Intel backs away from FB-DIMMs

[chrisv]

Why don't you *actually* read what I wrote, it should be rather clear.

Not clear to me. Please explain.

 

[Carlo Razzeto]

We live in different times now - an annual roll-out of premium GPUs with
defeatured product following in the schedule. That the video chip mfrs
get
away with adding $1000. to the price for "CAD-enabled" for such a meagre
difference in feature set is a disgrace. Oh and another is that they
offer
no drivers for Windows Server... !unbelievable!... that you're supposed to
spend more for a crippled version of the GPU chip, which has server
drivers.

A bit OT, but one interesting nVidia thing... Not sure if it's widespread
but since installing the latest geforce drivers on my machine it seems
nvidia control center has taken to reminding me that SLI has been disabled
on my system because only one GPU has been found (every damn time I login).
As if this is some sort of error or something, if you accidentally click the
bubble instead of the X to close the damn thing you're find your self on
slizone.com where all of nvidia's latest sli offerings are advertised... I
found that to be quite subtle

Carl

 

[chrisv]

A bit OT, but one interesting nVidia thing... Not sure if it's widespread
but since installing the latest geforce drivers on my machine it seems
nvidia control center has taken to reminding me that SLI has been disabled
on my system because only one GPU has been found (every damn time I login).
As if this is some sort of error or something, if you accidentally click the
bubble instead of the X to close the damn thing you're find your self on
slizone.com where all of nvidia's latest sli offerings are advertised... I
found that to be quite subtle

On nvidia.com there's a .reg fix for that warning.

 

[Carlo Razzeto]

On nvidia.com there's a .reg fix for that warning.

Wow, thanks for pointing to that! Perhaps it wasn't just a marketing ploy
after all, or at least a failed one

Carlo

 

[James Boswell]

At high resolutions (and that's how the real gamers play it - not
800x600 anymore) any marginally good CPU that is capable to supply the
GPU(s) with what data they need would have about the same frame rate
as top of the line CPU, give or take a fraction of fpc that is about
as large as rounding error. Games are video-bound. Most C2Ds will go
with Intel chipsets that are compatible with neither SLI nor Xfire.
Unless NVDA (possible but don't hold your breath) and ATI (snowball in
hell) modify their drivers, C2Ds with single graphics board will lose
out to even midrange A64 with SLI/Xfire graphics, and do so really
badly. NVDA is and for the forseeable future will be a marginal
player in Intel chipsets (marginalized by no one else but INTC), and
if I am not mistaken it's Intel's intent to lock ATI out of C2D market
completely. Oh, yeah, don't forget also VIA and SIS ;-))))))) Have
any hope that i740-II will be comparable to NVDA's and ATI's best and
fastest? Make no mistake - 4x4, NVDA or ATI-based, will have 2
PCIEx16 slots - that's even cheaper to implement than 2 CPU sockets.
And 4x4, not only being fast, also will be cool (not in terms of low
heat dissipation Wouldn't it be cool for somebody to say "I'm
gaming off full speed and have a virus scan running in the
background"? Why anyone would do that? Just because he can, and
others can not.

Intel's i975 chipset is crossfire compatible ?

-JB