who would be interested by this would have LCD's in the 24" to 30" range, running resolutions up to 2560x1600 where they can finally have some decent aa and af.

maybe the time of cheaper cards x 3 is coming for better performance then 1-2 big cards

You'll find that tri sli is limited to only the big cards (8800GTX or the Ultra) because the other cards don't have enough connectors on it.

What's more worrisome than the power requirements is the actual heat dump caused by those cards. Chances are either your cards or boards are going to end up frying without sufficient cooling.

soon our PC's will take up as much power as a fridge which is pretty damn stupid imho. Hell I've seen like 1100watt PSU's for computers, that's almost half the maximum current draw allocated for one circuit in a normal house, if you had your computer on the same circuit as the tv, stereo and your routers and printers, some s*** is going to blow eventually.

we're gonna need a bigger boat.

Imagine the power supply required to power 3 ultra's!!!!!

800w for all three cards on max load.

I might pass on this one

spook you could get some style

like pastel green lacoste shirts amirite?

oh i went there

go there all you want, you look like a poof regardless of what you're wearing

OH I WENT THERE

Twinsen
3 * Nvida TNT2 32MB Ultra's now thats the s***!!!

That made me LOL so hard.

TNT2U <3

f*** paveway is so suss...l

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yeah it's a rad pic

just fyi, it's not as pastelly as you think camera flash makes it look like that

ps. just pick this up today taggs http://members.optusnet.com.au/paveway_s1/IMG_9979_1024.jpg

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I'd hit it, with chub's dick

Funny they don't mention Crysis on that list when Crysis is in fact the only game I've seen that absolutely will not run well at max settings on a 24" LCD using the fastest available CPU and dual 8800 Ultras (max settings meaning 4x AA and max everything else).

Maybe on a 30" LCD triple cards might make some sense for a wide range of games, but on a 24" it's pretty much Crysis only, or some as-of-yet-unreleased next-gen game.

Hell I've seen like 1100watt PSU's for computers, that's almost half the maximum current draw allocated for one circuit in a normal house, if you had your computer on the same circuit as the tv, stereo and your routers and printers, some s*** is going to blow eventually.

1.1kW / (root 3 * 240) = 2.65 A

A standard GPO circuit is 10 A mate - that's ~4.1kW. The only thing you'd blow would be the overcurrent fuse for the circuit (in an older house) or an MCB if it's a newer place...

Hell I've seen like 1100watt PSU's for computers

The thing about psu's is that they won't be going flat out at 100%, if you have one going flat out chances are it's going to die sooner rather than later. The most you really want to use is 80% power, which usually is where the PSU is most efficient too.

There are PSU's that are capable of 1600W already out on the market and with technology like TRI-SLI, it's only going to continue to increase.

wait are you saying you bought that car the other day or are you telling me to buy it!?

i assume you bought it, heh. looks pretty rad but i know next to f*** all about cars so you're showing the wrong person =)

i thought you had the 180...

That is just stupid though ive pretty much given up PC gaming cept for 1 or 2 specific games. Im sure there are people out there foaming at the mouth however, at the mear thought of getting another 25 fps out of UT3 or something.

When are they going to stop pumping up hardware and start working on some awesome gameplay instead of pretty graphics?
The power requirements of modern computers is going up and thats not what the world needs right now. (Greenie speak disabled)

When are they going to stop pumping up hardware and start working on some awesome gameplay instead of pretty graphics?

when ultra realistic uber-high-res military training via videogames becomes legal.


guess where this one is going mate...


welcome to the information age. too many people are dying over in the middle east right now and we need people.. hey - according to your stats, you're a natural at Counterstrike! we need to talk mate =)


/end sarcasm

btw - nothing personal there Vash, just making a point on the text that popped up dude

I don't know about you - can you imagine the heat that 3x 8800's would put out?
The middle card would bake, let alone the motherboard at that point

I've seen enough systems baking with just two 8800's

prol needs a special config with extractors and shizzle
but like i said its prol not needed to have 3 high end cards..

I don't know about you - can you imagine the heat that 3x 8800's would put out?
The middle card would bake, let alone the motherboard at that point

I've seen enough systems baking with just two 8800's

probably needs a kitchen sized rangehood exhaust fan