Gigabyte's Dual-GPU Graphics Card 252
kamerononfire writes "Tom's Hardware has an article on a new dual-GPU graphics card, to be released Friday, by Giga-byte: "According to sources, the SLI card will lift current 3DMark2003 record revels by a significant margin while being priced lower than ATI's and Nvidia's single-GPU high-end cards.""
Great idea (Score:4, Interesting)
Makes me wonder if Nvidia will have dual core gpus in the future.
What about 4 gpu 3dfx V5 6000? (Score:3, Interesting)
Dubious Information (Score:5, Interesting)
"Sources told Tom's Hardware Guide..."
"Tom's Hardware Guide's test lab staff will run the 3D1 through its benchmark track, as soon as the card becomes available."
IMHO, this is a PR coup by Gigabyte to get something into Tom's Hardware. But more importantly, why post this on Slashdot now? Let's see some data first. Let's see the results of the tests.
Re:What about 4 gpu 3dfx V5 6000? (Score:4, Interesting)
I'll take two, and dual SLI for quad power! (Score:2, Interesting)
Need Dual AGPs.... (Score:1, Interesting)
The Obvious.. (Score:1, Interesting)
Re:Deja Voodoo (Score:5, Interesting)
The Voodoo 4/5 were the most expensive cards on the market. This card is cheaper than a *SINGLE* Nv 6800 and outperforms it by a good margin.
Why buy a 6800?
Re:Deja Voodoo (Score:5, Interesting)
Re:Drivers? (Score:3, Interesting)
What I want on the card is TWO DVI outputs though. And possibly another two available on the other GPU via a cable when not in SLI mode.
Re:Yes, but will there be drivers for Linux (Score:2, Interesting)
no.. (Score:2, Interesting)
I strongly advise you to not do business with Gigabytes Technologies.
Dealing with them on a bad motherboard (brand new) proved to take me nearly 3 months. Meanwhile _none_ of my emails or phone calls were _ever_ returned. They only took progressive action when I called them and waited to be spoken with. The support person even hung up on me once when the conversation became heated over the long wait time. They refused to send me a replacement/loaner motherboard and had no other alternatives for me but to sit and wait for the one I mailed to them via RMA to be repaired. Oh, and to even get the RMA I had to fax three different forms back to them and wait for approval, the process to get an RMA took about 4 days. Usually I can get an RMA over the phone, not with Gigabytes you won't.
The board still does not work 100%, it only boots off whatever is plugged into the primary ide controller, even though the bios has many other options.
This is a true story I swear.
And Gigabytes, if you're reading this, I told you I would spread the word, and I am..