Dual Graphics Cards: Nirvana or Nightmare?

Iria · Jul 12, 2005, 03:50 PM

Double the Trouble or Double Your Fun?

Nvidia's SLI technology has made quite a splash, at least among the community of elite gamers—or those gamers who have large bank accounts. The allure of doubling your performance by simply adding a second graphics card is a powerful one for gamers who play a lot of 3D action titles, in which frame rate is king. In fact, SLI has gotten so much public attention that ATI has jumped into the fray, announcing its CrossFire dual graphics card technology back during the Computex Trade Show.

The sales pitch is seductive: Get one graphics card today, and add another in the future to either double your current performance or as a form of future-proofing. Alternatively, you could buy two cheap cards, and get the performance of one really, really expensive one. But are SLI and CrossFire really a boon for high end gamers?

__________
Read more / Source: ExtremeTech

Jul 12, 2005, 03:50 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Dual Graphics Cards: Nirvana or Nightmare? Double the Trouble or Double Your Fun? Nvidia's SLI technology has made quite a splash, at least among the community of elite gamers—or those gamers who have large bank accounts. The allure of doubling your performance by simply adding a second graphics card is a powerful one for gamers who play a lot of 3D action titles, in which frame rate is king. In fact, SLI has gotten so much public attention that ATI has jumped into the fray, announcing its CrossFire dual graphics card technology back during the Computex Trade Show. The sales pitch is seductive: Get one graphics card today, and add another in the future to either double your current performance or as a form of future-proofing. Alternatively, you could buy two cheap cards, and get the performance of one really, really expensive one. But are SLI and CrossFire really a boon for high end gamers? __________ Read more / Source: ExtremeTech