Phoronix: HP: The SLI Godfather? | Linux Today

Phoronix: HP: The SLI Godfather?

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Michael Larabel
Mar 28, 2006

[ Thanks to Phoronix for this link.
]

“Here at Phoronix we have been covering the Scalable Link
Interface support under Linux since its launch with the inception
of the 1.0-8174 display drivers back on December 5, 2005. While
this NVIDIA SLI support can still be considered very much
rudimentary compared against the Microsoft Windows support with the
ForceWare drivers, which were introduced back on November 9 of
2004, there is no clear sight for how it will ultimately fair in
the world of Linux. According to some information we have obtained
from our sources and research, NVIDIA’s motives for Linux SLI may
largely dissent from the public opinion. In this article today,
there are a few comments we would like to share about the big green
manufacturer and their outlook on alternative operating
systems…”


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Michael Larabel

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