The Inquirer reports that new, shorter Quad SLI cards are about to hit the retail market. Quad SLI requires special dual-PCB graphics cards, but current models are unfortunately very long, and it would be difficult to fit them in many users' cases. This is expected to change "by the end of the month as NVIDIA introduces a so-called GeForce 7950 GTX 2 (Arghhh. More name craziness!). The card is said to be shorter than current Quad SLI boards, and will reportedly be available to end users for €800 to €900 apiece.

Hehe :) €800 to €900 == $800 to $900 in the US (if we consider the numeric similarity between European and US hardware prices...)

nevermind my original post, I lost track of euros vs pounds.... duh!

miglaugh> http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30972

"To cut the story short, here is the message: expect high-end desktops with TWO CPU SOCKETS soon... i.e. Quad-SLI (and possibly Quad CrossFire) mainboards with dual-socket workstation/server CPUs, but desktop balls and whistles like overclocking, low-latency memory, super sound, etc."

Maybe I spoke too soon.

Well, we will see. I don't plan to buy Quad-SLI anyway :) I wonder how the game companies gonna close the gap in terms of a reason for why you need x GFX card and x CPU...

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=30972

"To cut the story short, here is the message: expect high-end desktops with TWO CPU SOCKETS soon... i.e. Quad-SLI (and possibly Quad CrossFire) mainboards with dual-socket workstation/server CPUs, but desktop balls and whistles like overclocking, low-latency memory, super sound, etc."

Maybe I spoke too soon.

"The price is high but it is not that bad, compared, say, with the price of a single-chip 7900 GTX that can easily go over €600."

Where the hell are they getting those numbers from? They must be talking about when the card was first released. It just costs a little bit more than $500 now, and thats about half of what they are talking about (€600 = $1050).

Inquirer is wack.