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2008-07-11 08:29:29

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6926|The Twilight Zone

NVIDIA skips LGA 1366 Nehalem plaform, supports SLI by chipset

According to news reports from the web, NVIDIA has acquired the rights to use the Intel QPI technology. The interesting development is that NVIDIA has no interest in developing a new chipset to support the LGA1366 Nehalem chipset. Instead, it will supply it's nForce 200 bridge chip (BR04) to have SLI support on the Intel X58 platforms.

As we already know, SLI technology is nothing other than disabling support using software means. NVIDIA, by enabling SLI support with a so called hardware chip is just going to add more costs to manufacturers who intend to develope Intel X58 boards that supports both CrossFire and SLI.

With NVIDIA reluctance to develope a chipset for the LGA1366 and the mid range LGA1160, it looks like we will only be seeing INTEL for INTEL, AMD for AMD real soon.

It seems that NVIDIA will soon be exiting the chipset business with no more new NV chipsets support both Intel and AMD platforms.

This is very good news! SLI on Intel's chipset, perfect combo.

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2008-07-11 09:08:12

The#1Spot: Member; +105|7012|byah

I dont see whats wrong with not supporting AMD. They can just use an ATI chipset .

2008-07-11 09:20:29

max: Vela Incident; +1,652|7040|NYC / Hamburg

even though I don't like the idea of a competitor leaving the market, I'll happily take SLI on an intel chipset. nvidia chipsets after the nf4 for amd have sucked badly

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2008-07-11 10:02:02

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6670|Winland

Why on earth are nVidia allowing that...

(Hit me as I wrote) More cards, obviously...

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-07-11 10:14:46

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7022|UK

I think it is more because they have been beaten down. Intel told them to fuck themself they where not allowing them to run 1366 sockets (less they gave up the SLI licence), so nforce 8 series would be pointless if you cant support the new processors.

Bullied into it tbh.

Martyn

2008-07-11 15:38:46

CrazeD: Member; +368|7145|Maine

it looks like we will only be seeing INTEL for INTEL, AMD for AMD real soon.

More like, Intel/AMD, AMD/AMD, and AMD/nVidia.

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