More Power To You: NVIDIA nForce4 SLI Is Fastest

Today, we’re here to show you nVidia’s Athlon64-based nForce 4, how its new SLI technology performs, how much more performance it buys you, and whether an SLI-based system makes sense for you.

…nVidia can claim bragging rights for the fastest consumer 3D rendering system on the planet, though that claim carries a big asterisk next to it. The fine print at the bottom will tell you that this system will cost you roughly $1,500 (the $180 motherboard, $1,200 for twin GeForce 6800 Ultra cards, and $100 for a 500-watt power supply). But if you have a serious power hunger for 3D performance, then this is the fix of fixes. For today’s games, this system is joyous overkill, but it will obviously provide miles of headroom for titles coming down the pike over the next several years. To the credit of both nVidia and Asus, the SLI system was very stable, and didn’t crash during any of our game tests, nor did it crash during our 12-hour torture test of continuously running 3DMark05 at very high resolutions.

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More Power to You: nVidia’s nForce 4 SLI is Fastest