Posted 02/11/09 at 04:30:02 PM by Paul Lilly
After a lengthy standoff that ultimately punished the consumer rather than each other, Intel and Nvidia recently came to an agreement over using Nvidia's SLI technology on Intel chipset-based motherboards, specifically the Core i7 friendly X58. And now for the first time, Intel has licensed SLI for use on its own DX58SO "Smackover" motherboard.
"The addition of Nvidia SLI technology to the Intel DX58SO motherboard has been a welcome addition," said Clem Russo, VP and GM of Channel Desktop Platform Group at Intel. "The pairing of our new Core i7 processors on our Extreme Series motherboard and Nvidia GeForce graphics has resulted in some of the world's fastest consumer gaming PC platforms. For playing any of today's hottest PC titles, this is one awesome combination that our customers have been asking for."
Nvidia says the DX58SO supports any combination of GeForce GPUs, including support for quad-SLI, which will come as a boon to Smackover owners who have been lusing over Nvidia's new dual-GPU GeForce GTX 295 videocard.
Image Credit: Intel
Links:
[1] http://www.maximumpc.com/user/one4yu2c
[2] http://www.nvidia.com/object/io_1234353747819.html
[3] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/marital_bliss_nvidia_officially_announces_sli_support_select_x58_motherboards
[4] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/gigabyte_gears_up_core_i7_with_two_new_x58_motherboards
[5] http://www.maximumpc.com/article/news/nvidia_sli_x58_motherboards_without_a_chip
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