NVIDIA has now, a month and a half, after the launch of GeForce 7950GX2 finally launched the first driver that makes it possibly for regular consumers to try out Quad SLI. This has already been possible using modified drivers, but now NVIDIA has added this functionality with its drivers, even if they are still beta. Those who wants to try out NVIDIA’s best performing graphics card technology there is a lot to think about though. First of all you need two GeForce 7950GX2 graphics cards and then it is also important to make sure both motherboard and Power Supply Unit are capable of running Quad SLI.
Those who wants to know more about NVIDIA’s Quad SLI technology now that it is available in retail form and not just to those who bought high-end systems from PC builders they have over at HardOCP published an interview with NVIDIA where they discuss several interesting questions.
“The sweet spot for Quad SLI on today’s hottest games (F.E.A.R, Quake 4, Prey, Battlefield 2, Far Cry, Doom 3, Half-Life 2 Lost Coast, etc.) is 2560×1600 with SLI8x antialiasing and 16x anisotropic filtering. At this setting, you will see from 30% to 80%+ gains compared to dual GeForce 7900 GTX graphics cards.”
