Original URL: http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/12/14/nvidia_tri_sli_launched/
Nvidia has launched its anticipated 'Tri-SLI' technology as "3-way SLI", allowing gamers to connect not one, not two but three graphics cards in co-operative rendering harmony.
They have to be Nvidia GeForce cards, natch, but when connected deliver up to 2.8 times the performance of a single GPU. That, the company claimed, is enough to allow games 60fps frame-rates at a resolution of 2560 x 1600 with 8x anti-aliasing enabled.
Nvidia's 3-way SLI: one mobo, three GPUs
Or Crysis at 1920 x 1200 with all the DirectX 10 eye-candy turned on.
As expected (http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/10/01/nvidia_ready_to_roll_tri_sli/), 3-way SLI works on systems build upon Nvidia's nForce 680 SLI chipset, and requires three GeForce 8800 GTX or 8800 Ultra cards. A special three-card connector links the three add-in boards.
Oh, and you'll need an 1100W power supply with six six-pin PCIe power connectors... phew.
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