Guess what? Not so much, as you can see in Ryan’s full review.
Sure any day with a little 4 way gaming is better than any day without, but do you really want to drop over $1000 for an extra 20-30% performance? There are some good signs, perhaps if this technology is given a change to mature, we will see it become more powerful.
“”NVIDIA has missed the mark with their launch of Quad SLI on the 9800 GX2; an incredible single graphics card has been shoved into a technology that we all wanted to see work but that just is not yet ready for a spotlight. With just a couple of exceptions, performance on the Quad SLI system was uninspiring and was frustrating more often than it was fun to play on. There is potential though! NVIDIA needs to take a tip from AMD and not just address performance scaling across more titles but integrate usability features that will help users deal with multi-GPU issues like monitor configurations.”Here are some more Graphics Card articles from around the web:
- XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI @ [H]ard|OCP
- GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI @ t-break
- XFX GeForce 9800 GX2 Quad SLI Video Card Testing @ Legit Reviews
- Quad SLI with 9800 GX2: Pushing a System to it’s Limit @ AnandTech
- Quad SLI Review With Dual GeForce 9800 GX2 @ Guru of 3D
- XFX 9800 GX2 Quad and 8800 Ultra Three Way SLI + ESA @ DH
- NVIDIA Quad-SLI with the ASUS EN9800GX2 @ HotHardware
- NVIDIAs 9800 GX2 The Week That Was @ Tweaktown
- 9800 GX2 Performance Preview and HDTV Gaming @ Rage3D
- Asus EN8800GT TOP Review @ OCC
- XFX 8400GS Dual-Screen Graphics Card @ Bjorn3D
- Asus 9800 GX2 1GB @ Overclock3D
- ZOTAC GeForce 9800 GX2 @ Tweaktown
- There Will Be Speed: The Clash of Modern Multi-GPU Technologies @ X-Bit Labs
- PNY 9800 GX2 Graphics Card @ I4U
- VVIKOO GeForce 9600GT Turbo 512MB @ Tweaktown
- NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT Roundup @ [H]ard|OCP
- Sapphire FireGL V7600 – the Workstation Edge @ Hardware Zone
- ASUS EAH3850 Trinity – three GPUs with one card @ NordicHardware
- ASUS EAH3870 Top Video Card @ I4U
- ASUS GeForce 9600GT 512MB @ Phoronix
- The $80 Radeon HD 3650 @ ExtremeTech