The magic is in the graphics driver: Nvidia simply refuses to let "competing brand" desktop chipsets use SLI mode because doing so would eat into its SLI chipset sales. In fact, Nvidia even "disables" SLI on some of its own chipsets so it can boost prices on...

stance on SLI is that one must use an nForce SLI chipset to enable it. We’ve known from the outset that this was a marketing-driven requirement and that SLI would support Intel chipsets with a driver hack, but we’ve never encouraged users to violate the...

QX6800 2.93 GHz at 3.73 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB, 2x 4 MB cache Motherboard Dell XPS720, BIOS: Phoenix A00 (05/03/07) nVidia 680i SLI chipset Memory 4x Corsair Dominator CM2X1024-8500C5D PC2-8500 4x 1024 MB, Overclocked 1066 MHz, CAS 5-5-5-15 System Hard...

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GHz) or an X6800 dual core overclocked to 3.46 GHz (stock rate is 2.93 GHz). You also get a motherboard with an Nvidia nForce 590 SLI chipset and dual 768 MB NVidia 8800 GTX graphics cards to match. Minimum memory configuration is 2 GB, and you can install...

s) AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0 GHz, 512 kB L2 Cache (Manchester core) Platform Gigabyte GA-K8NXP-SLI, Rev. 1.02 Nvidia nForce4 SLI chipset RAM Crucial Ballistix DDR-400 (BL2KIT6464Z402) 2x 512 MB, CL2-2-2-6 Timings System Hard Drive Seagate Barracuda...

chipset) and Intel was constantly shunned for an Intel-based nForce. Nvidia was disappointed with the nForce3 design, since it was completed a year ahead of Athlon 64, and that gave the company time to create nForce 4 SLI for Intel, only to be screwed by Intel’s...

have a much wider range of offerings, from integrated chipsets like those from Intel to extreme gaming solutions like dual-video processors in SLI and CrossFire modes. The only problem is that there are just so many from which to choose and so it is difficult...