ExtremeTech has one of the first reviews in I ’ve seen of nVidia ’s SLI television menu — the little trick where they allow you connect two TV cards together to double up ( or at least increment ) your polygonal shape pushing power . And let me tell you , just like in the 3dfx Voodoo 2 days of yore , it dead trumps any single card solution out there . That ’s the good news .
The bad news is mostly predictable : for just the motherboard , two GeForce 6800 cards , and a 500 - watt index supply , ExtremeTech paid ( or would have paid ) about $ 1,500 . That ’s not for a whole machine , but just the core bits — careen bottom for a whole machine build around that platform would be $ 2,000 at least . The other worrying act is a minute more risky , but worth keeping an middle on . If you bribe just a exclusive nVidia circuit board today with the intent of adding another in the future , no one can predict how well card from dissimilar producer or cards produced at unlike time will influence together .
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Update : Julian Bush compose , “ you overleap the fact that you do n’t have to use 6800 ultras , which are around 600 a art object . you may employ 6600gts or 6800 gts as well , which are 200 and 400 severally , bringing the full cost to about 700 - 1100 dollars . ” I did not make love that .
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