"NVIDIA DID A VERY clever thing when it designed its GeForce 6 series graphics processors, building into them a compositing engine and provisions for a digital interconnect between graphics cards that could allow two (or more) graphics cards to work together in tandem. Once PCI Express became fairly common, NVIDIA pulled the curtains back on its SLI technology, scoring a coup on several fronts. The ability to team two graphics cards gave NVIDIA an indisputable edge in the otherwise tight struggle with ATI for graphics performance supremacy."
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