The Power of 3?

Discussion in 'Video Cards, Displays and TV Tuners' started by Matt555, Aug 7, 2005.

  1. Matt555

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    NVidia has released information on something called 'The Power Of 3' what could this mean? 3 GPU's? a 3-Card SLI setup? I saw it on http://overclockers.co.uk/ theres like a grid on the page, watch the little NVidia Animation thing.
     
  2. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak

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    im guessing a three core 7800GTX

    (falls off chair)

    god damn thatd be amazing, and to sli it

    my 6800GT sucks haha
     
  3. Exfoliate

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    Woah, and 3x the price:( Can't wait to see this beast though.
     
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  5. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

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    oh thats very disappointing lol
     
  6. Matt555

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    yeah its nothing new, its something that they have had out for a long time....does kinda suck eh?!
     
  7. pelvis_3

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    And there is this explanation
    http://www.thetechlounge.com/article.php?directory=nvidia_the_power_of_3


     
  8. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    naaa, i cant see 3 cards in sli ever hapening, 3 is just odd, it has ot be a nice even number, like 2 and then 4, 3 just would not be right, its daft, nvidia are going OTT now :p
     
  9. pelvis_3

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    Remember these are just rumours!
    But doesnt 4 7800GTX's in quad SLI sound good?
     
  10. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    yea, but it would be like 2 grand for 4 decent 7800gtx's, its not worth the money.
     
  11. Exfoliate

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    People with money will buy anything for bragging rights these days. Imagine the benchmarks.
     
  12. Matt555

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    tis true, dont tell me if you had more money than sense you wouldnt buy the best computer components available and upgrade weekly?! i know i would
     
  13. Willz

    Willz MiCrO$oFt $uK$ :D

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    yes, there unfortuantly stupid if its just for bragging, as 4 7800gtx's, you would not need that power for like 6 years.

    i wouldent do it for just bregging, whats point in wasitng money, i might buy 4 7800gtx's for 2 computers , if i had the money, but not one :p
     
  14. Big B

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    Yes, your 3D Mark score is everything...NOT.

    Actually, that's part of the reason 3D Mark has been dumped from the test bed. It doesn't have a relevant playing experience, where as Doom3, FarCry, and other games do.

    Besides that, 4x SLI is nuts. I know some people like to have their toys, but spending $2k on one part of your system? What the hell? Can you imagine what kind of power supply you'd need for that type of power? I can see that system being $4-5k easily.
     
  15. Willz

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    if i had a pci-e motherboard, 1 7800gtx would be good enought, in about 5 months you will be able to get a 7800gt for about same as the x800xl i want to get, cos lol, cheapest 7800gt is £280, it'll come down that £80 in the next 5 months
     
  16. Exfoliate

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    I'm still impressed with the pricing, you can now get it under $400 on Newegg, that's a lot of power for the price, compaired to the GTX, sure it's faster but I don't think it's worth the extra hundred or so.
    I don't think any psu exists that could run 4 GTX's, a dual PSU setup would be interesting though.
     
  17. Willz

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    is it like a 500w minimum high end psu required ot run a 7800gtx??
     
  18. Exfoliate

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    Different manufacturers say different requirements but apparently the GTX consumes the same amount of power as the 6800U so that's a good or a bad thing depending on how you look at it. The GT however requires 350wts I belive, most anyone looking into that card would be able to pop it in without a problem I would think.
     
  19. Willz

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    i dont think i would have a problem
     
  20. Exfoliate

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    No you definatly wouldn't, not even with the GTX.
     

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