As you have heard from listening to the PCPer Podcast, no one is happy with the delay of the Lucid chip bearing MSI Big Bang motherboard that has been delayed. Ryan has since managed to get his hands on a test bed, but we have yet to see any retail models. Certain fingers have been pointed at a company who’s colours are often equated with jealousy and who have had a bit of a questionable history of sharing nicely; not to imply that particular trait is uncommon in the electronics industry. The Tech Report had a chance to speak with an MSI rep, who has disavowed the rumours of nvIDIA’s involvement, instead placing the blame on the development of the software. Perhaps it is best to wait until most of the bugs are ironed out, but that still doesn’t make it easy.
"Recently, we’ve heard rumors that Nvidia might be involved in the delay of motherboards based on Lucid Hydra chip, which promise to usher in a brave new world of vendor-agnostic multi-GPU support. After a little prodding, Nvidia and MSI have both given us statements denying any shady reasons for the postponement. More importantly, Nvidia has vowed not to block Lucid’s path with driver restrictions and the like."
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