Similarly to the concept of Dual-GPU systems like an Intel IGPU paired with an Nvidia or AMD card is it possible that systems will soon be adjusted to support multiple GPUs (disregarding case size(s)).
The foundation comes off the factor that whilst older GPUs like the Nvidia 10 series lineup and similarly aged GPUs that are soon to become "obsolete" or simply not up to the task of handling the evolving graphics the new cards are being made for, just like a Dedicated GPU and IGPU will share the load based on the systems "requests" couldn't this be possible sometime by having maybe 2 or 3 dedicated GPUs paired (from the same manufacturer - Nvidia or AMD or even Intel Arc)?
This would likely allow for such moves as instead of throwing out the RX, or GTX 10 series cards adding another GPU to lighten the load of the single GPU you might be running today so whilst you might not have Ray Tracing like you could have if you bought an RTX card you're system (i'm assuming) if graphically pressured would have a lighter load and could theoretically handle more games at better performance (disregarding water cooling or Airflow issues that may arise from having a multi-DGPU setup?
Of course for such performance games to come out visually assuming HDMI is still in use it would likely need a multi (HDMI) connnector for your monitor(s) being used and the data transfer load would likely be higher meaning the Display/HDMI cable would likely limit the quality to what the GPUs can deliver.
Is something similar to this already possible or in development or is it just "rely more and more on newer and newer GPUs whilst the old GPUs we throw out, whilst they still work, are not powerful enough so we need to buy the new GPUs instead of combining old GPU performance" which would likely reflect similar performance (results) to newer, more "current" GPUs?
The foundation comes off the factor that whilst older GPUs like the Nvidia 10 series lineup and similarly aged GPUs that are soon to become "obsolete" or simply not up to the task of handling the evolving graphics the new cards are being made for, just like a Dedicated GPU and IGPU will share the load based on the systems "requests" couldn't this be possible sometime by having maybe 2 or 3 dedicated GPUs paired (from the same manufacturer - Nvidia or AMD or even Intel Arc)?
This would likely allow for such moves as instead of throwing out the RX, or GTX 10 series cards adding another GPU to lighten the load of the single GPU you might be running today so whilst you might not have Ray Tracing like you could have if you bought an RTX card you're system (i'm assuming) if graphically pressured would have a lighter load and could theoretically handle more games at better performance (disregarding water cooling or Airflow issues that may arise from having a multi-DGPU setup?
Of course for such performance games to come out visually assuming HDMI is still in use it would likely need a multi (HDMI) connnector for your monitor(s) being used and the data transfer load would likely be higher meaning the Display/HDMI cable would likely limit the quality to what the GPUs can deliver.
Is something similar to this already possible or in development or is it just "rely more and more on newer and newer GPUs whilst the old GPUs we throw out, whilst they still work, are not powerful enough so we need to buy the new GPUs instead of combining old GPU performance" which would likely reflect similar performance (results) to newer, more "current" GPUs?
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