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To: Piranha who wrote (12880)	5/21/1999 11:54:00 AM
From: Chip Anderson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Gawd, don't we go thru this SLI discussion once a month? For the future, SLI will be done via a daughter card architecture to deal with the AGP slot limitation. The "daughter cards" may actually have a PCI slot connector for physical location purposes (cooling,etc) but the data will come from a connector cable to the main card, NOT the PCI bus. Chip stockcharts.com

To: Piranha who wrote (12880)	5/21/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: timbur	Respond to of 16960

Although it might be the easiest, quickest, and cheapest SLI solution, single-board SLI is a very niche market and not worth the expense. SLI was wonderful because you could buy one card and then get another one later. Your point about the product cycles is very good. With V2, SLI extended the product life from 6 months to over 1 year. Didn't hurt much that product prices fell from $300 to $100 in that time though. And if they can't deliver on the 6-month product cycle, they won't be able to keep up with the Jones. I doubt I would buy a V3-SLI solution even if announced. My V3-3000 will be great for anything that's thrown at it this year. I'll just wait for the next-gen product. Tim