 Lucid introduces HYDRALOGIX Multi-GPU Gaming Accessible to All
Author: Hrvoje Jakovac
Date: 31 Aug 2010
Today LucidLogix Technologies (Lucid) announced its arming video card manufacturers with the new Unity™ graphics board architecture for the HYDRALOGIX (previously known as HYDRA) engine. Now graphics board vendors for the first time can combine a single HYDRALOGIX 200 real time distributed processor with any single NVIDIA or ATI GPU, creating an affordable, flexible multi--GPU--ready graphics card that can make any motherboard a high performance gaming system.
Gamers and high performance PC enthusiasts will have even more options to configure multi-GPU systems,which until recently were limited to vendor-exclusive architectures or HYDRALOGIX equipped motherboards. And mainstream graphics users can now buy even a $99 graphics card and upgrade their system in the future with the brand graphics card of their choice.
“The Unity architecture provides a win-win situation for the market and for consumers,”said Offir Remez, Lucid President. “Graphics board vendors can increase the total market for multi-GPU computing from the low end to the high end. And as a consumer, why wouldn’t
you choose to buy a graphics card with HYDRALOGIX on board? You only get more!”
The benefits of the UNITY architecture for HYDRALOGIX include:
Card Manufacturers
• Create multi-vendor-multi-GPU upgradeable cards by integrating a single, low-cost HYDRALOGIX chip
• Allow their customers to couple a UNITY typeVGA with any additional existing or new VGA from any vendor on Intel or AMD motherboards
• Create differentiated products by using any brand or GPU model, mixing and matching capabilities, power consumption and price points
• Easy upgrade with additional cards
Consumers
• Add HYDRALOGIX multi-GPU graphics capabilities to existing motherboards
• Run multiple NVIDIA and/or ATI GPUs on any motherboard
• Upgrade system performance simply by leveraging any existing GPUs by coupling with a new
UNITY based VGA.
• Combine a low cost graphics card with another for increased performance, or turn up the volume with multiple high end graphics card of choice
• Combine both an AMD and NVIDIA GPU to enjoy the benefits of both graphics features and perfromance
System Builders
• Flexibly design custom systems at multiple price/performance targets
• Save costs with royalty-free alternative to vendor-specific multi-GPU graphics architectures
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