XFX 8600GT XXX Edition + EVGA 8600GT Superclocked SLI

Here's a great review on how two different 8600Gt cards can be setup in SLI mode..

The video card market is dominated by news of the high-end video cards that range in price of $400 USD and above. Those cards are the highest performing, most feature-rich cards in the industry, allowing the end-user to play games with high fidelity in graphics and with Anti-Aliasing enabled. The average end-user doesn’t have $300-600 to spend on a video card, and the video card companies (AMD and NVIDIA) sell many more $200 cards than they do $300+ cards.

NVIDIA launched their 8800GTX card in early November of 2006. This card was the first on the market to fully support DirectX 10 graphics features like Pixel Shader 4.0, Geometry Shaders and was a huge success for the company, selling over 400,000 in the first quarter of sales alone. The MSRP of that card ranged above $500 and it is still the most expensive, feature-rich highest performing card on the market. Today NVIDIA is bringing the features of the 8800 series to the mainstream with three new consumer cards, the 8600GTS for the $199-249 price range, the 8600GT for the $149 price range and the 8500GT for the $99 price range.

EVGA and XFX are two of NVIDIA’s biggest partners in terms of retail video card sales in the United States. They manufacture video cards based upon NVIDIA chips exclusively, meaning that they don’t have any ATI or Ageia-based video cards. We have good relations with both companies and today I’m going to review two 8600GT cards, one from XFX, and one from EVGA with some SLI testing thrown in for good measure.
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The benchmark you all been waiting for - MSI 8600GT in SLI mode!

Nvidia's latest G84 and G86 cards are doing the rounds on review sites at the moment, and because of this they are rather hard to come by. Fortunately, we have managed to get hold of a second 8600GT. Let's see what these bad boys can do in SLI.

Interestingly, the canted cooler proved problemamatic again when setting up SLI. We had the same memory clearance issues but the SLI bridge was also not quite able to fitted correctly due to one of the pins running through the fins sitting slightly too high on both cards. It all still worked correctly, but surprising that this was not noticed in testing.

Conclusion in short:
The performance gained from adding a second of these cards is clearly pretty impressive. These cards scale extremely well when moving to SLI from a single overclocked card. The 8800 series still retains the performance crown, but the 8600s together nip on the heels of the GTS 320s and completely dominate the x1950 series of cards from ATI/AMD.

The fact that SLI performance on these cards is so good means that those with small cases can have near 8800 performance without space problems, those who want DX10 support can get it relatively cheaply with a worthwhile upgrade solution of another card down the line and those who want near 8800 performance with a passive card can now do so.
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SLI in Centrino - just what I wanted to see!!

Well my wishes are partially becoming true! About 10-15 days ago I complained that Intel doesn't have any type of support of SLI technology on their motherboard chipset. But from what I have read before, it isn't Nvidia fault, it's because Intel favours Ati :-(
But it seems things are changing a bit!
This text was just in from Chilehardware... it's translated from Spanish with google services, so you can expect some minor errors in translation


SLI in Centrino By means of the use of southbridge nForce 100 in its future platform Santa Rosa, Intel tries to give complete portable computer support of great size (DTR: Desktop Replacements) with configurations NVIDIA SLI. Historically Intel has decided to become attached to configurations multiGPU of the deceased ATi Technologies, that is to say, CrossFire, and not because they were not according to seating to talk with NVIDIA, but rather because these last ones preferred to exclusively offer this type of graphical acceleration in their own logics for plates mothers. Nevertheless after which ATi was bought by AMD, the conversations retook importance and the first officially sera boarded platform the portable one. Let us hope that it is time thing nothing else so that NVIDIA allows that the future plates mothers based on Intel logics for writing-desk are able to make SLI.

Original article (in Spanish)

Heh... why you should use SLI? Because she says so.. :-)

Well we are still waiting for some news from vr-zone.. on announcing the contest winners.

So surfing around the net I found one great article on xfx website, why you should use a pair and not single graphic card :-)

And besides, and one song goes... 'one is the lonliest number' :-)

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ZEROtherm GX700 and GX710

ZEROtherm are a relatively new player in the cooling market. They have a number of different heatsinks including the odd Butterfly range and flower coolers; all of which feature at least one heatpipe. Today I have two of their universal GPU coolers, let’s see how they perform…

These coolers are compatible with pretty much all of the ATI and nVidia cards on the market bar 8800’s:
Geforce 6600 series (not AGP)
Geforce 7600 series
Geforce 6800 series
Geforce 7800 series
Geforce 7900 series

The lack of support for 8800’s is not only due to the mounting hole positions, but the fact that these aren’t the biggest coolers in the world. The 8800 series is very hot, hence the ridiculously sized stock cooler that you get with it.

I didn’t even need the manual to install it was that easy. It’s done in less than 10 minutes, with most of the time spent removing the old heatpaste.
The cooler is slim enough for it to be used in SLI/Crossfire setups which is good news for gamers.

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ATI RV630 may follow in G84's footsteps

While I've been out in Taiwan, I've been talking with a number of manufacturers about what is coming over the next few months.One of the hottest topics being discussed at the moment is AMD's upcoming R600 family of graphics processing units. Up until Tuesday though, most of the talk was about how R600 was looking; nobody was really willing to talk about AMD's mid-range and low-end chips with any kind of authority. There was obviously a reason for that though, because Nvidia hadn't unveiled its mid-range. That obviously happened on Tuesday, and now AMD's partners can talk with a little bit more confidence about RV630's prospects in the mid-range. At the moment, feelings are somewhat mixed in Taiwan. At least, amongst the various sources that were willing to talk to us about the upcoming parts. So, while our various sources in Taiwan weren't willing to disclose specific performance numbers, they did indicate that we can expect it to be a similar story to GeForce 8600 GTS.
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Two Powerful Gaming Notebooks Compared

A few months back we paired off the Killer Notebooks Executioner against the Eurocom Divine Duo and ended up with some surprising results.
The Killer Notebooks Executioner is back and this time it has an even more powerful graphics chip, the Nvidia GeForce Go 7950GTX (the last time out we tested a unit with Nvidia GeForce Go 7900 GTX). Once again, we've paired it off against a competitor built on an identical chassis and similar specifications, the WidowPC Sting 517D.
As tested, both units had the same chassis, battery, CPU, motherboard and graphics card though they were configured with different memory, cooling and hard drives.

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OCZ GameXStream 1010-watt Power Supply

Over the past few years OCZ has proven itself to be a company that has a tremendous impact on the PC Enthusiast market segment by offering cutting-edge products that provide best of class performance and technology. It’s no wonder then how a company like OCZ can offer its latest 1010-watt power supply at pricing that’s ultra competitive and offers excellent power for just about any hardware scenario you can throw its way.
While most of us in the hardware business often lament over the more “sexy” products such as CPUs and GPUs it doesn’t mean that we should – for a second – forget about the very backbone of what keeps the PC humming along – the power supply. Its chore is a thankless job that so easily is taken for granted; however is ultra crucial to the overall performance and stability of ones PC experience.

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Alienware Aurora 7500-R4

We’ve been visited by two Alienware machines so far; the Aurora 5500 and the Area-51 7500 R3. The Aurora 5500 performed surprisingly well in our evaluation process and received a very respectable overall score. The machine was solid overall and the only major issue we had was that the consumer had to pay a big premium for the Alienware name and design. There was also the landmark event where we were able to actually make the machine smoke.
Out next experience with the Area-51 7500 R3 came at an interesting time since Dell had just acquired Alienware and we were keenly interested to see if anything had changed. The machine remained strong in our performance-based categories, but technical support took a significant nosedive compared to our earlier experience. We ultimately recommended the Area-51 machine, but with reservations given the high price and unimpressive support.

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VARIOUS 8600-8500 GT-GTS CARDS

During the announcement day Of geForce 8500/8600 ( average price range dx 10 solutions ) was also announced many products on base of graphic processors NVIDIA ..

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Scan 3XS OC-GTS Gaming PC

With nVidia launching the GeForce 8600 GTS card today, Scan sent us over a PC incorporating nVidia’s new baby this morning. We generally prefer a bit more notice than a few hours with a review sample, but I thought that this machine was worth making an exception for.
The GeForce 8600 represents nVidia’s mid range, sitting below the flagship 8800 parts. Like the GeForce 8800, the 8600 is fully DirectX 10 compliant, which means you should be reasonably future proof with the upcoming generation of games. But the question is whether the 8600 will actually be up to the task of playing next generation games, even if it is DirectX 10 compliant.

The Abit Fatality FP-IN9 SLI NF650 motherboard makes for a good foundation for the system and offers a decent amount of upgrade potential. The most obvious area for future upgrades is the addition of a second graphics card. There’s an XFX 8600GTS XXX sitting in one of the PCI Express slots, while the other lays empty, waiting for a second card to create an SLI environment. It’s worth noting that this board doesn’t sport twin x16 slots, so if you do go SLI each card will essentially reside in an x8 slot. That said, two 8600GTS cards should be more than happy in this environment, and shouldn’t suffer from the reduced bandwidth. There are also two x1 PCI Express slots, although one will be inaccessible in an SLI setup. Finally there are two free PCI slots below the PCI Express complement.

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The Invincibles: GeForce 8800 GTX Roundup

Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTX retain the position of the world’s highest performing graphics adapter. Today we are going to talk about four models of this solution from Asustek Computer, Foxconn, OCZ Technology and XFX and find out what their appealing features are for the hardcore users. Read our new VGA roundup now!
November 2006 Nvidia announced its landmark graphics processor G80 that featured a unified architecture and support of Shader Model 4.0 and next-generation DirectX. The new chip turned out to be very complex, incorporating an unprecedented 681 million transistors. The analog section and TMDS transmitters were moved into a separate chip. The G80 processor became the foundation of the GeForce 8800 graphics card series led by the flagship GeForce 8800 GTX.
In 14 tests out of a total of 23 we used in our review the GeForce 8800 GTX was faster than dual-GPU SLI and CrossFire subsystems based on the fastest graphics cards from the older generation and even faster than a GeForce 7950 Quad SLI system Nvidia had expected so much from.
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Motherboard Roundup: 7 Products On NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI (Socket AM2)

Even though the nForce 680a chipset has been launched already, nForce 590 SLI is still the leading chipset for Socket AM2 — in other words, motherboards based on this chipset are the most rigged retail offers (for early March, 2007). Active promotion of nForce 680a and its competitor-to-be from AMD with similar functions, as well as Quad FX on the whole, generally depends on the launch of AMD quad-core processors. They will certainly be more interesting to the target audience of such systems, who is keen on breaking records, than modern dual-core Athlon 64 FX processors of the 70th series. Prices are not important, because the radical philosophy rarely takes into account such a boring factor as the price/performance ratio.


At the same time, nForce 590 SLI-based motherboards are getting more and more practical: initially high prices are going down, and the cost of these functional motherboards has become quite attractive. It goes without saying that there is a point in buying a motherboard with SLI support (especially based on the top chipset) only if you are interested in modern 3D games or if you build a graphical station and need expanded peripheral functionality of this chipset.

If you have a High-End video card (or even a SLI system), you can play games no matter whether you have a processor for $250 or $500. The inverse is also true — if you save on a video card, you'll have to reduce video settings accordingly, regardless of your CPU. Now what concerns the comparison of competing platforms. Equally-priced Core 2 Duo and Athlon 64 X2 processors demonstrate similar performance. But if you compare platforms in general, you'll find out that motherboards with nForce 590 SLI-like functions for AMD are always cheaper than those for Intel.

However, we are not going to persuade our readers, we'll test motherboards and draw conclusions. We have tested many nForce 590 SLI-based motherboards. So this article will sum our reviews up. So it's comparision of Asus, Ecs, Foxconn, Gigabyte and Msi motherboards!

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XFX Redefines Motherboards with the nForce® 650i Ultra

Overclocking is no longer the exclusive realm of veteran gaming enthusiasts, thanks to the recent release of the XFX 650i Ultra motherboard. This new NVIDIA® nForce® 650i media and communications processor (MCP) comes enabled with comprehensive overclocking tools for greatly expanded performance right out of the box.
Specifically, the nForce® 650i Ultra MCP will immediately expand the power of a user’s PC. The motherboard features NVIDIA® nTune™ utility, which enables users to adjust CPU and memory speeds without rebooting. Users also can access most BIOS settings from inside Windows and are able to save and automatically load profiles for each application that is run.

The 650i Ultra also features a state-of-the-art Dual DDR2 memory controller that ensures that data and information are relayed through the user’s system super fast for incredible performance.
In addition, the motherboard comes with NVIDIA® FirstPacket™ technology, which gives users crystal-clear phone conversations and exceptional online gaming performance. Game data, VoIP conversations and large file transfers are delivered based on preferences established by the user through an intuitive wizard.
Other outstanding features include NVIDIA® MediaShield™ Storage, Multiple Disk Setup, DiskAlert, RAID Morphing, Bootable Multidisk Array, four SATA 3Gb/s drives, High Definition Audio and USB 2.0.
To learn more about the XFX nForce® 650i Ultra or to locate a participating e-tailer, go to www.xfxforce.com.

And ofcourse - official Press release from.. -NVIDIA Brings Cutting-Edge DirectX 10 Graphics and HD Video to All PC Users

Features and Performance of GeForce® 8 Series Now Available at Lower Price Points

NVIDIA Corporation, the worldwide leader in programmable graphics processor technologies, today announced the extension of the award-winning NVIDIA GeForce 8 Series line-up to include three new graphics processing units (GPUs), bringing high-resolution gaming, stunning Microsoft® Windows VistaTM graphics, and stellar HD DVD and Blu-ray video playback to virtually everyone regardless of budget. The new GPUs that complete the world’s first top-to-bottom family of DirectX® 10 GPUs include:
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GTS ­ $199-229
NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT ­ $149-159
NVIDIA GeForce 8500 GT ­ $89-129
These three GPUs join the previously announced NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTX and GeForce 8800 GTS, rounding out the product family.
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Be sure to check out the podcast, where NVIDIA product manager Justin Walker discusses the GeForce 8 family of graphics processors.

NVIDIA Updates Vista ForceWare Drivers

NVIDIA has updated its Vista ForceWare display drivers for all GeForce 6, 7 and 8 cards, for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions of the OS. This takes the version number up to 158.18 - the drivers are still listed as being beta whilst NVIDIA continues to improve them, but they are the official drivers available through the main downloads section of the site so should be stable. You can view the range of fixes below, although there are no new features in this release.
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Fixed Issues-Windows Vista 32-bit:

Swedish locale: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes the first time it is opened after installing the driver.
After exiting the NVIDIA Control panel Storage page and closing theNVIDIA Control Panel, the page is empty when re-opening.
Video WMV playback quality using Windows Media Player is poor.
GeForce 8800 GTX: The displays are not always enumerated after uninstalling the driver, causing subsequent driver installation to fail.
GeForce 8800 GTX: Scaling MPEG2 SD content results in videocorruption.
GeForce 8800 GTX: Elder Scrolls: Oblivion-animation is visible through the trees when HDR and NVIDIA Control Panel antialiasing are enabled.
GeForce 8600: Lineage 2- antialiasing has no visible effect when set to NV-Enhanced 8x or above.
[SLI], GeForce 8800GTX, GeForce 8600: 3DMark05/06-the benchmark hangs with a black screen during the default benchmark run.
[SLI], GeForce 8800 GTX: "Display driver has stopped responding "error message appears while playing WMV9 HD files after resuming from standby.
GeForce 6100/6150: The NVIDIA Control Panel crashes when attempting to open the Storage page (requires installation of NVIDIAMediaShield).

The Guru3D.com GeForce 8600 GT & GTS shootout

Hey everyone and welcome to the spring release of NVIDIA's new mid-range graphics card line-up. What we are to bring you today is something quite extensive. We have an in-depth article planned with NVIDIA's new GeForce 8600 GT and GTS based graphics cards where participating board partners like Sparkle, eVGA BFG, XFX, Galaxy Technology and Point of View have all submitted a card. All these great manufacturers and new products in one big article. A shootout on the actual launch, how cool is that?
Unfortunately, it's now Monday the 14th as I write this and the boards from eVGA have yet to arrive thanks to, who else, UPS! Sparkle won't have their samples ready until next week, so they'll forfeit on this rather big article as well. We'll move forward with what's at hand and we'll even do a little SLI testing with the new cards as well. We'll test the XFX 8600 GT (XXX) and GTS (XXX) boards, the BFG 8600 GTS (OC) board, the Point of View 8600 GTS (EVO) board and from Galaxy Technology both a customized GeForce 8600 GT and GTS.

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Cool Your nVIDIA 8800GTS / GTX with Thermaltake TMG ND5

Getting the clearest image on screen is to the advantage of every professional gamer. Thermaltake is one of the world leading manufacturers in cooling technology, our newest member to the high TMG series is the ND5 for nVIDIA’s 8800 GTS/GTX graphic cards. ND5 is the fusion of efficient cooling, excellent heat dissipation as well as a high quality heatsink to cool the greatest demands of the 8800 series graphic cards.

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First reviews coming up of many 8600 graphic cards!!

Tons of review on other sites... Be sure to read them before buying, so you can make the best purchase for you money!

ASUS Extreme N8600GTS TOP

Chaintech GSE86GTS-A1

ECS N8600GTS-256MX

Foxconn GeForce 8600 GTS

Point of View GeForce 8600 GTS

MSI 8600GT

XFX GeForce 8600GTS XXX

NVIDIA Unveils GeForce 8600 and 8500-Series

NVIDIA pulls the wraps off its new mainstream products

NVIDIA today announced its latest DirectX 10 product offerings to serve the $129-$229 price points. The new GeForce 8600 GTS, 8600 GT and 8500 GT introduces technology previously exclusive to the high-end GeForce 8800-series to more affordable levels. NVIDIA’s new mainstream product lineup features Shader Model 4.0 support, GigaThread technology and NVIDIA’s Quantum Effects physics processing technology. The addition of NVIDIA’s Lumenex engine to the mainstream sector provides value-conscious buyers with 128-bit floating point HDR rendering and anti-aliasing levels of 16x.
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Press releases from card manufacturers:

Asus

Albatron

Bfg

Club-3d

Evga

Foxconn

Gigabyte

Inno3d

Leadtek

Point of View

Manli

MSI

Sparkle

Microsoft includes SLI/Crossfire tests for WHQL Certification Process

Microsoft announced yesterday that they have extended the requirements for WHQL driver testing. "Linked Display Adapters" are now required to be used in the testing process, meaning that SLI and CrossFire setups (plus other multiple adapter configurations) have to be included. So what does this all mean? Probably not an awful lot actually but that's a whole stack more testing before a driver can be labelled with the WHQL tag but we might get more stable multiple adapters systems out of it. Note that this doesn't necessarily mean better multiple GPU support in games, just greater stability in general usage.
However, the most important thing is that vendors will no longer be able to ship WHQL drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista that don't correctly support dual graphics cards in that operating system - anyone trying to get SLI or CrossFire to work properly on Vista will know exactly what we're talking about here. Somewhat unusual for MS to take this kind of a stance though; perhaps it's a sign of them trying to get Vista as stable and sorted as quickly as they can, prior to them stopping sales of XP next year.
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Tyan K8SE Motherboard

Over the years, 3dGameMan.com has only reviewed two motherboards from Tyan. First was the Tyan Tomcat K8E Socket 939 workstation motherboard and it was Kickass! Then we reviewed the Tyan Tomcat h1000S Socket AM2 workstation motherboard and it was Kickass! Today we have the chance to check out one of their server motherboards. We will see if they can continue along their winning spree, but first a bit about Tyan for those that don’t know much about them. Based on Nvidia nForce Professional 2200 chipset...

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Seasonic X900 Power Supply

This is just an announcement of one of the best power supply manufacturers in the world


The jet black colored chassis is a standard ATX form factor so as to fit into any standard ATX system housing in the market today. Our exclusive S2FC [Smart & Silent Fan Control] technology ensures that the 80mm exhaust fan keeps the noise level as low as possible and yet at the same time maintain the proper operating temperature for the power supply.
Seasonic X900 comes with four dedicated PCI-E connectors & two 6P to 8P adapters to support extreme Quad SLI™ & CrossFire™ systems and as well, conforms to the latest Intel ATX12V & EPS12V specifications. In addition, the power supply is equipped with nine standard Molex connectors and six SATA for peripheral devices. For added flexibility, one Y cable that converts one standard Molex to FDD connectors is included for added configuration flexibility.
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Pdf with detailed info and pictures

XFX 680i LT SLI

Several months ago the first 680i SLI motherboard first appeared on the US market. On paper this board appeared to be solution that the enthusiast community had been long awaiting to take their Core 2 Duo processors to the next level of performance. After several BIOS revisions and a less than auspicious beginning what was initially seen on paper transcended by most accounts into a fully functional, kick-ass motherboard.

Let's fast-forward a couple of months which puts us about two to three weeks ago. NVIDIA® and the same group of partners brought to market the 680i LT SLI motherboard. This product contained much of the heart and all of the soul of its big brother but was aimed more at the "Extreme Gamer" and cost approximately $50 less. We'll expound in detail on the differences other than cost later in this review.

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Radeon X1950Pro DUAL – a "two-headed monster" by Sapphire.... but can it outperform 8800GTS?

Just my quick comment - Well you must have think that I've gone mad.. 'cause this is after all SLI-Nvidia type of blog.

But you can clearly see how much Nvidia 8800 is great, since this dual graphic card from Sapphire had trouble to perform against single 8800GTS. As you can clearly see from benchmark of F.E.A.R below..

We are reviewing a rather unusual video card by Sapphire Technology – Radeon X1950 Pro Dual. It was first demonstrated at CES 2007 where its detailed specifications were also made public. At last, Sapphire X1950 Pro Dual arrived at our test lab. We'll be exploring its performance in benchmarking suites and games, but first let's examine the exterior and features of the video card.

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Comparative tests of chipsets for Intel's CPUs

While choosing a motherboard, many of the readers proceeded from their own knowledge and experience, advice from friends, from conferences, and our comparative tests. Normally, comparative tests cover 10-15 motherboards, which is rather hard to perceive. Therefore, we made the task of choosing a motherboard easier and compiled a reference material on the chipsets. In particular, today we are reviewing chipsets for the Core architecture processors.
We have repeatedly mentioned advantages of these CPUs. So we are not dwelling at them and just briefly note their very high performance level at very low power consumption. We are not including all the known chipsets for Intel products but rather stop at those used in the manufacture of motherboards for Core 2 Duo.
It should be noted here that all the motherboard of the previous generation are incompatible to new processors (although are of LGA775 Socket). And it is neither the developers nor chipsets that are to blame for that, because the motherboards had been developed before the Core 2 Duo specifications were received. The power supply module of these motherboards does not allow using Conroe processors (a module meeting the VRM 11 specification requirements is needed). Many of the previous-generation boards built on i975X and NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Intel Edition, as well as i915/925X, i945/i955X fall within this category.
For now, there exist motherboards with support for Core 2 Duo based on Intel 975X and P965 chipsets, as well as NVIDIA nForce 570/590 SLI IE and nForce 650i/680i SLI

Just my quick comment is that you can see that nForce chipset has really matured, and is able to overclock like Intel-chipset motherboards


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Well If other can.... - Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook

Why can't I make some more SLI blogg news? It's not a problem :-)
And beside that, decision day is tomorrow, so here goes..

Alienware Aurora mALX 19" Gaming Notebook

The following are the options you can get on the Alienware Aurora mALX system. Unlike other Alienware systems, the Aurora mALX does not come with a choice of CPU or graphics options. The mALX only comes with a pair of GeForce Go 7900GTXs SLI enabled, Nvidia Mobile nForce 4 SLI Chipset and AMD Turion ML-44


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My last post for today....

Well people
This is my last post today for this Nvidia-SLI blogg. What can I say? One thing for start this last month has really been an adventure for me. I won't bother you with everything what's on my mind. Just a few thoughts.

Slizone has really been an one-in-all place about everything regarding SLI. This blogg has really been a small piece of information and news from other tech sites around the web. For example I covered some topics on new graphic cards, motherboards or Memory on my blogg. While Slizone has really all the components on their site with detailed specifications (PSUs, computer cases, etc..) I didn't wanted to include much articles from Slizone, I think it makes no sense to do so, since other bloggers have quoted enough articles from this place. I just thought this competition will be more interesting if I look at the articles from various tech-sites.

I must say that I'm more or less proud of my blogg! God knows that it's definitely not perfect. I could not format some elements on front of my blogg!Sometimes I've really went mad about it! I just wanted to quit since I couldn't do what I wanted. It's like I wanted format the text in wordperfect:-) I've succesfully changed the font and size of the text. When I saw the preview everything looked fine. But when I've published the article on the web,the text was 0,01 cm big! I could not believe it, so I last 30% of my time arranging the articles to look o.k.If you look at labels from the right side (where I've putted links on graphic cards and motherboards - and complete system solutions), every 4,5 entry is in different colour!!! I really don't know how did this blogg service created it in different colours. It doesn't have anywhere an optionto manage colour of the links. Well that's another bug I've found. So instead to focus on finding new articles, I've last significant amount of time on fixing paragraphs and fonts.One thing is for sure, I will NEVER use this blogg service ever again! I'll find some other. It's my first blogg web page ever, and I must say I've never created a web page. That's why my blogg doesn't look like professionally. Not to mention the labels, cause on my page I have 'SLI power supplies' 5 posts, but when you click on that Label, it will show you SLI PSU's sectionwith 7 articles on it!! This blogg must have more bugs then windows 98 :-)

The other thing that I'm proud of is the fact that half of the posted bloggs were written while I was on work (luckily we have ADSL) and was able to quickly post the news on my blogg with pictures. The sad news is that the other half of my bloggs were posted while I was at home, on my 56Kbit modem!! And it was really a pain in the neck. I've spent so much time uploading the pictures.... really was frustrated with it.But hey, I survived it so...

Two things did bother me about this blogg contests that really bothered me.

1. I noticed that some people didn't behave fair. I ALWAYS wanted to be a fair contest, and may the best man win. So when I saw some news on SLI around the web, and if I
saw other bloggers to have posted the same news, I decided not to post them! I think it makes sense, since people could make their own blogg by just copy/pasting other peoples bloggs, and win this contest. I'm just sorry that people are ready to do everything to make their blogg as informative as others. It's just sad. Example, yesterday I saw that - well I won't mention any names - lets just call him 'person from Singapore' posted an article Overclocked XFX GeForce 8800 GTX and GTS XXX from hwupgrade.com. That's the very same news I've posted a couple of days ago. Just this blogger decided to post he article under different name :-) I just hope that the crew from Slizone or Vr-zone (whoever is in charge of announcing the winner of this contest) will have this in mind. And you can clearly see who saw the news first (all bloggs have the correct date and time when the blogg was posted on the web).

2. One thing I also noticed (and have posted on the vr-forums about it, but it seems that nobody cared about it :-( is that people have start to post topics that have nothing to do with SLI! The rules of this contest were crystal clear(to start a blogg with primary focus on Nvidia SLI). There isn't much sense to post news about Ati, Amd, Intel on this blogg, right? Well atleast that's my opinion.
That's all from me for now Bye

Goran Bosic

Please stop by to this contest discussion and drop in a note on 'NVIDIA SLI Blog Contest' thread.

http://forums.vr-zone.com/showthread.php?t=137205

VGA Charts - from TomsHardware

Well people this is (almost) my one last post for ending this competition. In my next post I'm going to write what do I think of this whole contest..

I just wanted to share one last thing, THG has really collected great information on single/multi graphic cards, and how much do you gain or lose performance in different games (Half Life 2: Episode One, Hard Truck Apocalypse, Oblivion: The Elder Scrolls 4, Prey, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, Titan Quest and 3DMark06) in different resolutions.
So be sure to check it out before you buy any of your future graphic cards, so you could know in advance how much performance will it give to you.
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Multi GPU Roundup: Quad SLI, SLI and Crossfire - from 24.09.2006

Little more than two years have passed since NVDIA first introduced their SLI technology. Short for Scalable Link Interface, SLI is the first solution to be able to connect two PCI-Express video cards based on the same GPU in a way that they will operate parallel to each other. This type of approach allows, at least on paper, to have an increase in performance of up to double what you would normally have with a single video card. In the first months of SLI’s release, it potential was limited by driver problems and other software errors.
However, forwarding two years into the future and with the release of several new driver versions from NVIDIA, SLI technology has really matured as a whole. Stability has been greatly improved and support has been added to an increasing list of games. SLI support has also been made more accessible to the general public with the release of average and entry level video cards that support the technology. Currently, SLI will even be made available on NVIDIA’s most budget level class of GeForce 7 video cards, the 7100 GS, thus making it a solution that is affordable and available to a vast amount of computer users.
At this moment, SLI and Crossfire technologies can be considered the first full phase of maturity for a broader category: multiple GPUs. The next phase is for more than two video cards being linked up to each other in an effort to, yet again, increase performance. As NVIDIA was first to reach the market with a dual video card solution, they have yet again been able to beat ATI in announcing a solution that utilizes more than two GPUs. The technology is, none other than, Quad SLI (the name isn’t very original). Quad SLI has four GPUs operating parallel to each other, theoretically doubling the performance in respect to an SLI setup.

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This here is a great link to view how much performance can you gain by building a SLI rig. Great link so you must check it out.

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XFX GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty 650MHz in SLI mode

As we draw close to the launch of the new GeForce 8600 and 8500 series from nVidia next week, we will likely see users getting rid of their current mid-range graphics cards and upgrading. When you got your 7600GT, you said to yourself, “I will get a second one eventually for SLI, when I can afford it”. Well, this might be the perfect time to pick up some very capable DX9 graphics cards with a reduced price tag to make way for the new upcoming models.
We have with us today the GeForce 7600GT Fatal1ty from XFX (the version clocked at 650MHz core as opposed to the cheaper 560MHz) which is a bit fancier when compared to our standard run of the mill 7600GT. We’re going to have a look at exactly what the cards are capable of when running in SLI but also by itself.

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ASUS EN8600 GTS Comes Bundled with S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadows of Chernobyl

The new ASUS EN8600GTS/HTDP/256M is a high-end graphics card that will be released and bundled with the much anticipated first person shooter game S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadows of Chernobyl. Equipped with 256MB of DDR3 memory and able to support NVIDIA´s SLI™ technology, the EN8600GTS is designed with the gamer´s graphics expectations in mind. With such high-end specifications, this graphics card has earned the accolade of being the official global bundle partner of S.T.A.L.K.E.R. In line with this, ASUS´s G1 gaming series notebook – testament to its gaming-oriented design, also features in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R game itself.
The ASUS EN8600GTS utilizes NVIDIA´s unified architecture with GigaThread™ technology to deliver the finest graphics and visual special effects. With full support for NVIDIA SLI™ technology and Microsoft DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, this graphics card will make use of the graphical enhancements from Microsoft® Windows Vista™ to enable stunning and complex special effects.

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Set of great articles on SLI from Tech-hounds..

Hi people
I've just found new tech website with tons of information about SLI. I don't have the time to make individual posts about every single article, so this is all-together article on SLI topic. One of the most valuable articles I have ever read on this topic.
Hopefully you'll like it, I know I did.

Revisiting SLI
Admittedly, we are skeptical of new technologies and products. After all, we think a healthy dose of skepticism is good since that means we reserve judgment until we saw proof to the contrary. When we first looked at what multi rendering has to offer with SLI, we were dismayed to say the least. From our experience, SLI doesn't always make good on its promise of performance. But at least, SLI have made good on the promise of quality, every time with every game

Crossfire: ATI's Answer to SLI - Part 2
Both Crossfire and SLI took some news time the past weeks with NVIDIA and ATI making the annoucement of supporting Havok FX physics. NVIDIA was the first to announce their support, back at E3 and ATI has followed suit in Computex. In general we think this is a good thing, particularly with SLI. This means if you don't experience a performance increase with a Havok FX enabled game in SLI, you can either use SLI to have SLI AA or physics.

Crossfire: ATI's Answer to SLI - Part 1
It's been a long time coming, but we finally decided to give in and test a Crossfire setup. For those of you out of the loop, Crossfire is ATI's take on the multi rendering solution, very much like NVIDIA's SLI. We were a little bit skeptical of multi rendering solutions in general, more so after looking at what SLI has to offer.

SLI: Myth and Reality - Part 2
Last week, we took a quick look at what NVIDIA's SLI has to offer. In that article, we concluded that while SLI does work, you should not expect tremendous gains in frame rates. In average, SLI can only offer around 30 % increase, occurring mostly when AA and AF are enabled. So, getting a single faster card is always better than putting two slow cards in an SLI setup.

SLI: Myth and Reality
Several weeks after the release of the GeForce 6 series, NVIDIA announced the rebirth of SLI. For the uninitiated, the moniker stands for Scalable Link Interface (and not Scan Line Interleaving from the ol' 3dfx days). The concept of SLI is pretty simple - instead of using a single card, you use two cards to render one screen by dividing the screen into two parts. If that's not possible, the two cards can take turns rendering the screen, ie. the first card renders all odd frames and the second card renders even frames. An intriguing idea and early test does show some promise. However, as most reviewers found out (later), SLI was anything but simple.

Contest time! Great prizes from Ocz!!! Win two OCZ 8800GTX cards and more!!!

OCZ is the name and Benching is the game! Show your overclocking skills and win OCZ gear for your system by participating in the first annual OCZ Benchmark Competition. The contest features three phases and a Grand Prize Winner who will be awarded two OCZ 8800GTX video cards, one 2GB kit of OCZ DDR2, one 1000W ProXStream power supply, and one OCZ air-cooled CPU cooler. The OCZ Benchmark Competition is part of OCZ’s growing forum community. The forums at.... provide dedicated expert technical advice and a place for OCZ fans and enthusiasts to trade overclocking tips and industry news. The site is managed by OCZ’s devoted support team and overclocking specialists.

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Can SLI in a Notebook Beat Desktop Graphics?

The world of mobile computing has been evolving over the past few decades. There are many variations to fit the nature of the need. Some are highly portable, with extended battery life. But while portability has been the aim of most designs, some users find power wanting.
Desktop replacement notebooks are the most powerful portable systems available, but they represent the smallest segment of the mobile computing market..We have seen the power mobile systems such as the Dell XPS M1710 and the Eurocom D900K F-Bomb offered, which could meet the performance requirements of those looking for maximum frame rates while on the road. While those two notebooks employed a single graphics processor, how well does a system with dual graphics perform? That answer comes in the form of Nvidia's Mobile GeForce Go 7800GTX processors in SLI.

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Quad SLI under the microscope

OVER THE PAST few years, we've seen an incredible number of extreme hardware solutions marketed to PC gamers: graphics cards that cost over five hundred bucks, thousand-dollar "Extreme Edition" CPUs, motherboards with more ports than Dubai, custom physics processors, and now even a "killer" NIC. Without a doubt, though, the most extreme of all of these offerings has to be Nvidia's vaunted Quad SLI. The concept of running four GPUs together for insane gaming goodness is more extreme than snowboarding down some wicked moguls into a vat of Mountain Dew at the X Games.
But does Quad SLI live up to its practically built-in hype? Can running four GPUs in tandem catapult you into a zone of pure extremeness, where new frames flow like water, object edges are feathery smooth, and textures are so perfectly mapped to surfaces that you're utterly convinced they're real?
I dunno. I'm just making this stuff up as I go along. But we have tested Quad SLI in order to see what it's like to play games on a quad-GPU system. We've also popped open the metaphorical hood on Quad SLI to see how it works. Along the way, we found a few unexpected things, as well.

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Overclock Your PC For Top Performance

At its most basic level, overclocking is exactly what its name implies—making a component, such as a CPU, memory, or video card run at a clock speed above its rated frequency. If you’re willing to accept (and are equipped to handle) the extra heat and increased power consumption that inevitably result from overclocking your components, your reward is a PC that performs better—sometimes much better—than before.

Changing the mode by which the memory clock speed is linked to the FSB (frontside bus) is the most common way to overclock system memory. Some motherboards, such as those based on the Nvidia nForce 680i SLI chipset, also give users the ability to manually adjust memory clock speeds completely independent of the FSB.


Just my quick comment is that this article is a great reading material for beginners/overclockers out there! So be sure to get the written issue of CPU magazine, issue April 2007, Pages 64-70.
I would include more text and pictures from this, but I haven't had the time to contact CPU magazine, and ask for a permission to use more of the text/pictures from this great article.

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New D-Tek FuZion GFX GPU Block Available

The all-new D-Tek FuZion GFX CPU block will bring a new level to GPU cooling with its direct impingement design, appearance, and high quality manufacturing. Unique to the FuZion GFX is the mid chamber design that provides good flowrates while utilizing direct impingement to the GPU core that puts this block at the level we normally see only in CPU cooling designs. The GFX is the perfect match for the newly released FuZion CPU waterblock. The baseplate of the block is 100% copper and features dense rounded pins. The low profile design of the FuZion GFX allows installation with Nvidia SLI and ATI's CrossFire systems.

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Ask Dan: Two 7950s or one 8800?

I'm in the process of buying a new computer, and I have come to a crossroad with video cards. I cannot determine if I am better off getting 2 Leadtek PX7950GT 512mb cards and running in SLI or getting 1 nVidia 8800GTX 768mb card.
What would your recommendation be? Will I get greater performance in games running 2 cards? Or is it better to just get one top-end card?
Jason

Fortunately, the rat's nest that is video card comparisons has become much simpler these days, which makes it very easy for me to answer your question. No, just kidding. It's as bad as it ever was, if not worse. Fortunately, it is possible to convey some vague idea of the current state of play without presenting you with 108 graphs of benchmarks from different games at multiple resolutions and with and without different levels of anti-aliasing.
There's no real-world situation I'm aware of in which a single GeForce 8800 GTX will be slower than a pair of GeForce 7950 GTs
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Budget PSU Roundup with HardwareCanuck - part 2 !!

Well, here we are in what seems to be an almost weekly occurrence: another power supply roundup by yours truly. This time we will be looking at a little more powerful models than we were last time; 500W to 600W models that all come in at under $105. Sounds like a great deal doesn’t it?
In this day and age we are faced with ever increasing power demands from higher-end components such as Nvidia’s 8800-series and AMD’s almost-mythical R600 cards. To power these beasts (or at least the 8800-series because of AMD’s tight lips about their card) and a proper processor, consumers should be looking at a minimum of a 450W power supply. If you start adding more than one hard drive and perhaps some overclocking, you are suddenly faced with the purchase of a 500W or more power supply. While this proposition can make some people weak in the knees (and bladders) there are relatively cheap 500W and above power supplies out there. It is in exactly these situations where the PSUs in this roundup come into play.

This test includes:
FSP Blue Storm II 500W

Cooler Master Extreme Power Duo 600W

Nmedia MP-500 (500W)

Enermax FMAII 535W

Silverstone ST50EF-PLUS (500W)

Mushkin HP-550 (550W)


This is the one test that made these power supplies crap their pants and call for mommy; 8800GTS cards in SLI ( as shown on this picture)

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CrossFire and SLI dongle-less / bridgeless performance analysis

Multi-GPU rendering in games. Ah, truly a geek's dream come true; to be able to drop in an extra graphics card and double the performance of a game, or keep the lovely performance and up the resolution and IQ a couple of notches. But the two consumer multi-GPU implementations - SLI and CrossFire - aren't without their caveats, right?
Let think up a few drawbacks you might have on your mind. There's price, drivers, game compatibility, platform issues, power requirements, the setup and more. Oh, what a minefield... except it's not quite that bad and it's continually getting better.
We could wax lyrical about how yes, some single cards cost and perform the same as two cards in dual-GPU mode, but that with two cards there's the upgrade path of buying one now and another later... or we could talk about how game support is constantly being tweaked with every driver release. In fact, we could rattle on for hours about it, especially with assistance of a Hoegaarden or two.

Bridgeless and dongle-less multi-GPU rendering isn't exactly new. We've seen it on lower-end SLI and CrossFire solutions, but now it's starting to rear its head higher up the product ranges, where the lack of a dedicated inter-card link might have a bigger impact. Shall we see if it does?

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GEFORCE 8950 GX 2 AND GEFORCE 8800 ULTRA

The passed exhibition ceBIT 2007 many where assured that in the following block NVIDIA will release video card geForce 8950 GX2 and GeForce 8800 Ultra. It is assumed that they will be announced on 17 April; however, associates with the reference to NVIDIA briefing told that about the accessibility Of geForce 8800 Ultra will be possible to speak only during May. NVIDIA is assured that the performance of this video card will be sufficient to complete with Radeon x2900 XTX. Associate also speaks about the possibility of appearance for geForce 8800 Ultra during May; however, it called the ultra high price on the order of $999. Let us note that we have more optimistic data about price and characteristics of the new high end chip from NVIDIA…
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Interview nVidia Europe - Video - Warning it's on French

Following the publication on O/C TV, which presented a short interview of Stephan Quentin, person in charge for the relations presses nVidia Europe of the south. We wanted this time to propose the complete version to you.
Good numbers of questions are treated there. Amongst other things, various ranges of chipsets left by the firm, the role of electric consumption, SLI 2, the future of the GPU G80, G81, the point of view of the company with respect to the overclocking and still well of other, with final ton of infos which should like greatest number the.
Good visionnage with all.
Just my quick comment is that this text was translated from French. So below are original links, with links to google translating service. And a link to Episode 2 of O/C TV which is on English (yey...)

Interview nVidia Europe - French

Interview nVidia Europe - Translated text

Last link is the direct link to O/C TV, second TV show which include (and it's on English!!:

- Little summary on the First episode, some nombers, problematic...
- Overview of new AMD's chipset : AMD 690
- Piece of the arriving interview of nVidia South Europe (G80, i680...)
- Piece of the arriving interview of Intel France on arriving products (Quadcore, overclocking...)
- Interview of a famous overclocker : Shamino from VR-Zone.

This last guys name sound familiar :-))))))

Syndrome-O/C TV : Episode 2 - March 2007 - English Version

DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2RG AM2 Motherboard

With the introduction of Intel’s’ Core 2 Duo, AMD has been beaten performance wise when it comes to high-end market segment. In the lower budget market AMD has still a decent piece of the pie.It has not only the reputation of the well know Athlon 64 architecture that has proven itself before, but also the price advantage. In my opinion Intel doesn’t really have a CPU that fits in that segmentation of the market.Today we’ll be testing a DFI NF590 SLI-M2R/G. This is a mainboard for AMD AM2 CPU. In combination with an Athlon 64 3500+ we’ll take a closer look at this board. This review will consist out of several parts.

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Galaxy designs own nForce 680i SLI and claims 30 per cent power reduction

It seems as if NVIDIA's graphics card partners have realised that diversifying out to producing motherboards is a sensible move. We've now seen a handful of partners team up with the green team's chipset division and launch nForce 680i SLI offerings. Galaxy stands out because it hasn't run with the excellent reference design. Rather, its engineers have redesigned the PCB to achieve, it reckons, a 30 per cent reduction in wattage for its custom design. The layout is good and overclockability should be excellent. We'll see just how good when we get one in for review. Launch is currently slated to be one month away.

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ATI CrossFire and NVIDIA SLI in Terms of CPU Performance

We proceed with the series of articles, which can be entitled "Nitty-Gritty of iXBT.com Testlab", devoted to results of our inhouse tests - they can be interesting to some of our readers. This article will be devoted to consequences of one our experiment: what if equip CPU testbeds with the most powerful graphic solution - two video cards in CrossFire (ATI) or SLI (NVIDIA) mode? There were some disappointments, but the results were funny. OK, let's see...
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Nvidia Plans Multi-GPU Technology Update

Nvidia Reportedly Readies SLI 2.0
Nvidia Corp., the world’s leading supplier of discrete graphics processing units (GPUs), is reportedly planning to update its multi-GPU SLI technology in March to enhance performance and features, thus making SLI more appealing to computer enthusiasts.
The so-called Nvidia SLI 2.0 technology – which, according to a news-story over VR-Zone web-site should be unveiled at CeBIT 2007 – should support work of 4, 6 and 8 graphics chips in parallel as well as support different graphics card’s operation in tandem. There are currently no clear details regarding the SLI 2.0, but the fact that Nvidia is looking forward to improve its multi-GPU technology deserves attention.
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Building an Affordable Gaming PC - Gaming machines don't have to be expensive

PC gaming is exceptionally popular and can be a lot of fun, but nobody likes trying to run a modern high-end game on a 3 year old, outdated system. At the same time, not everyone wants to drop thousands upon thousands of dollars on the most ridiculously equipped gaming rig from a specialty boutique computer builder. So what's the answer? Believe it or not, it's possible to get great gaming performance from a system that doesn't necessarily break the bank. Our goal today is to talk about building the best possible system you can for around $1500 US at the time of this writing. With some careful component selection, a little bit of knowledge, patience, and some tweaking, you can build a rock-solid gaming box.

Just my quick comment is that this guide was recently updated, so I hope it will be interesting to read for all of you gamers out there on a budget. One last thing that I wanted to add is just take a look which graphic card & motherboard the crew from Corsair recommended :-)

I think that you know the answer.

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Enermax Galaxy DXX Series PSU

Today we are going to be looking at Enermax's current top tier unit the revised Enermax Galaxy, now called the Enermax Galaxy DXX (EGX1000EWL-01). This power supply was originally released as the Enermax Galaxy 1000w but has recently been revised to include an 8pin PCI-E adapter to support newer video cards that draw up to 300w of power. In addition to the 8 pin PCI-Express adapter modification we will see if Enermax has changed anything "under the hood" on the Galaxy DXX.
The Galaxy DXX is an interesting power supply in the way of our evaluations as most power supplies we have reviewed to date have at least paid lip service to the various iterations of the ATX specifications. The Galaxy DXX however, is designed to more closely follow the EPS/SSI design guide.

Design for the hard-core gamers that demand nothing less then perfect.

The Galaxy DXX is equipped to handle dual 300w video cards thanks to the new PCI E 2.0 standard. Enough juice to handle the meanest dual quad core CPU system and quad graphics card on the market today.

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SLI Rig of the Month - April

Motherboard: SLI-Ready EVGA nForce 680i

Benchmarks: Highest 3dmark06 is around 17500 @ 4.2 ghz.

GPUs: 2X BFG Tech GeForce 8800GTX graphics cards

Case: Custom Mountain Mods 22" Cube built around Vapochill and 12" Elo TouchScreen LCD monitor

Cooling: Danger Den waterblocks on each GPU, Thermochill PA 120.3 Rad with 6 SilenX fans in push/pull, plus 7 other SilenX Fans mounted throughout the case

CPU: Intel Core2 Duo X6800 on stock Vapochill LS

Memory: 4 gigs OCZ 1066 RAM

Hard Drives: 750 gig Seagate

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SLI using a PCIe + AGP card on ASRock 939Dual-SATA2

As we all know SLI is always said to meant for the PCI Express interface. In this experiment, we will find out if AGP can support SLI. In this test, we will use the famous ASROCK 939DUAL-SATA2 based on ULi chipset. It is the ideal test platform as it supports both native AGP and PCIe slots.

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Again two contests

Hi people
Again I found some more contests...
To tell you the truth I hope on winning on one contest from vr-zone myself :-)
But we'll see in a couple of days...
Anyway, so be sure to join in, so you could win one XFX 680LT Motherboard or by forwarding Evga's newsletter you could win 7900GT KO

Contest link 1 - XFX 680LT Motherboard

Contest link 2 - Evga's 7900GT KO
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GeForce 8800 Ultra - NVIDIA has one more hurrah on the "G80" processor

Shortly after the mid-range GeForce 8000-series launch, NVIDIA has another trick up its sleeve: the GeForce 8800 Ultra.
Roadmaps provided by NVIDIA reveal the 8800 Ultra will launch on May 1 with a price point of $999. The company would not reveal further specifications about the card, other than it is based on the same G80 core found in the GeForce 8800 GTX.
The $999 price point suggests the 8800 Ultra may actually be two 8800-series cards in one package. NVIDIA launched the multi-PCB initiative GeForce 7950 GX2 last year as the last high-end push on the GeForce 7000-series GPU.
The GeForce 7950 GX2 was actually two GeForce 7900 GT processors on two PCBs in an SLI configuration. Running two of these cards in a PC was essentially the same as running Quad-SLI.
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Wall-Sized 3D Displays: The Ultimate Gaming Room

There is a term you may have heard in the 1980s and '90s. It held the promise of the ultimate handshake between technology and entertainment. The term defined an idea that became very popular and actually brushed against pop culture for a time - they even made a movie or two about it. But after its initial surge of popularity, it became obvious that the technology needed to bring this concept into the hands of the public wouldn't be available for some time. The term's popularity waned, and now it's gone out of style. The term was virtual reality.

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Eight-Pin PCIe GPU connector updated

THE WORD AROUND CeBIT was that there is a problem with the new proposed eight-pin PCIe adapter we first told you about in January.
It seems that you could force the mobo eight-pin power lead into the PCIe one, or maybe it was the other way around.

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Another web on this topic

High-End Quadro FX 5500 and 4600

NVIDIA has recently released a series of high-end Quadro FX workstation graphics cards. CGSociety was loaned a series of cards from a local supplier, LeadTek, and we will focus on the recently announced Quadro FX 4600. The new Quadro FX products Quadro FX 4600 and the 5600 are based upon the G80GL GPU and are aimed at high-end applications.

The NVIDIA Quadro products are sold at a price premium compared to their consumer-oriented GeForce products. According to NVIDIA, the Quadro FX range are ISV certified with the leading professional applications, support commitment of three years from release, guaranteed availability for 18 months from release, Quadro memory management optimization, fast pixel read-back performance, and additional workstation-specific OpenGL acceleration support.

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INQ takes a dive and finds Black Pearls

BLACK PEARL IS the peak of EVGA graphics products and the product portfolio just expanded with water-cooled motherboards as well.
We heard about the process of selection for Black Pearl graphics cards and motherboards, so we decided to pay a visit to the European arm of EVGA's operation, in Grafelfing bei Muenchen. As it goes in Germany, this small city is reachable via a highway with no speed limit, even though the German government is thinking of dulling down with more and more speed restrictions.

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Interview: NVIDIA's Keita Iida

Keita Iida, Director of Content Management at NVIDIA sat down with IGN AU to discuss all things Direct X 10 and the evolution of their Geforce graphics cards. Iida goes into detail on the differences between developing for the PS3's RSX graphics processor, and the latest development tools to hit the scene. We also pressed him for comment on Ubisoft's jaggy-infested PC versions of Ghost Recon, Silent Hunter and others.

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