Nvidia SLi Interview @ Penstarsys

NVIDIA SLI Interview

A Few Words from Chris Daniel

by Josh Walrath

Recently I was given the opportunity to submit a handful of questions to the product marketing manager of NVIDIA’s SLI Program. Chris Daniel was kind enough to get these in-depth answers back to me in a very timely manner. My questions are in regular type, and Chris’ are in blue and italics.

For all the ladies reading this (all three of you), this is Chris.

The AGP 3.0 specification supported two AGP slots, why did NVIDIA never pursue dual AGP video solutions in terms of both video cards and motherboard chipsets?

AGP did not provide the bandwidth to do this effectively. The high-bandwidth bus architecture offered by PCI Express enabled NVIDIA to launch its SLI technology and reach scaling of up to 2X.

Great interview. I had no idea that AGP 3.0 could support two slots. Check it out at Penstarsys.