Tag archive: SLI

Toshiba has added two more SLi-capable notebooks to its Satellite X205 line in the form of the X205-SLi5 and X205-SLi6. Toshiba is positioning the notebooks as the perfect companions for serious gamers, offering 17-inch screens, plenty of RAM and hard drive storage, HDMI and S/PDIF output, and (of course) dual Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics. The new notebooks follow up on Toshiba's first X205 SLI notebook offerings introduced last… Read More

Toshiba has added Intel's Penryn-class Core 2 Duo T8100 processors to it's Satellite X205 and U305 offerings, giving both gamers and the light-and-portable crowds reasons to celebrate. The Satellite U305-S2816 caters to customers looking for a thin notebook with peak performance, while the substantial X205-SLi2 and X205-SLi4 cater to serious gamers. Starting at $1,349.99, the U305-S2816 offers a 2.1 GHz Core 2 Duo T8100… Read More

Graphics developer Nvidia is known for producing high performance—and high-priced—computer video systems, but hardcore action gamers have taken a shine to the company's SLI technology, which enables gamers to apply the processing torque of two high-end graphics cards to their display, providing high resolution, high frame-rate action on their favorite titles. Ever mindful of extreme gamers' needs, Nvidia has decided… Read More

Toshiba has announced revisions to its Satellite X205 family of 17-inch notebook computers aimed primarily at gamers and folks who want premium digital entertainment in a conceivably-portable package. The Satellite X205-SLI1 nd X205-SLI3 both feature Nvidia GeForce 8600M GT graphics controllers with a combined 512 MB of dedicated video memory and full DirectX 10 compatibility. "Last year, Toshiba launched their gaming notebook lineup… Read More

If the Falcon Northwest FragBook TLX wasn't enough to get your juices flowing, PC MicroWorks would like you to consider their new Vega Super Notebook. PC MicroWorks claims to offer the fastest consumer systems in the world, and the Vega looks to be their big for the ultimate desktop replacement system, sporting an AMD Dual Core Turion TL-60 X2 processor, up to 600 GB of storage, support for 4 GB of memory, and a massive 20.1-inch LCD… Read More

Nvidia today unveiled a new SLI media and communications processor (MCP) targeted towards creating the ultimate gaming platform for the latest and upcoming x86 PC platforms. The new Nvidia nForce 590 SLI MCP should be available from a variety of system builders and motherboard manufacturers shortly. The Nvidia nForce 590 SLI MCP, said its developer, can utilize the power of up to one, two, or even four NVIDIA GeForce GPUs for… Read More

Nvidia said yesterday they were bringing Quad SLI technology to PC system builders to create the fastest class of commercially available gaming computers. Examples of these new souped up gaming PCs are the Raptor Signature Edition from Velocity Micro and the Aurora ALX from Alienware.  Nvidia's Quad SLI technology, said the graphics company, features four graphics processing units (GPUs) from the of the newly announced Nvidia… Read More

Alienware has announced the availability of its Area-51 7500 desktop system featuring dual-core processing and Nvidia SLI graphics for high systems and graphics performance. The heart of the Area-51 7500 offers the dual-core Pentium Extreme Edition 840 at 3.2 GHz with 2 MB of Level-2 cache and an 800 MHz frontside bus, although models are also available with Pentium 830s, and Pentium 4 processors at speeds from 3.4 to 3.8 GHz. The… Read More

Quote from the review at The TechReport (why do they send so much infor for us to post!): “CORE LOGIC CHIPSETS. I've spent the last six days knee deep in 'em, those unappreciated chips that glue everything together inside of a system. Back in my Amiga days, the core logic chips were stars, a constellation of sexy custom chips that provided what was then considered amazing audio and fluid, colorful graphics. But that was… Read More

Their system, which included a special liquid nitrogen cooling system, utilized XFX's NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT SLI card. As a result, they were able to increase the power supply to the memory modules and achieve a core clock of 575 MHz with a memory speed of 1300 MHz to produce a screaming 3DMark Score of 12,483. This was no easy victory. The two XFX GeForce 6800 GTs with NVIDIA SLI technology were pitted against imposing opposition… Read More

According to NVIDIA's marketing, NVIDIA's Scalable Link Interface (SLI) “can deliver as much as 2x the performance of a single GPU configuration for unparalleled gaming experiences.” What NVIDIA fails to make clear, however, is that SLI currently requires NVIDIA to write driver profiles for each game to support SLI. Are all the games you want to play supported? “The bottom line is NVIDIA is going to have to… Read More

"Our previous motherboards featuring NVIDIA nForce technology have proven to be very successful, and has helped ASUS win numerous editorial accolades, including Tom's Hardware Guide coveted Reader's Choice Awards for two years running," said Joe Hsieh, Vice President at ASUSTeK. "With NVIDIA nForce4 SLI, we are ushering in a whole new level of performance and features and quickly establishing our new A8N-SLI motherboard as… Read More

Quote from HardOCP: “SLI (Scan Line Interleaving) created by 3dfx six years ago was all about pure performance and higher resolutions. Back in those days whoever had the fastest graphics solution won. The idea was that if you could add multiple 3D accelerators in one system you could speed up 3D rendering on that PC. 3dfx conquered this challenge by creating SLI or Scan Line Interleaving technology. SLI technology from 3dfx… Read More