Are Pro Video cards a thing of the past?

[gangle]

I use 3DS Max and I've been eyeing the new SLI cards.

I discovered that MAX (and all any other 3d apps) hasn't addressed the use of SLI.

I think this is inexcusable to be that far behind a technology (besides Vray) which can make it bearable to produce 3d content.

In Tom's Hardware, I read a preview article / test for Asus Quad GPU SLI from 14 Dec 2005 which shows the future of video cards..Parallel GPUs and no need for a bridge(?).

With SLI PCI-e X16 slots with that much thru-put, how can app developers not respond?

Gary

[rpc212]

Good question. Would be nice to know what the answer is as making realtime rendering better than it is is going to require more robust hardware and SLI is definetly a road that will probably be required to make this a reality.