Lucid Hydra: Multi-GPU-Chip mit eingeschränkter Spieleunterstützung und Fokus auf Nvidia-Karten?

Quelle: caseandcooling.fr MSI Big Bang Fuzion: Mainboard mit Lucid-Hydra-Chip Im Internet sind Spezifikationen wie auch eine Spiele- und Software-Kompatibilitätsliste zum kommenden Mainboard MSI Big Bang Fuzion mit mit Lucid-Hydra-Chip aufgetaucht. Im Gegensatz zum NF200-SLI-Chip soll jener auch einen Multi-GPU-Mischbetrieb von AMD- und Nvidia-Karten ermöglichen und dabei Mikroruckler verhindern.

Während sich die Spezifikationen des Mainboards grundsätzlich mit dem MSI-Modell Big Bang Trinergy mit NF200-Chip decken, offenbart die Kompatibilitätsliste einige interessante Details: Sollte diese sich bewahrheiten, würde das bedeuten, dass der erwähnte Mischbetrieb bisher nur mit bestimmten Spielen funktioniert. Außerdem wird angeblich empfohlen eine Nvidia-Grafikkarte grundsätzlich in den oberen Slot zu setzen.

Die vollständige, vermeintlich offizielle Liste, welche die französische Webseite caseandcooling.fr in Erfahrung bringen konnte, wollen wir Ihnen natürlich nicht vorenthalten:

Hardware and Software Support

The supporting list for current HYDRA driver (version 1.3.105) are described in this section.
HYDRA driver will be updated to support more new OS, GPUs and display drivers.
Therefore, it may be changed depand on the latest version of the driver.

Supported Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Vista (SP2) 32-bit and 64-bit
- Support dual NVIDIA graphic cards
- Support dual ATI graphic cards
Microsoft Windows 7 RTM OS 32-bit and 64-bit
- Support dual mixture of NVIDIA and ATI graphic cards
- Support dual NVIDIA graphic cards
- Support dual ATI graphic cards
Microsoft Windows Editions include:
- Windows Vista Home Basic
- Windows Vista Home Premium
- Windows Vista Business
- Windows Vista Enterprise Edition
- Windows Vista Ultimate
- Windows 7 (RTM) Home Premium
- Windows 7 (RTM) Professional
- Windows 7 (RTM) Ultimate
Supported graphic libraries
DirectX 9
DirectX 10
Supported GPUs and display drivers
NVIDIA
- GPUs G90/G200 series, Single core only, no Dual core GPU support in this version (GTX295 is not supported)
- NVIDIA display drivers: 185.85, 186.18, 190.38, 190.62, 191.07
AMD/ATI
- GPUs HD4XXX series, Single core only, no Dual core GPU support in this version (HD4870x2 is not supported)
- ATI/AMD display drivers: Catalyst 9.7 and up
Multi vendor
- Operating system: Windows 7 only (due to native limitations of other Windows versions)
- GPUs: NVIDIA G90/G200 series, AMD/ATI HD4xxx Series, Single core only, no Dual core GPU support in this version
- Display drivers: NVIDIA 185.85, 186.18, 190.38, 190.62, 191.07 / AMD/ATI Catalyst 9.7 and up

Important
The HYDRA driver only support up to 2 graphic cards in this version. The future version will support up to 3 graphic cards. Then you only need to update the driver.

Games qualifed
These games are verified with HYDRA driver 1.3.105 by Lucid.

N-Mode (dual NVIDIA graphic cards)
007 Quantum of Solace
3DMark Vantage
3DMark06
Age of Empires III
Batman Arkham Asylum (including benchmark)
Battlefield 2
BioShock (DX10 & DX9)
Brothers in Arms Hells Highway
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box
C&C3 Kane's Wrath
C&C3 Tiberium wars
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty World At War
Call of Juarez Bound In Blood
Call of Juarez (DX10 & DX9) (including benchmark)
Civilization IV
Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
Civilization IV Colonization
Civilization IV Warlords
Code of Honor 3
Company of Heroes ( including benchmark)
Dead Space
Death to Spies
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
Fallout3
FIFA09
Frontlines Fuel of War
Gears of War
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfghter 2
Half Life 2
Half Life 2 episode one
Half Life 2 episode two
Jericho
King's Bounty the Legend
Kung Fu Panda
Left 4 Dead
Lego Indiana Jones
Lost Planet - Extreme Condition DX9
Lord of The Rings Midd e Earth
Madagascar 2
Mass Efect
Medieval II: TotalWar
Monsters vs Aliens
NBA 2K9
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
P.E.S. (Pro Evolution Succer)
Portal
Pure
Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Spore
Stormrise (including benchmark)
Street fghter 4 (Including benchmark)
Supreme Commander (including benchmark)
Team Fortress 2
The Godfather II
The Witcher Enhanced Edition
Time Shift
TomClancy's: EndWar
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Transfomers2
Unreal Tournament 3
Velvet Assassin
Virtua tennis 2009
Wall-E
Wheelman
Wolfenstein
World In Confict (including Benchmark)
X-Man Origin Wolverine

A-Mode (dual ATI graphic cards)
007 Quantum of Solace
3DMark Vantage
3DMark06
Age of Empires III
Battlefeld 2
Brothers in Arms Hells Highway
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box
C&C3 Kane's Wrath
C&C3 Tiberium wars
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty World At War
Call of Juarez Bound In Blood
Call of Juarez (DX10 & DX9) (including benchmark)
Civilization IV
Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
Civilization IV Colonization
Civilization IV Warlords
Company of Heroes (including benchmark)
Dead Space
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
Fallout3
FIFA09
Frontlines Fuel of War
Gears of War
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfghter 2
Half Life 2
Half Life 2 episode one
Half Life 2 episode two
Jericho
King's Bounty the Legend
Kung Fu Panda
Left 4 Dead
Lego Indiana Jones
Lord of The Rings Middle Earth
Madagascar 2
Mass Efect
Monsters vs Aliens
NecroVision
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising
P.E.S. (Pro Evolution Succer)
Portal
Pure
S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky
SIMS 2 Double Deluxe
Spore
Stormrise (including benchmark)
Street fghter 4 (including benchmark)
Supreme Commander (including benchmark)
Team Fortress 2
The Godfather II
Tom Clancy's: EndWar
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Transformers2
Virtua tennis 2009
Wall-E
Wanted Weapons of Fate
Wolfenstein
World In Confict (includinq benchmark)
X-Man Origin Wolverine

X-Mode (dual mixture of NVIDIA and ATI graphic cards)
3DMark Vantage
3DMark06
Batman Arkham Asylum (including benchmark)
Call of Duty 4
Call of Duty World At War
F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin
Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising

Hardware Setup
Installing the Graphic Cards
HYDRA allows you to fexibility use diferent combinations of GPUs from AMD/ATI and NVIDIA, and do not need cables to connect the graphic cards (The current version only supports windows 7). Please follow the steps below to install the graphic cards.
- Turn of your computer and disconnect the power cord.
- Open and remove the case of the computer.
- Find and locate the PCI-E x16 slots.
- Remove the bracket which may obstruct the installed PCI-E slots.
- Gently but firmly install the graphic cards to the PCI-E x16 slots and secure the card brackets with screws.
- Replace and secure the case. Reconnect the power cord to the computer.
Connecting the monitor
- After you have installed graphic cards, connect the monitor to the monitor port on the first graphic card

Important
If you use NVIDIA + ATI GPUs combination, it is recommanded installing the NVIDIA graphic card to the first PCI-E x16 slot.
Using PhysX/Physics with 3rd GPU
The HYDRA driver enables to use a 3rd GPU card installed on the system for PhysX/Physics calculation.
In order to active this feature:
- A 3rd GPU should be installed on the available PCI-E slot.
- The 3rd GPU can be a much lower performance that the other 2 GPUs (for example, 2x GTX260 for graphic enhancement and 1x GT9600 for PhysX/Physics)

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Aufgrund einer im Internet veröffentlichten Kompatibilitätsliste des kommenden Mainboards MSI Big Bang Fuzion mitsamt dem Multi-GPU-Chip Lucid Hydra stellen sich neue Fragen. Beispielsweise, ob nur bestimmte Spiele mit dem Mischbetrieb von Nvidia- und AMD-Karten kompatibel sind und ob Modelle von Nvidia generell bevorzugt werden.

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