NVIDIA SLI Now Available on Intel's 'Smackover' Mobo

Santa Clara, California-based graphics maker NVIDIA has just announced that Intel's X58-based Smackover motherboard will now be providing users with support for its multi-GPU SLI technology. According to the company, users of Intel's DX58SO motherboard, which has been specifically designed to deliver support for Intel's highest-performance desktop processors to date, will now be able to equip their systems with a combination of NVIDIA GPUs, for the ultimate high-end graphics performance.

“The addition of NVIDIA SLI technology to the Intel DX58SO motherboard has been a welcome addition,” said Clem Russo, VP and general manager of Channel Desktop Platform Group at Intel Corporation. “The pairing of our new Core i7 processors on our Extreme Series motherboard and NVIDIA GeForce graphics has resulted in some of the world’s fastest consumer gaming PC platforms. For playing any of today’s hottest PC titles, this is one awesome combination that our customers have been asking for.”

Other X58-based motherboards currently available on the market have already been certified for NVIDIA's SLI technology, and the latest announcement comes to complete the series of Core i7-supporting platforms that can provide users with support for a multi-card graphics setup, using NVIDIA GPUs. Currently, the company's SLI can be enabled on a series of platforms that provide support for all consumer processors, including Intel Core i7, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo, as well as AMD's latest Phenom II CPUs.

“NVIDIA SLI has proven to be the industry’s only stable, scalable, high-performance multi-GPU platform, and we are excited that customers with Intel branded X58 motherboards will be able to take advantage of this processing power,” said Ujesh Desai, vice president of GeForce desktop business at NVIDIA. “Gamers know that the best way to experience their games is with GeForce GPUs, and now they will be able to harness the power of multiple GPUs for even more performance and immersion features.”