NVIDIA Launches SLIZone.Com

by Marco Chiappetta — Tuesday, April 05, 2005, 05:36 PM EDT

Good afternoon folks! We just got word from NVIDIA that they've launched a new website full of information about their SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology. And to help get things started, they're giving away a ton of hardware, courtesy of MSI. Here's the full scoop..

NVIDIA has launched a new website dedicated to SLI information. A spin-off of the NVIDIA nZone Web site (www.nzone.com), the new SLIzone Web site (www.SLIzone.com) provides a plethora of information on SLI technology including news, system builder information, tutorials, reviews, certifications, contests and much more.

To kick off the new site, MSI is sponsoring an SLI video contest, with prizes awarded to the top 3 SLI videos. Prizes include:

Grand Prize:
NVIDIA SLI-Ready components featuring two (2) NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT-based MSI graphics cards and one (1) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI-based MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard

First Prize:
NVIDIA SLI-Ready components featuring two (2) NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT-based MSI graphics cards and one (1) NVIDIA nForce4 SLI-based MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard

Second Prize:
NVIDIA nForce4 SLI-based MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum motherboard

Modders can also compete to have their custom built SLI machines named the SLI Rig of the month, like "Gadget" did:
http://www.slizone.com/content/slizone/rotm.html

We just got MSI's new 6800 GT here in the lab, and will have a review posted shortly. It's got a custom all-copper cooling solution, that's also much quieter than most other "stock" solutions. And if you want to read up on the MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum/SLI board, we covered it in our round-up, right here...

Tags: Nvidia, sli, launch, One, id, COM

Marco Chiappetta

Marco's interest in computing and technology dates all the way back to his early childhood. Even before being exposed to the Commodore P.E.T. and later the Commodore 64 in the early ‘80s, he was interested in electricity and electronics, and he still has the modded AFX cars and shop-worn soldering irons to prove it. Once he got his hands on his own Commodore 64, however, computing became Marco's passion. Throughout his academic and professional lives, Marco has worked with virtually every major platform from the TRS-80 and Amiga, to today's high end, multi-core servers. Over the years, he has worked in many fields related to technology and computing, including system design, assembly and sales, professional quality assurance testing, and technical writing. In addition to being the Managing Editor here at HotHardware for close to 15 years, Marco is also a freelance writer whose work has been published in a number of PC and technology related print publications and he is a regular fixture on HotHardware’s own Two and a Half Geeks webcast. - Contact: marco(at)hothardware(dot)com