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3dfx Hardware & Software => Voodoo4/5 Discussions => Topic started by: nSomniac on 25 July 2004, 06:23:21

Title: I wonder
Post by: nSomniac on 25 July 2004, 06:23:21
I was just wondering if there is anyway to make a software sli for voodoo 5 5500, cause im about to have an agp and a pci version (w/dvi) and i wanted to know if it were possible to make a proggy that acted like a software sli to link them together... if not i will be retireing my agp voodoo 5 5500 for a better agp card which i also am getting from ebay.... well like i have said b4 thanks for any help u can give me, oh and if it's possible i will try to code it myself i just wanna know b4 i try to do it thanks

Matt
Title: I wonder
Post by: NitroX infinity on 25 July 2004, 11:16:07
You probably won't get a performance increase, I'd even go so far as saying that you'll get a decrease in performance.

Why?
Because there is no SLI/Loop cable to connect the two cards, all data has to be transferred through the PCI bus and AGP bus which will severely limit bandwidth.

Someone with a technical background might explain it a bit better though :D
Title: I wonder
Post by: nSomniac on 26 July 2004, 03:49:21
hey no prob i just wanted to know if it could be done and if it could help thankx

Matt