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Old 07-14-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default [dvHW] NVIDIA unveils nForce 200 SLI processor for Intel Nehalem

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NVIDIA today officially announced it will bring SLI technology to the Intel Bloomfield processor platform. The firm will roll out a new chip called nForce 200 SLI processor and rumour has it that NVIDIA will charge motherboard makers about $30 to use this chip on Intel X58 based motherboards.
PC enthusiasts, manufacturers, and developers around the world have a lot to be excited about today with NVIDIA Corporation's announcement that it will be bringing the power and performance of its SLI multi-GPU technology to Intel's upcoming line of Bloomfield CPUs. With this winning combination, consumers will have an SLI platform designed for current and future graphics-intensive games and applications; these platforms can be powered by one, two, or even three NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, including the new, award-winning GeForce GTX 280 and GTX 260 GPUs.

New SLI motherboards will feature the NVIDIA nForce 200 SLI processor, Intel Bloomfield CPUs, and Tylersburg (X58) chipsets. The nForce 200 SLI processor features patented SLI technology for graphics bandwidth management and multi-GPU peer-to-peer communications, both required to optimize graphics performance.

"With GeForce-based visual computing application, our customers are experiencing exciting new ways to interact with their photos and videos while also experiencing the bone-chilling realism from our latest graphics processors," said Jeff Fisher, senior vice president of GPU business at NVIDIA. "Our SLI technology allows us to combine the power of hundreds of GeForce processing cores in multi-GPU configurations with Intel's latest CPUs for platforms that are sure to excite our customers."
NVIDIA says motherboards and PC systems with the nForce 200 SLI processor will be available from Acer, Asus, Atelco, Coolmod, Dell, Ditech, Falcon Northwest, Founder, Fujitsu-Siemens Computer, Gigabyte, Haier, Hypersonic PC, Iqon/Commodore, K&M, Komplett, Komputronik, Legend, Maingear, Medion, MSI, Multirama, Next, Scan Computers, Sky Electronics, Tongfang, TS, Velocity Micro, Vigor Gaming, and more.
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niceeeeeee ahahah so is nvidia getting nehalem support?

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niceeeeeee ahahah so is nvidia getting nehalem support?
read it, its an add on chip to go under the Intel X58 northbridge to enable SLI on the only chipset that will support nehalem. they had to work around the lack of support, and i think this is a reasonable means to do so.
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Isnt the NF200 the chip on the 780i/790i that just added PCI-E lanes, nothing else?
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so, will these MB's with the NF200 chip support both SLi and xfire?
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Isnt the NF200 the chip on the 780i/790i that just added PCI-E lanes, nothing else?
It's just SLI tax, like on SkullTrail. They're not needed, but Nvidia wants to make a little bit of money without the R&D cost. Calling the PCI-E bridge chips 'SLI processors' may fool some, though. I just call them SLI tax chips.

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so, will these MB's with the NF200 chip support both SLi and xfire?
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It's just SLI tax, like on SkullTrail. They're not needed, but Nvidia wants to make a little bit of money without the R&D cost. Calling the PCI-E bridge chips 'SLI processors' may fool some, though. I just call them SLI tax chips.
It's $30 per NF200 chip so it's going to be around $50 extra for a motherboard with SLI capability.
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It's $30 per NF200 chip so it's going to be around $50 extra for a motherboard with SLI capability.
Maybe it is just me, but i would pay the extra 30-50 for the ability to use x-fire or sli. That way, i do not need to change MB's when i switch between Nvidia and ATi
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It's $30 per NF200 chip so it's going to be around $50 extra for a motherboard with SLI capability.
It's not that, it's the principle. They're useless. They provide no extra functionality. ATI does not require any of this mumbo jumbo for Crossfire, it's just another potential component to go bad that serves no purpose whatsoever apart from fooling people into thinking that SLI requires Nvidia bridge chips on the motherboard, when it doesn't. It's utterly ridiculous.
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It's not that, it's the principle. They're useless. They provide no extra functionality. ATI does not require any of this mumbo jumbo for Crossfire, it's just another potential component to go bad that serves no purpose whatsoever apart from fooling people into thinking that SLI requires Nvidia bridge chips on the motherboard, when it doesn't. It's utterly ridiculous.
i can agree with that rationale. So is it only limited by software or what? How does a MB not support SLi? I do not know what limits the compatibility. Any feedback?
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