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Geek Culture / E3 Alienware PC running dual PCI Express cards

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CattleRustler
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Posted: 19th May 2004 19:51 Edited at: 19th May 2004 19:52
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saw it on techtv last night. Each card draws either the upper or lower half of the screen. Then they did a demo where they independently switched each card on/off while someone was in the midst of a game - no hiccups - pretty sick. Forgot which game, think it was latest UT.

anyone else see that?

anyway its a piece of hardware that can be added into any pci express box, available later this year - may come standard on certain AW boxes


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Posted: 19th May 2004 20:02 Edited at: 19th May 2004 20:02
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how pointless is that

unless it means faster gfx of course


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Posted: 19th May 2004 20:05 Edited at: 19th May 2004 20:06
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Quote: "unless it means faster gfx of course"


your a smart one aren't you

cool, but this means you need to buy 2 new cards to upgrade



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Posted: 19th May 2004 20:26
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Flipping sweet. And what a way to compare ATI and nVidia cards-- hey, the lower half of my screen is blurry !

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Shadow Robert
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Posted: 19th May 2004 20:38
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Ahh ... takes you back to the days of SLi Voodoo 2
difference was they interlaces rendering lines; but still the same concept.

Just think how awesomely fast you could play Unreal 3 using SLi 6800 Ultra ^_^ hehee


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Posted: 19th May 2004 21:10
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lets see:
2 PCI-X cards was an 80% boost over a single pci express
1 PCI-X card crushes AGP 8X into dust (look up the specs)

fast enough?

was just saying it was interesting and asking if anyone else saw it - I wasn't trying to sell it to you


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Posted: 19th May 2004 21:31 Edited at: 19th May 2004 21:40
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Sounds nice - anyone know when the UK gets the PCI-X cards ?


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Posted: 19th May 2004 21:56
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when you get the pci-x main boards
this summer I believe. The major video card manf already have the cards ready for release


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