no SLI on Banshee, but please prove me wrong...
Simon,
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think Banshee is incapable of SLI.
> Having the capability is not the same as having to use it. There
> could be cheaper cards without SLI, and more expensive ones that I > could use in SLI mode or in combination with V2 or V1, etc. This
> should not have made Banshee much more expensive. Making Banshee
> work with V1 would almost guarantee that every V1 owner would buy a > Banshee.
Exactly!
Get people to buy a Banshee, and make Banshee a desirable first
start to a future V2. Or as an upgrade to existing V1, and later
move to V2+. 3dfx needs to make their cards desirable to be sold
as bundles. Or, with clear upgrade paths. Don't know how many
times I have paid more for a computer for the 'ability' of future
upgrades: be it open memory slots, open PCI slots, etc. If OEMs
get Banshee, and Banshee has a nice "tie in" with Rampage, doesn't
the installed base of Banshee cards facilitate future Rampage
sales?????? Seems like any additional cost is really just a
marketing cost.
It may be prudent for people to go back and look at
reply #5391 which discusses the Banshee SLI issue. This has
been one of my sore points with 3dfx as a stock holder. And, there
seems to be some misinformation on this thread that cycles
over-and-over.
I have not seen any hard facts that Banshee is capable of SLI....
be it with Voodoo2 (doubtful due to hardware differences) or
with another Banshee.
Would appreciate any posts that prove otherwise. |
