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Hi Bob and "woof" Akitas
I'm not really sure exactly what the ramifications of SLI are, but I'm
guessing it allows transfer of graphical data in two directions at once or
something similar that allows less resistance to the data transfer. It does
allow 2 PCI express cards with SLI support to be used on an SLI supported
mobo.
It's a fairly large investment to make the switch however and the rub seems
to be that for the sim anyway, the engine in FS9 might not allow the
performance increase everyone (including me
is thinking they might get
by making the switchover from the high end AGP cards right now.
I'm fairly certain that FS10 will reflect this technology if you have the
equipment to allow it, but there's no way to be absolutely certain at this
point in time.
I know that posting on the forum and getting the feedback I did from
everybody here just saved me about 12 big ones. I stuck an EVGA 6800GT 256
in the box today to replace my FX 5900 ultra which everybody says is really
not all that good a card, and I have the increase I need for the time being.
SLI and PCI express is absolutely going to be the new way to go, but not
quite yet I think
Dudley
"boB" <akitaREMOVECAPS77@excite.Icom> wrote in message
news:zx2pe.39454$6g3.9259@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> Dudley Henriques wrote:
>
>> I just went through this decision.
>> SLI support in FS9 is an unknown I think at this point. The general
>> opinion seems to be to wait for the next version before making MAJOR
>> changes.
>> PCI Express will be the new GPU of the day I think, but this requires a
>> mobo to handle it. If going that route now, 1 card is the way to go until
>> SLI is verified for MSFS.
>> Dudley Henriques
>
> Uncle Dudley, what is SLI? Not kidding.
>
> Doing a google sends one to many pages expounding the benefits of SLI, but
> all I can determine is SLI allows 2 graphic cards on one system.
>
> Here is quite a good article about SLI and the GeForce 6600GT card.
>
> http://www.hardwareanalysis.com/content/article/1772/
>
> By: Sander Sassen
>
> There isn’t a single forum on the internet that doesn’t have at least a
> dozen threads about NVIDIA’s SLI technology. Although motherboards
> supporting NVIDIA’s Nforce4 SLI chipset are barely out yet and cards
> faster than the GeForce 6600GT are far and few in between, the world plus
> dog seems to want to own a SLI rig. I’d say kudos to NVIDIA for a
> marketing job well done, as like the iPod every enthusiast, gamer or
> case-modder wants to own one and brag about it to friends, family and
> online.............
> cut..................
>
>
> Other pages, no info.....
>
http://www.sli-gamer.com/nitro-gamer.html
>
http://www.visionman.com/AMD-Gamers/VCPREGSSLI.htm
> http://www.pccanada.com/
>
>
>
> --
>
> (Smiling) boB,
> SAG 70
>
> U.S. Army Aviation (retired)
> Central Texas - 5NM West of Gray Army Airfield (KGRK)
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