SLI will never be mainstream. Simply because no matter how you look at it, putting 2 cards together costs alot of money. Not only that, you need a pretty decent PSU which again, cost money. Also you'll need a monitor displaying 1600x1200 to appreciate SLI, another thing which cost alot of money. Mainstream SLI? Never. I don't plan on using SLI, one 8800GTX is enough for me. I'm a person who doesn't mind not to run everything at max, besides I'm not a huge PC gamer anyways. Since 2005, every mobo made since then is PCI-E, of course there are still AGP boards but the majority all goes to PCI-E first.
well some sli-able cards aren't too expensive to buy in a pair, but you are right, the added expenses on top of that might drive the typical mainstream consumer off.
well some sli-able cards aren't too expensive to buy in a pair, but you are right, the added expenses on top of that might drive the typical mainstream consumer off.jfelisario
For the price of two weaker cards, you could probably get away with one stronger card. The two cards would outperform the single card at high resolutions--something that most of us don't have (ie 1600x1200 and over).
yeah, i'm just taking into account on the purposes for scalable link interface, and that is to play on high resolutions, but all in all, not worth it when you could get a stronger single card.
The only practical use of SLI that ive seen was in the PC Gamer custom build special edition magazine...they made an SLI setup that cost about 900 dollars. Thas awesome, cause im a college student and i cant afford to build a 2000-3000 dollar rig. I would say, if you've got the cash and can afford a huge ass monitor with a dual DX10 card setup...its worth it. Will it ever be mainstream? Doubtful with the way technology is going now. Â
i'm building a new comp soon, and although i wouldn't get sli for a while (cost and not big enough screen mainly) i'd like to kno if you can use two cards of different types in sli... obviously if they both use sli.
like can you use a 8800gt with a.... 9700gt for instance?
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