It's not so you can get 500 fps on your 1600x1200 monitor, it's so you can get 60 fps on your 30" 2560x1600 Dell or Apple monitor, with every setting set to 11. Seriously, anyone that pays $5k for a computer definitely needs a $2k display.
And yes, actually, you get close to 4x the power. The dual card SLI rigs were getting about a 95% boost on tests, if I recall correctly. It was the Voodoo SLI a few generations ago that were only getting so moddest an increase for doubling up cards.
Now, I say this with the admission that this is, in fact, a rediculous waste of money and electricity. That doesn't make me want one any less however.
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Moogle @ Mar 10th 2006 6:01PM
It's not so you can get 500 fps on your 1600x1200 monitor, it's so you can get 60 fps on your 30" 2560x1600 Dell or Apple monitor, with every setting set to 11. Seriously, anyone that pays $5k for a computer definitely needs a $2k display.
And yes, actually, you get close to 4x the power. The dual card SLI rigs were getting about a 95% boost on tests, if I recall correctly. It was the Voodoo SLI a few generations ago that were only getting so moddest an increase for doubling up cards.
Now, I say this with the admission that this is, in fact, a rediculous waste of money and electricity. That doesn't make me want one any less however.