ATI's MVP früher als erwartet?

Zitat von GammA

mit welcher CPU?

Zitat von Luki1987

Freut mich, dass die X850 XT auch MVP-fähig ist

Zitat

The source further revealed that ATI’s Multi-VPU technology would be superior to NVIDIA’s SLI, as it will not be limited to two of the same graphics adapters from the same manufacturer to ensure compatibility. ATI’s Multi-VPU technology will not be limited to this criterion, so you can have a card from Sapphire and another one from Powercolor and both will function perfectly fine in a Multi-VPU setup.

Additionally, the company’s Multi-VPU technology would be able to support multiple cores and still function well. For example, you would be able to operate both an X700 and an X850 card in a Multi-VPU setup if you would like. In other words, you should have three different categories for ATI’s "SLI": low-end, mid-end and high-end. The combination of each of the three categories can be taken care of by various GPU cores.

Unfortunately with good news comes bad news as well. Although two cores will work perfectly fine in the setup, you will notice a significant performance gap depending on your choice of cores. For example, let’s say you already have an X700 and you purchase an X850 for the Multi-VPU setup. The unfortunate scenario is that when both of these cards are connected, the speed will default to the core/engine speed of the X700, meaning your X850 will actually run at X700 speeds and not its specified speeds.

According to our source, this is ATI’s way of helping you upgrade to the multi-VPU setup gradually. If you have an X700 now, you can save up and purchase an X850 in 30 days. Until then you can run the X850 at lower clocked speeds, save up some more, purchase the second X850 and retail the X700 you originally had. Obviously, this system might work if you have a low-end/mid-end card and you want to move up to a high-end solution. It wouldn’t make sense to already have an X850, purchase an X700, and run them at lower clock speeds until you can purchase the second corresponding solution. In that case, we would recommend that you not purchase a low-end/mid-end card, at all. Needless to say, we are disappointed at what otherwise would’ve become an excellent solution for users.