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Quad SLI – How do I build a Quad-SLI PC?

To Mad Mod Mike,

Exactly how do I build a Quad SLI system? The main board shown in the video only has two SLI slots, how is it possible to fit 4 cards in two slots?

Thanks,
Confused

I have received a ton of questions about Quad SLI. Quad SLI PCs are currently available from the leading System Builders and OEMs (see my list below). However, if you are a do-it-yourselfer and are dieing to build yourself a Quad SLI PC, here is what you need to know:

1. You will need two SLI-Ready dual-NVIDIA GPU powered graphics cards (not yet launched). Each of these cards contains two GPUs and fits into one PCI-Express slot on your NVIDIA nForce4 SLI motherboard. Therefore, two of these dual-GPU cards will only require two PCI-Express slots!
2. You will need an NVIDIA nForce4 SLI motherboard (a dual x8/x8 or a dual x16/16). I recommend the nForce4 SLI X16 chipset (dual x16/x16) for Quad SLI as it will provide better performance.
3. You will need an adequate power supply. Details will be revealed when NVIDIA launches this new dual-GPU graphics card.

If you can't wait to build your own, you can buy NVIDIA Quad SLI today from these partners:

North America Alienware Falcon Northwest Voodoo PC Overdrive PC Velocity Micro Hypersonic Polywell Biohazard ABS Vicious PC iBuypower Cyberpower Maingear Europe   Scan UK Atelco Germany Hyrican Germany Multirama Greece Komplett Sweden Kraftway Russia LCDC France Asia   MCJ Japan Thirdwave Japan ICODA Korea Synnex-Mitac Austrailia

Also don't forget to budget for an Extreme High Definition monitor. The benefit of Quad SLI comes alive at 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 resolutions. You can find more information about Extreme HD Gaming here:

http://www.nvidia.com/object/extreme_hd.html.

-MMM

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