Comments for: Alienware pledges dual plans for dual graphics

#1. Posted at 03:28 PM on Jun 29th 2004, Edited at 03:29 PM on Jun 29th 2004

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anand

I'd be really really surprised if Alienware's system was faster. Since their system is purely software based, it'd seem like there would be more overhead than Nvidia's solution which is at least partially hardware based.

#1, I suspect they can offer their system cheaper, and thus migh... : muyuubyou (#6) «

#6, alienware and cheap in the same post hahahhahahahahahahaha... : Usacomp2k3 (#7) «

#7, Dyslexia? cheap!=cheaper, like in "Ferraris are cheape... : muyuubyou (#8) «

#1, Software based? All hardware is going to need software to fu... : reever (#10) «

#9. Posted at 05:50 AM on Jun 30th 2004

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AGerbilWithAFootInTheGrav

now a dual SLI solution would be the magic - 64 pipes and 4 gfx cards...

#3. Posted at 03:37 PM on Jun 29th 2004

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5150

Oh sweet, they are going to offer it on Matrox boards! That means that my head can be casted twice it's normal size with no loss in frame rate. Parhelias, here I come!

#3, You'd need the Parhelia's triple monitor support to fit your... : BiffStroganoffsky (#4) «

#4, Yeah, too bad I can't run six monitors off of it! : 5150 (#5) «

#2. Posted at 03:32 PM on Jun 29th 2004

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random gerbil

are all future Nvidia pci-e cards going to feature SLI? if not then i can definately see where users may want to use the alienware method with nvidia midrange and mainstream cards, should they not be supported on chip.