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Double-Barreled
Graphics
Hardcore PC enthusiasts have historically sought new
ways to maximize graphics and system performance. Scalability—combining
multiple graphics processing units (GPUs) to drive
a single display—is one approach. Unfortunately,
adding additional GPUs did not always achieve
the desired performance increase. Two PCI graphics
cards in one system, two GPUs on a single card, and even
multiple cards in a workstation rack configuration
all had serious limitations.
Now, Alienware leverages a revolutionary approach to
combining multiple GPUs in a single system to enable
screaming, boundless performance. SLI™, or Scalable
Link Interface, is a high-performance technology that
allows users to intelligently combine and scale graphics
performance by having multiple NVIDIA® GPUs in a single
system. SLI works by intelligently scaling geometry
and fill rate performance for two GPUs.
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Ravenous Bandwidth
SLI technology fully exploits the increased
bandwidth provided by the latest bus architecture—PCI
Express—when communicating between the
GPUs and the CPU. Providing 60x the bandwidth
of PCI, the PCI Express interface eliminates
the bottlenecks caused by previous bus
architectures and allows for maximum system
performance in a multi-GPU configuration.
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The
Stuff 3D Dreams are Made of…
At the heart
of SLI technology
is a critical
core of
cutting-edge
components. An
SLI-Ready
system board,
SLI-Ready
graphics
cards, and
a high-bandwidth
SLI bridge
all interconnect
and operate
in perfect
harmony
to deliver
the kind
of speed
you need – up
to double
the speed
of non-SLI
systems!
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SLI-Ready
System Board
At the foundation of the new Alienware Aurora 7500 and ALX SLI systems is the NVIDIA nForce™4 SLI™ chipset, a high-performance platform processor providing two PCI Express graphics slots to accommodate two NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards.
NVIDIA SLI-Ready Graphics Card
NVIDIA SLI-Ready graphics cards are designed around qualified NVIDIA PCI-Express GPUs, such as the GeForce 6800 Ultra, GeForce 6800 GT, and GeForce 6600 GT.
SLI-ready GPUs are embedded with high-speed communication capabilities that allow them to easily interact with one another and efficiently share the graphics workload, delivering unbelievable performance.
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 SLI
Connector
A high-bandwidth digital SLI bridge connects
two NVIDIA-based PCI Express graphics cards.
This bridge provides the necessary high-speed
data path required for the graphics processing
units to operate in tandem, providing up
to two times the graphics performance of
non-SLI enabled systems.
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