Voodoo3 3000 PCI + SLI?

[Sanek]

I've read somewhere that voodoo3's are based on voodoo2's - in fact they are 2 voodoo2's with a faster memory, connected in SLI.

I'm wondering... can I use 2 voodoo3's in SLI mode? Theoretically (don't mind the drivers)? Practically?

Please note: I'm talking about Voodoo3 3000 PCI 16MB


And just as a curiousity question... I know that quantum 3D series use up to ( 8 ? ) voodoo2's connected in SLI, in theory, can you connect 20 of them in SLI, just as long as you have enough power ?

[NitroX infinity]

First off all, Quantum3D used so called 'bridge chips' to enable SLI with more than two chips. A normal Voodoo can therefor never run SLI with more than two graphic cores. (The V5 6000 also has a 'bridge chip')

The most chips they ever ran in SLI was 32 in the AAlchemy system which uses 4 boards with 8 VSA-100 chips per board.

Second, How would you run a V3 in SLI? There is no connector on the board for it.

As for the V3 just being an upgraded version of the V2;
Each Voodoo is an upgrade of the previous; thus they all support SLI.

[Rolo01]

Not sure about the Banshee, this could be the only 3dfx core that was not built in SLI, maybe it was not able to.

[gdonovan]

Originally posted by Phalanx

The most chips they ever ran in SLI was 32 in the AAlchemy system which uses 4 boards with 8 VSA-100 chips per board.

Even then I have to politely point out, that each Aalchemy board renders to a seprate monitor.

[hanksemenec]

Dual AAlchemy board renders to 1 monitor. They are in 16 chip SLI. The boards are linked together.

Hank

[gdonovan]

Most excellent, thanks Hank! I must have missed that in the AAlchemy manuals.