Futurelooks investigates the mystery behind the performance of the X58 SLI BIOS patch vs the nVidia SLI Hardware Chip

A lot of PC enthusiasts have been following motherboards equipped with Intel’s latest chipset: The X58. We all knew it would offer native ATI Crossfire support but there was much speculation on whether the chipset would or could natively support SLI with nVidia video cards. At nVision 08, nVidia announced that BIOS support would happen for the X58 via a certification program that would embed a “cookie” into the BIOS to unlock the SLI capability. It would also be followed by the hoopla about a certification program. It’s been a few months, but still no hoopla.

Intel X58 SLI BIOS Support vs. nVidia Hardware SLI Chip