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Introduction
If you were going to pick out the technological buzzwords from 2004, SLI
would undoubtedly be right up there towards the top. Although the
technology itself may not be in the price bracket of many, it still
succeeded in sending a shudder of excitement throughout the industry and
enthusiast community, thanks not only to its tip of the hat towards 3Dfx
in the naming department, but also the fact that this multi-GPU
technology actually worked, and pretty damn well at that.
If 2004 was
the year of SLI as a buzzword, then 2005 should be the year of SLI as a
readily usable, buyable technology, as we see the introduction in volume
of compatible motherboards on both the Intel and AMD sides of the
chipset market. Unsurprisingly, it has been NVIDIA itself who have
led the chase for SLI-compatible boards on the Athlon64 front, courtesy
of their quite excellent nForce4 chipset, and more specifically its
CK8-04 SLI iteration. Today, we'll be looking at a board based on
just this chipset from motherboard-making giants Gigabyte, and their
GA-K8NXP-SLI offering. You won't be surprised to hear that such a
high-end enthusiast part is brimming with goodies, so let's dip in and
see exactly what Gigabyte have served up for us here.
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