One glance at any modern 3D game will convince anyone of the technological progress made since those early days. The goal towards ever-greater photo-realism has continued unabated and while the latest games may look amazing, the cost of getting a top end graphics card is probably as high as ever. For those who can still remember, a pair of Voodoo 2 for SLI cost around US$600 and well, that happens to be quite similar (inflation not withstanding) to NVIDIA's latest SLI advancement, the US$599 GeForce 7950 GX2, which combines two GPUs onto a single card ostensibly but both GPUs have their own PCB. Its main achievement however, has to be how NVIDIA has finally managed to do away with the requirement of a SLI compatible motherboard. This will definitely lower the barriers to entry for extreme graphics performance, though most enthusiasts who would consider getting the GeForce 7950 GX2 would most likely have a SLI motherboard.



Link: Hardwarezone