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Whats the point of Quad 7300GTs?
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Thought it might be actually. Strange how their is no mention of octo-monitors on the Apple site...
The assumption from Apple is that if you are going to order a machine with 4 graphics cards you know what you're doing it for! Even if they operated in SLI, 4 7300s would only be a little faster than the ATI 1900 they offer and probably slower than an 8800 GTX...
I've never seen a functional 4 card SLI system even under Windows (unless you count the special 2-card cards)
Edit to add: on the store configuration page it does say "select a higher-performance card for more advanced graphics work, or add more than one card to power an array of displays simultaneously for visualization projects and large display walls."
I highly doubt anyone has ever gone for the quad cards and hooked them up to 8x APPLE displays. That would cost a frightening £29,355 for 4x 23" and 4x 30"Thats possible over the pci express bus on the lower cards, you only need the crossover patch with the faster cards, it was enabled in software a while back
One reason might be to have four colour-calibrated monitors. When you calibrate a monitor, you actually calibrate the profile per card. So running two monitors off one card means only one of the monitors can ever be calibrated at any one time.
I have two monitors running each off a separate 7300 so I can have both calibrated. The second DVI port on each card goes to waste, but that's the only way to do it as far as I know.
I have two monitors running each off a separate 7300 so I can have both calibrated. The second DVI port on each card goes to waste, but that's the only way to do it as far as I know.
LOL I saw 700£ and was confused, then I saw that the setup didn't come with any monitors. $1400 just for a monitor stand. Remarkable.