Nvidia's new SLI mobo chipset

[joquito]

Clearly using the name of 3dfx's technology, Nvidia has come out with a new motherboard chipset using "Scalable Link Interface" ( 2 video cards instead of one). This isn't news but I was just wondering what people though of it given that one can buy the Asus board and two Geforce 6600 Gt cards for a total of about $600. Is it worth it? I need buy a new PC and the reviews of the Asus A8N-SLI deluxe look very good. I figure you guys won't steer me wrong.

[Aku]

I think that hardware makers need to start making hardware cheaper, not more expensive. You think I want to have to buy two high-end video cards (let alone one!) to make some new game run properly?! This vicious circle that hardware makers and software developers have created is spinning out of control. If that's where things are headed, I would certainly look to return to console gaming. I want to spend money on games, not more hardware.

[Renzatic Gear]

If the technology is used to eek some extra life out of old graphics cards then it'll be a good thing, but if what Aku says comes to pass it'll become a HUGE waste of money.

I can imagine games being slapped with SLI Enabled on the box, meaning that you have to buy 2 graphics cards to get at least 15 FPS out of the game. This looks like another excuse for comp game designers to get even sloppier with their engines.

[mandark]

There is one rule that I have learned from years of PC building and gaming. That rule is: "You don't buy the newest technology available now!". Fact is todays newest technology are hardly being pushed to their limits. The battle between Intel and AMD, and the battle between ATI and Nvidia is making each manufacturer design and manufacture the fastest CPU's and GPU's today. But if you look at the software shelves the most graphic intesive games (Doom3, FarCry, HalfLife2, etc.) can be ran just fine on a 2.5Ghz cpu with a radeon9800 or Geforce 5900.