What will they think of next???

[Papa_Smurf]

Hey guys check this out...

An <a href="http://www.nvidia.com/page/quadroplex.html">EXTERNAL[/url] video card.

Holy shamoly!!  A video processor that sits on your desk and is bigger than some of those little lan-party pc's.

I know it probably costs an arm and a leg...probably your first born child too...but that would still be pretty sweet.

[Mr_Anderson]

Huh... Now I'm curious, how do you hook it up to the mobo?

[JollyRoger]

PCI Express x16, Small Form Factor, Passive (10W) Interface card and
6.5 foot NVIDIA Quadro Plex Interconnect Cable.

didn't read again did ya?

[ZWarrior]

lol

I like that it's external.  Be nice if that were something we moved to. It would make a lot of the upgrade and heating problems go away.

[JollyRoger]

dude!  It's Rack mountable!

[Boomslang]

for a price of around$1500 everyone will be able to get one.

[Mr_Anderson]

Oh yea, thats just chump change!

[ZWarrior]

OK, who's teh chump that will give me the change?

[Boomslang]

NVIDIA has announced their Quadro Plex 1000 workstation, their new multi-GPU system for advanced graphical computing. The new system comes in three flavors and starts at $17,500. The first units start shipping in September. Here is a snip:
Featuring NVIDIA SLI multi-GPU technology, the NVIDIA Quadro Plex is an external visual compute system delivering:

Massive density of up to 20x when compared to traditional GPU solutions
Performance of up to 80-billion pixels/sec and seven billion vertices/sec
Resolutions as high as 148 megapixels on 16 synchronized digital-output channels and eight HD SDI channels
Scalability beyond current solutions, offering multiple configurations ranging from a single system to a cluster to further scale system ability
http://www.firingsquad.com/news/newsarticle.asp?searchid=11483


[Edited on 8-5-2006 by Boomslang]