SLI for X58 Chipset

Did hell freeze over or something? I guess nVidia didn't like ATI hogging up all the intel mobo's.
 
I'd bet that "certification" includes a per board royalty, not just a one time charge to get the BIOS key.

I liked this quote: "NVIDIA went even further to say that if we were previewing any X58 motherboards that hadn’t yet made it through certification, that it would work with us to get our hands on a driver enabling SLI on the motherboard. It remains to be seen how easy it will be to simply hack in support for SLI on any X58 motherboard, regardless of certification status." It's just a matter of time now before those drivers or hacks made from those drivers leak out. ;)
 
the nf200 chip was such a farce... told y'all it was just a driver thing, and nvidia not wanting to let SLI go without some money..
 
ZerazaX said:
the nf200 chip was such a farce... told y'all it was just a driver thing, and nvidia not wanting to let SLI go without some money..
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It's not a farce.. it's still necessary for the optimal SLI communication/transfer setup. It just might not be as performance without it.
 
pxc said:
I'd bet that "certification" includes a per board royalty, not just a one time charge to get the BIOS key.

I liked this quote: "NVIDIA went even further to say that if we were previewing any X58 motherboards that hadn’t yet made it through certification, that it would work with us to get our hands on a driver enabling SLI on the motherboard. It remains to be seen how easy it will be to simply hack in support for SLI on any X58 motherboard, regardless of certification status." It's just a matter of time now before those drivers or hacks made from those drivers leak out. ;)
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Well it's in league with what Apple does with the app store... it's for ensuring the best possible experience for end users who don't want to deal with BS and things not working. If it were just open to all mobo manufacturers, there would be no way to control the ecosystem and ensure that everyone has properly implemented SLI support. That could result in lowered performance or reliability issues, and taint peoples SLI experience. It makes sense to me to certify it... Don't know why everyone's complaining *still*.
 
The NF200 is not needed for optimal performance I highly doubt that crap.
Its just there for Nvidia to get some cash cause Intel and Nvidia have been fighting each other for a while now and every blow counts.
Its just Bullshit.
 
{NG}Fidel said:
The NF200 is not needed for optimal performance I highly doubt that crap.
Its just there for Nvidia to get some cash cause Intel and Nvidia have been fighting each other for a while now and every blow counts.
Its just Bullshit.
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We'll know if the performance differs once boards are out. It will be benched in reviews since everyone will want to know if the price premium brings any real results.
 
They are doing this dog and pony show to make it look like it is more work than it really is. Crossfire runs on pretty much any Intel chipset. The design specifications for PCI-e are what allow this to work, not something special that NV has done, or is required of other hardware.

In fact, the Intel 965 chipset didn't support the native communication necessary for Crossfire to work, and ATi found a way around that in the driver. If ATi can make Crossfire work in this type of instance, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that NV was blowing smoke up peoples asses. They just wanted to force the purchase of an NV chipset to run SLI...plain and simple.
 
We know that. Those wanting to run SLI had no choice but get a nVidia chipset board.
Made money for nVidia and I think that is their intent.
 
hardly "surrender"

From Anandtech.

Any X58 motherboard maker can submit their board for certification, which will be done by NVIDIA. If the board passes, and the motherboard manufacturer agrees to pay a certification fee (NVIDIA would not reveal how much), then the board is certified and NVIDIA provides the board manufacturer with a key to place in its BIOS.
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I bet ATI wishes they thought of that.

Still good news is scarce, it at least makes things a bit saner.
 
haha says Glen, who won himself some sweet schwag at nvision last night. Congrats btw.

P.S. the SLI news i think is good for NVidia...
 
Those are going to be some pricey boards. Step in the right direction, as many prefer intel boards. Seems ATI lost an edge in that regard. I'll definitely upgrade when it comes out. Will these things support crossfire and sli? Or sli only?
 
My guess is both since Intel has supported CF for quite sometime now. If so, the price premium would be worth it IMO. Imagine how nice it would be to be able to purchase any card you want without having to decide about dual GPU support. Just one chipset that can do anything you'd want it to do.
 
RamonGTP said:
My guess is both since Intel has supported CF for quite sometime now. If so, the price premium would be worth it IMO. Imagine how nice it would be to be able to purchase any card you want without having to decide about dual GPU support. Just one chipset that can do anything you'd want it to do.
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Agreed.
 
RamonGTP said:
My guess is both since Intel has supported CF for quite sometime now. If so, the price premium would be worth it IMO. Imagine how nice it would be to be able to purchase any card you want without having to decide about dual GPU support. Just one chipset that can do anything you'd want it to do.
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Isn't that how it was back in the old days?

My last video card I bought is ATI Radeon 8500 All in wonder and I was just able to put that into any motherboard I want and run it.

I have been a laptop user for the past few years and just getting back into hardware now, but man, things are so complicated now with SLI, Crossfire, and all the cooling required...
 
Well if you're talking about a sinlge card, that's how it's always been, past, present and future. Nothing new about being able to use a single video card on any board you want. This is stricly for dual video cards, in which case, we've never had the luxury of both CF and SLI on the same board.
 
Yeah, that's the problem. Too many options now with multiple cards. Nvidia and ATI need to get rid of SLI/CF and go back to single card route. Makes life much simpler.
 
forsberg78 said:
Yeah, that's the problem. Too many options now with multiple cards. Nvidia and ATI need to get rid of SLI/CF and go back to single card route. Makes life much simpler.
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That isn't a hard approach. Some people need 2 or 3 of the best cards money can buy. I think it's genetic.
 
Does anybody know will all x58 boards support both SLI and Crossfire? I know ASUS will make boards that support both technology, but will other boards have this? Or is it unknown at this point?

I guess since Intel didn't allow NVIDIA to make any SLI boards for Nehalem, NVIDIA had to surrender. Good choice, and their Nforce boards weren't that great anyway. Everybody is a winner here.
 
Crossfire and SLI support is on the X58 chipset, not in a specific board. This is the big news and the reason for this thread existence!
 
Well the whole thing is ridiculous. The limitations have always been artificial - if it wasn't for corporate greed we'd have been able to use crossfire or sli on any AMD, Nvidia or Intel chipset mobo with more than one PCI-E X16 slot many years ago. There would have been no need to change the mobo just because you want to switch from two radeon cards to two geforce cards.
Maybe there will even be "hacked" BIOSes for those "uncertified" X58 mobos and maybe even mobos with other Intel chipsets, as the only thing that's needed to get around the artificial limitation is a "key" provided by Nvidia for the mobo manufacturer to put in the board's BIOS.
 
well I think it will be a good benefit for us users. let's just hope that it'll come out cheap:p
 
I'm curious:

Seeing that all Intel chipsets supported ATI's Crossfire, would the X58 actually be the first to support both Crossfire and SLI?

Or, is it just SLI-only?
 
Wow..I just about crapped my e-pants. :p Good thing I stuck with my 680i. The 780i was a wash and those only good ones at Intel and I can't run my dual 8800GTX's on Intel. Count me in on the X58 bandwagon!
 
it runs on every intel board...Nvidia in their greed decided to block its use to try and force people to buy their MB's .

Intel 58's
At first it was a $30 bridge chip that had to be on the board...bogus BS
Now its a $20 license to allow use of their cards on intel boards....I personally wish that all board makers would tell them to go F themselves...give it 2 months and it will be free.

Nvidia has S#$%^ in their own nest and screwed over everyone, now they are just trying to bleed more money from us.
 
Doesn't matter how much the board cost. I'm a happy camper with this move. I'm not a big fan of Nvidias motherboards & I avoid ATI like it was Aids. I can finally have a SLI solution with an Intel based board. That sure made my day =). I hope the X58 chipset kicks ass to.
 
i expected this to happen eventually. I don't think nvidia will be making mobo chipsets forever though...
 
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