http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/ Engadget Comments for Lucid HYDRA multi-GPU technology bears fruit, could bring peace to the GPU wars http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
This seems too wild to be true.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 10:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=785

They also confirm that they say scaling between an AMD card and NVIDIA card!]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 27th 2009 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
One of the five first comments should have been about asking if it will run Crysis...]]>Sep 23rd 2009 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Don't ask. I don't play Crysis :P]]>Sep 23rd 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/My point is: next-gen single-chip monster cards will be able to do much more than my video card, which defeats the purpose of multi-GPU video cards. At least for the moment.
In my honest opinion :P]]>Sep 23rd 2009 12:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 12:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
If it actually can combine the power of any two video cards without a performance loss/compatibility problems, then it'll be huge. It would be great to be able to buy a video card and then, instead of replacing the video card after a year or two, simply adding one to multiply your system's power. The downfall of SLI/CF is that you have to buy the same card; with this, I could theoretically add a 5870 to the power of my (somewhat outdated) 8800GT and get something greater than either.

You know, the more I type, the more I get the feeling that there's got to be a catch.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 11:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
And no, none of the cards are required to support any kind of multi GPU technology since all of that is done on the Hydra chip.

Still looks like some great tech though, if it works. But what I, and I'm sure a lot of other people want to see now, is some actual benchmarks, and real world testing with the thing.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 9:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
This could have a lot of potential.....]]>Sep 23rd 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 1:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Do you go into Catalyst settings to enable it, or do you go into NV CP, and hell, how does Windows itself deal with 2 disparate cards in one system.

Furthermore, I seriously doubt you can get 100% performance out of each card in combo SLI/Xfire modes.

Even 2 NV cards in pure SLI or 2 ATI cards in Crossfire don't net 100% performance out of each card in a vast vast majority of cases, rather you'll see gains of 140-180% combined.

I'd love to see some independent benchmarking.
]]>Sep 23rd 2009 9:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://event.msi.com/mb/bigbang/
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When will this hit X58 boards?]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 1:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
Nahh, I'd be all for pairing my Voodoo2's with a 5870, even if it only meant seeing the 3DFX logo at startup haha ;)]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
I still have my 12MB Voodoo2 sitting on my shelf.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
I have my Voodoo5 5500 in a box somewhere...]]>Sep 23rd 2009 3:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 11:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
It's previous gen PCIE that would be a problem.]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
this could be the best thing since sliced bread!

but it won't be... I mean, this is really too good to be completely true. But even if it has some minor limitations, it can be great.

eagerly waiting! a month isn't that much!]]>Sep 23rd 2009 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 11:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/Sep 23rd 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/

(And i want it now.)]]>Sep 23rd 2009 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/23/lucid-hydra-multi-gpu-technology-bears-fruit-could-bring-peace/
1: You need nvidia and ati drivers to both work correctly at the same time.
2: Any problems you have with a particular make and model of GPU will now be prevalent in your dual or triple setup.
3: Who has high end cards both from ATI and nvidia at the same time as opposed to buying one or the other, or two of one or the other, or getting a companion to one you already own at a later time.
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