defiant007
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Anandtech tri-sli preview
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Hehe, told you so. Just ain't worth the investment. Save your pennies. NVIDIA is just trying to move old GPU inventory that is no longer attractive because the new GTs are looking so good.
That said, the framebuffer is what is holding the new 8800 GT back and we will be having an eval of a new 8800 card from Palit with 1GB framebuffer.
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PLT-88GT1G#
Now back on topic that Tri-SLI sucks....
That said, the framebuffer is what is holding the new 8800 GT back and we will be having an eval of a new 8800 card from Palit with 1GB framebuffer.
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=PLT-88GT1G#
Now back on topic that Tri-SLI sucks....
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I think a 2 card SLI solution has more of a use then tri-sli does at this moment, down the road things might change, but like me if you want the best , you have to pay for it.
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Why do we have anandtech calling G80 1.5 years old, it came out 13 months and 6 days ago, not 18 months ago.
The card's didn't instantaneously appear on the launch date, the technology and research is at least 1.5 years old.
Interesting opinions/previews from both [H] and Anandtech. I've never had a use for SLi and I don't see myself using it at any time in the future. 3-way SLi is just something more that I'm not going to use.
If you need to be anal about it, it is most likely well over 18 months old since it was most likely designed well over 2 years ago.
Or, you could just not be anal about it.
Never cared for SLI myself, think the real future is in multi GPU cards.
Exactly. With TriSLI and Quad SLI you need a huge box to run it, and huge power supply to power it, and you'll feel a bit silly after using 3x 8800GT-GTX cards now when the new cards come out just to feel like you need to sell what you have to upgrade and go through that whole cycle again, and most with TriSLI will feel compelled to do so because they're going to be upset that one card might possibly be as good or better than their current TriSli (or even SLI). It's just a money pit (and money trap) IMO, the way the industry needs to go is in multi GPU'ed cards on one PCB with very good coolers.
Simpson5774
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So G92 is already a year old and is now obsolete, seeing as your agreeing with anand about this.
The cards came out on november 12th or round abouts last year, so 13 months is an accurate assessment of how long WE have had the ability to have these cards in our hands, not 18 months.
Their just adding fuel to the fire that somehow G80 is totally obsolete when it clearly isn't.
Oh ya, ok, so by your logic, every newly released card is already a year old and not worth buying eh?
zero_vertical
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I went SLI because I was bored, and had a mobo that could support it. It's not a bad option for certain scenarios - like you're short on money and want to bump your performance a bit to bridge to the next gen card (my second 7800gt was only $70 six months ago).
Also, some uber-hardcore gamer might drop two of the highest end cards in for a real high end application.
Either way, tri SLI doesn't apply the former example (beacuse you woudn't buy two) and is probably not a great option for the latter example anyways (because of the lack of relative increase in performance).
Plus, how much are tri-SLI mobos going for these days? Can't imagine it'd be worth the price bump.
Also, some uber-hardcore gamer might drop two of the highest end cards in for a real high end application.
Either way, tri SLI doesn't apply the former example (beacuse you woudn't buy two) and is probably not a great option for the latter example anyways (because of the lack of relative increase in performance).
Plus, how much are tri-SLI mobos going for these days? Can't imagine it'd be worth the price bump.
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The power consumption alone makes this setup impractical. Can I sue nVidia if I burn down my house because I overloaded my wiring?
Well... If a woman can sue McD's over her dumbass self spilling hot coffee on herself, anything is possible!
No, I am saying who cares, 13 months, 18 months, 24 months. They are talking about the technology, not the release date. Yes, it is older than 13 months.
Does that mean it sucks, is obsolete, etc? No. Just that it is as old as it is.
World: you may begin rotating again.
Well... If a woman can sue McD's over her dumbass self spilling hot coffee on herself, anything is possible!
Sadly, this is a case where the media failed to show what really happened. Not only did McD's deserve to be sued, they deserved to loose a hell of a lot more than they did. Very interesting case, and exactly why we as consumers have the right to sue when a company is negligent towards the safety of it's customers.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
Yeah, I like how many regard a successful product already obsolete simply because a new product slated to replace it in a few months will likely blow it away in performance. I don't consider anything obsolete unless a suitable product is readily available for a similar price that far exceeds it in performance. Tri-SLI will also be an option when the new generation of NVidia cards are released. It's pure speculation, but using three 'G100s' in SLI might permit playing Crysis at 2560x1600 with most IQ options enabled for all we know. Even with the most liberal use of the word 'obsolete,' Tri-SLI might actually prove itself useful with future hardware despite its dubious application in the present.
Having said all that, I will have to agree with those who stated that it's largely a waste of money for most people. It is a luxury item, nothing more. Yes, it will permit better game play in certain games, but the cost is prohibitive. Unless you're swimming in money and the word 'cost' does not exist in your vocabulary, Tri-SLI is not worth the additional cost of a third video card, likely PSU upgrade, extra heat production, reduced expansion options and significantly increased power consumption. This doesn't even take into account that one will probably require a motherboard replacement just to make all of it possible. Although great that the option is available, it's not worth it for 95% of consumers.
the "'Lectric Library"? No thanks. Hahahaha
junglicious
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I thought military technology was 10 years ahead of consumer technology? Also, don't we do backward design from alien technology
If SLI is not much of a benefit then why would Tri SLI be any different? Then again some people think the best bang for the buck means the end of all.
If SLI is not much of a benefit then why would Tri SLI be any different? Then again some people think the best bang for the buck means the end of all.
? hahahaha?
Google it, there are numerous sites on this. Being ignorant on a topic when the information is at your finger tips is silly at best.
The McD's case is a text book example, from the reasons for the suit to the verdict, to how the money was awarded, why when a company is blatantly negligent we have the right, and we need to, sue them. It really is a very interesting case, and you shoudl take the time to learn about it.
The media failed to give the facts of the case, and played it off as a silly pointless lawsuit, when in fact it was nowhere close to that.
Since googling is so hard:
http://www.vanosteen.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liebeck_v._McDonald's_Restaurants
http://www.justice.org/pressroom/FACTS/frivolous/McdonaldsCoffeecase.aspx
No, G80 is over 4 years old, which is when development started, so the 1.5 years old is not right at all.
8800 GTX and 8800 GTS 640 were released in November 11th 2006, if memory doesn't fail me. That's 1 year, 1 month and 8 days old.
1. Who cares how old it is. People make typo's and mistakes all the time. Drop it.
2. That woman shouldnt have gotten a penny from McD's. Its coffee, its going to be hot. Dont be a smuck and spill it, then sue over it.
And now to get back on topic. As Ive said before... triple SLI can very much be worth it. Who cares why they are selling the cards, or whats coming out 4 months from now, or more. Its about gaming at a ultra high res, with ultra high levels of AA, and enjoying smoother frames. I wouldnt care a bit to spend $1500 on three cards, to get great frames like this.
2. That woman shouldnt have gotten a penny from McD's. Its coffee, its going to be hot. Dont be a smuck and spill it, then sue over it.
And now to get back on topic. As Ive said before... triple SLI can very much be worth it. Who cares why they are selling the cards, or whats coming out 4 months from now, or more. Its about gaming at a ultra high res, with ultra high levels of AA, and enjoying smoother frames. I wouldnt care a bit to spend $1500 on three cards, to get great frames like this.
Ignorance is bliss.
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QFT. I was actually about to post the same thing. Took me all of 2 minutes to read through your original link. And I agree, it's very interesting how little I knew about the case.
zero_vertical
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Hell of a lot more? The settlement amount was never released, so how could you even say that?
Also, she spilled the coffee herself. She was both the perpetrator and victim. She could have just as easily burned herself at home doing the same thing - which should have been enough to exonerate McD's all together. This all boiled down to McDs serving coffee at a hotter temperature than some "standard" temperature manufactured by her attorneys. The carafe on my coffee pot at home is as hot as McD's stated there's was - which evidences the absurdity of the claim all together.
This is an awful example of how litigious we are, and how overrun by greed and entitlement we've become.
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Going by the original settlement figure, the actual is less but undisclosed.
Read it, it is so much more than what you make it out to be.
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I read that entire article and I received a 33 for reading on my ACT so don't question my comprehension level.
Coffee to hot. (point of view)
Spill on self.
Duuurrrrrrrrrr.
I'm going to go buy a corn dog from sonics and sneeze while eating it subsequently forcing it down into my esophagus. The design of the corn dog is clearly flawed (especially more so with Sonics' corn dogs
). They had their coffee at that temperature for a reason. That reason was not to burn people. Did the court force them to change the temperature of the coffee? NO. I can name a hundred other things. Wendy's chili will give you third degree burns. Who's broke? Note: Sucks that she was an old lady.
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Tri-SLi is worthless. If they can't get SLI to work 100% how the hell are they going to get tri-sli to work. Does Crysis even work yet with SLI?
I read that entire article and I received a 33 for reading on my ACT so don't question my comprehension level.
Coffee to hot. (point of view)
Spill on self.
Duuurrrrrrrrrr.
I'm going to go buy a corn dog from sonics and sneeze while eating it subsequently forcing it down into my esophagus. The design of the corn dog is clearly flawed (especially more so with Sonics' corn dogs
Note: Sucks that she was an old lady.
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Tri-SLi is worthless. If they can't get SLI to work 100% how the hell are they going to get tri-sli to work. Does Crysis even work yet with SLI?
Coffee too hot is a point of view? At 180 degrees, it gives third degree burns in under 15 seconds. There is no point of view other than it was way too hot.
Good point you made; did the court force McD's to lower the tempature to a safe temp(key word, safe).
Answer: no.
But the lawsuit did. Which is the entire point of suing negligent companies. The only way to force them to stop doing something blatantly negligent to consumers well being is to hit them in the pocket book. Oh, and yes, I question your comprehension for not understand that.
Good for you on your ACT, btw. It is also the first time I have seen someone use that as how smart they are on the internet. I found it so funny, pee actually dripped out.
There are plenty of stupid, pointless lawsuits. This was not one of them, this is a text book example of a good one.
defiant007
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Who cares about damn coffee! Stop thread crapping, the topic at hand is tri-sli
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LoL. That joke is about as funny as Tri-Sli.
Yes, it is. That statement explains why you are so blissful.
But feel free to rattle on about it, Im done talking about it, and with this thread. This thread has been ruined.
And triple SLI is worth it.
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I still like the idea of Tri-SLI in a professional environment (i.e. 3x Quadro FX5600's, etc.). However, for gaming and our end of the market... yeah, it sux the biggest d!ck of all time. Price and power consumption, both are unrivaled (for obvious reasons, lol).
http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_sli.html
http://www.nvidia.com/object/quadro_sli.html