I've read somewhere that voodoo3's are based on voodoo2's - in fact they are 2 voodoo2's with a faster memory, connected in SLI.
I'm wondering... can I use 2 voodoo3's in SLI mode? Theoretically (don't mind the drivers)? Practically?
Please note: I'm talking about Voodoo3 3000 PCI 16MB
And just as a curiousity question... I know that quantum 3D series use up to ( 8 ? ) voodoo2's connected in SLI, in theory, can you connect 20 of them in SLI, just as long as you have enough power ?
First off all, Quantum3D used so called 'bridge chips' to enable SLI with more than two chips. A normal Voodoo can therefor never run SLI with more than two graphic cores. (The V5 6000 also has a 'bridge chip')
The most chips they ever ran in SLI was 32 in the AAlchemy system which uses 4 boards with 8 VSA-100 chips per board.
Second, How would you run a V3 in SLI? There is no connector on the board for it.
As for the V3 just being an upgraded version of the V2;
Each Voodoo is an upgrade of the previous; thus they all support SLI.
Not sure about the Banshee, this could be the only 3dfx core that was not built in SLI, maybe it was not able to.
QuoteOriginally posted by Phalanx
The most chips they ever ran in SLI was 32 in the AAlchemy system which uses 4 boards with 8 VSA-100 chips per board.
Even then I have to politely point out, that each Aalchemy board renders to a seprate monitor.
Dual AAlchemy board renders to 1 monitor. They are in 16 chip SLI. The boards are linked together.
Hank
Most excellent, thanks Hank! I must have missed that in the AAlchemy manuals.