PCiE Graphic Card...

[KingHaruan]

i've heard of this pcie card from my fren the other day...

can anyone who has used this type of graphic card explain to me the benefits...

and can it be used with another pcie card...add on...1 + 1...will it increase the performance...

 

[Seraph]

if you got a mobo that supports SLI then you can connect two identical GPU's together for 2x performance, but the performance is dependant on drivers and the software you're running.

if it doesn't support SLI its still faster than 1 card however its not that fast.

current drivers don't exploit the PCIe cards potential to 100% yet don't say SLI which is an even newer technology for PCIe.

so it basically means that if you buy a GeForce 6800 Ultra in Q1 2005 for RM1000 its going to be the fastest. by q4 2005 or q1 2006 nvidia would already lunch their next generation GPU maybe called GeForce 7800 Ultra at RM1000

so you could spend RM1000 to get the next generation performance or you could buy another GeForce 6800 Ultra (maybe at RM500) and run both your cards in SLI mode to have the same performance threshold as the next generation card.

saved rm500 but same performance. performance as in processing power, fill rate, etc. however the next generation card maybe have higher spec.

eg.
6800 supports DirectX9, Shader 3.0, OpenEXR 1.0
7800 supports DirectX10, SHader 4.0, OpenEXR 2.0

thats just for example, hehe, there is no 7800 out, yet :P

 

[larune]

would that be XGI?

 

[KingHaruan]

how do we know which one can be add on that is compatible to another card ?

what about the potential of overclocking both card? if 1 card overclock and another normal, can run properly ah? TQ TQ

 

[Seraph]

To run in SLI mode both cards have to be identical.

Same chipset, same amount of ram, same clock speed, etc.

Its early days so I think even exact model from a different brand cannot work.

 

[delphinium]

I've got one PCIe up for sale. Gigabyte RADEON X300LE (GV-RX30128D) (128 MB DDR). got it from a lucky draw and I dont have a mobo with PCIe. never been slotted in yet. going for rm200 only. Ive surveyed a computer shop here and they are selling it at rm390.

PM me if anyone is interested. RM200 or higher bid secures.

 

[kct]

At the moment no one is sure whether this major change to PCI-E will stay or not. AGP lasted for more than 6 years...