New multi GPU hardware without sli/xfire

[dogz 10]

Just a heads up for those that dont already know about Lucid

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3646

from the article that tested a working setup on Windows 7:

Also unlike last year, we actually got real seat time with the Hydra 200 and MSI's Big Bang. Even better: we got to play on a GeForce GTX 260 + ATI Radeon HD 4890 running in multi-GPU mode.

The technology sounds flawless. You don't need to worry about game profiles or driver support, you just add more GPUs and they should be perfectly load balanced. Even more impressive is Lucid's claim that you can mix and match GPUs of different performance levels. For example you could put a GeForce GTX 285 and a GeForce 9800 GTX in parallel and the two would be perfectly load balanced by Lucid's hardware; you'd get a real speedup. Eventually, Lucid will also enable multi-GPU configurations from different vendors (e.g. one NVIDIA GPU + one AMD GPU).

Edited October 7, 2009 by dogz

[echo1 0]

Yeah, it's pretty interesting alright. I don't really like the idea of having two graphics card on principle, but this actually provides people with a reliable way to use such a setup if required. The only issue is how much it's going to cost, which has not been announced yet.

[Monkwarrior 0]

Well, this is perfect actually.

Just leave your old GPU in there beside the new one.

Only replace 1 at a time :)

Monk.

[neokika 62]

Great news!