Whats the point of having 2 video cards?

[Flanker]

Aight, thanks guys.

 

[vaderpro]

I don't think it's really justified. By the time you actually "need" the power of 2 vid cards (as opposed to one), the next generation card prolly would be the same price you spent before on ur original cards.

So you can just ebay off your old card and get a new one when the time comes IMO. SLI just feels like a waste of $$.

It's retarded, the whole concept of it. If they really want 2 GPUs, they should integrate both on the same bloody card. Will be much more efficient than 2 different cards

Ya I agree. I think its more a fad, sales thing, then something that makes a ton of sense. It essentially splits the screen, and is very expensive to justify. Guys with 2 6800gts probably aren't much happier than a guy with one. (right now that is)

 

[rulereric]

About about 3DFX? no one remembers SLI voodoo2's... Nvidia bought 3DFX.

 

[Nubius]

About about 3DFX? no one remembers SLI voodoo2's... Nvidia bought 3DFX.

Yeah I remember those, what about em.

Back then SLI was a little different though, was still two cards but how they worked wasnt the same.

Scan line interleave
Scalable link interface...

I've forgotten which is the current abbreviation though lol..