wow

[Smooth*{MEOW}*]

http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/12/14/sneak_preview_of_the_nvidia_quad_gpu_setup/


Quad SLI setup.  Take a look at the power consumption banchmarks towards the end.

[THEKATZ*{MEOW}*]

Mean looking set up there!

Whoa? That actually looked like they had more issues than anything.? I mean, how can you benchmark anything that doesn't produce the desired effect?? I would say it sounds good but what I read is poor ideas in the making. When they can benchmark that without the issues and run a clean benchmark is when I would post those results.? Instead they ran those tests and rave about how well this set up is.? SLI concept is good but in reality, it is a selling feature for more cards to be sold when the bennifit is minimal.? A Dual GT7800 will do anything by itself that an SLI setup could do.? No human eye would be able to tell the difference in performance accept the issues these guys put up.

[Smooth*{MEOW}*]

I think that SLI stuff is more bragging rights than anything TK.  At what point do you say, I'll use 4 graphics cards in my system, then spend the enormous sum of money on it, and have a barely noticible effect with current apps.  There's people with high end systems, then there's people with too high end systems that aren't practical and make the user look foolish for spending that amount of dough on it.  I think I saw 1 other quad SLI setup, by DFI I think it was, but they used 4 PCI-E slots in their setup.

[THEKATZ*{MEOW}*]

Wow, 4 PCIe SLi slots?   What kind of mother board I wonder?  That would be more for CAD and graphics producers and possible game developers but you and I?  Naa.  What a waist.  I would kill for just one dual 7800gt!

[Smooth*{MEOW}*]

I'm having trouble finding the exact model number, but I think I remember it being a DFI board, either 4 or 3 PCI-E x16 slots.

[Kat*{MEOW}*]

No reason to go Quad SLI when you can get a nVidia Quadro card for those intense Cad-Cam and graphics programs.  Tom's is not the most accurate or respected sight on the net, so that would explain their review of a poorly functioning, ultra expensive, impractical set up.

[VooDoo]

I don't think it's four cards. It's 2 7800GT Dual cards that are bridged. Makes it four chips on two cards.

[THEKATZ*{MEOW}*]

I don't think it's four cards. It's 2 7800GT Dual cards that are bridged. Makes it four chips on two cards.

No they weren't bridged.  That is why they had issues I am sure.  Those Dual78 did not have an SLi bridge connector but the board was smart enough to accept them and make them work somewhat.
What is real cool is they had their own power blocks.

[Smooth*{MEOW}*]

http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1=2&l2=6&l3=198&model=786&modelmenu=1

Graphics Engine
   
GeForce? 7800 GT x 2
Video Memory
   
512 MB DDR3 ?1.6 ns **note1
Engine Clock
   
430 MHz **note2
Memory Clock
   
1.2 GHz(600 MHz DDR3) **note3
RAMDAC
   
400MHz
Bus Standard
   
PCI-E
Memory Interface
   
256-bit
Max Resolution
   
2048x1536
VGA Output
   
2 D-Sub connectors; 2 with DVI-VGA adaptors
TV Output
   
Video-in & Video-out (VIVO) with HDTV support
DVI Output
   
Dual DVI-I
2nd VGA Output
   
Yes
Adaptor/Cable bundled
   
VIVO cable, DVI adaptors, power cord, External Power Adaptor kit (Included), detachable D-sub cable.
Software Bundled
   
Call of Duty 2 (in selected regions)
Project Snow Blind
Xpand Rally
Virtual Drive
ASUS DVD
Media & Show
Power Director 3
ASUS Driver & Utilities
Leather CD case
Note
   
**note1: in single GPU mode, 256MB of memory will be detected. In SLI mode, 256MB of memory will be detected for each GPU.
**note2: GeForce 7800 GT GPU is overclocked to 430 MHz from default
**note3: memory is defined at 1.2 GHz by default