Stardock is preparing a software that will make it possible to combine video cards from different manufacturers on your PC, and match its performance. The feature, which has already proved to be a reality through APIs such as DirectX 12 , would be implemented independently of business software such as Nvidia or AMD without the need to configure features such as SLI or Crossfire .
the technology does not yet have a name, but news should appear in the Game Developers Conference (GDC), an event that takes place in San Francisco from 14 to 18 March. “We will come up with a cool marketing name for him,” said company CEO Brad Wardell. “Basically, it’s a multi-GPU. You combine the cards you want.”
In addition to the rumors that this capacity would be implemented through low-level APIs such as DirectX 12 and Vulkan, the Stardock account with evidence and both proving that it is possible for the company to make this software: it is publisher of “ Ashes of the Singularity ” game that recently received a version of the press tests that enabled the combination plates video of different performance profiles and even from different manufacturers
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In our tests with this version of the game was possible to realize the combination of video cards into action, and performance gains are notable in conbinações as GeForce GTX 980 + Radeon R9 Fury. It was also possible to combine cards with different performance profiles, but the results were not very promising.
Wardell says that this technology will greatly benefit the gamers, and even manufacturers. According to the CEO of Stardocks, new releases are very expensive, but a little older cards may appear for attractive prices. Owner of a GeForce GTX 760, he exemplified: “Imagine you are making a promotion R9 290 for $ 75 Would not it be cool to put it on my PC and double the performance you keep this (GTX 760), and puts this ( R9 290), and their games are two times faster without you doing anything else. “
Although this process avoid buying a new more powerful card, Wardell said that it is advantageous for manufacturers. “They do not like that part (mix with plates of competitors), but will love the idea of people buying more cards.”
does not have software release date nor, even name, so we need wait for news at GDC.
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