In the past, if you have been wanting to use multiple NVIDIA-based graphics card in SLI with Intel’s processors you have been forced to use chipsets from NVIDIA, or Intel’s expensive high-end platform Core i7. Intel was not given a license for NVIDIA SLI for its mid-range chipsets but as the LGA1156 platform is about to launch and we see no signs of any NVIDIA chipsets, the graphics company has been more or less forced to allow SLI on Intel’s chipset, and there will be SLI support among major motherboard makers.
NVIDIA has officially confirmed that SLI will be available with Core i7 and Core i5 motherboards from companies like ASUS, Intel, EVGA, Gigabyte and MSI.
As a result, customers who purchase a validated P55-based motherboard and Core i7 or Core i5 processor when available can equip their PCs with any combination of NVIDIA® GeForce® GPUs, including Quad SLI, for the ultimate visual computing experience.
NVIDIA is now safe from alienating itself as users have been able to run AMD’s competing ATI CrossFire technology on any chipset (except NVIDIA’s because NVIDIA doesn’t want you to do that). At the same time it will become much harder to attract any interest for any possible NVIDIA-made chipset, but any such thing look highly doubtful.
ASUS Maximus III Formula Intel P55
