Multi-GPU Lucid Hydra On Linux: No Plans Yet

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Multi-GPU Lucid Hydra On Linux: No Plans Yet

Last year the Lucid Hydra 200 was announced as a unique, universal multi-GPU solution. The Hydra 200 is a custom chipset that allows the graphics rendering workload to be split between multiple graphics processors, but the graphics cards do not need to be tied to a particular vendor...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=ODA0NA

[deanjo]

Here is the complete correspondence

Thank you.
No plans on Linux gaming just yet.
For HPC, multi display and storage space over Linux, we have nice
solution distributed by www.ELSA-jp.jp
Look for their Vridge product....
http://www.elsa-jp.jp/products/pes/index.html

Good luck,

Offir

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 9:49 PM
To: Offir Remez
Subject: Re: Linux support?

I am looking at gaming primarily although it will be doing some
Cuda/openCL work as well.

Dean



On 10/03/04 3:32 AM, Offir Remez wrote:

> Dear Dean,
>
> What kind of support are you looking at ?
> Are you running Lynux games ? or are you looking into something in the
> HPC/ Cuda space ?
>
> Good luck, Offir
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dean
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 6:53 PM
> To: support
> Subject: Linux support?
>
> I was thinking of purchasing a motherboard with the Hydra chip on it.
> This however depends if there will be linux support. Is there any plans

>
> for such support of the Hydra in linux? If so what would be the ETA?
>
> Dean
>
>

[blackshard]

Multigpu on linux to do what?

[deanjo]

Multigpu on linux to do what?

For the same reasons that you would have multi gpu on any other OS.

[blackshard]

To play world of goo?

[Melcar]

Such technologies are mostly gimmicks for the gaming market. Unless a thriving Linux gaming market pops up, tech. such as this will receive little support/interest.

[blackshard]

Such technologies are mostly gimmicks for the gaming market. Unless a thriving Linux gaming market pops up, tech. such as this will receive little support/interest.

That's the point.

[deanjo]

Such technologies are mostly gimmicks for the gaming market. Unless a thriving Linux gaming market pops up, tech. such as this will receive little support/interest.

Not necessarily true, anywhere where a high performance graphics workstation is needed multi GPU solutions can help greatly (Maya, PRO/e, even blender, etc). Also where the Hydra is a different solution is that unlike other competing technologies the method of rendering is very different the traditional slr/afr methods and could at least in theory could allow far more complex rendering.

[cruiseoveride]

I think with open technology like OpenCL we can implement OpenGL ontop of OpenCL and have instant crossfire/sli for any app.

[Pfanne]

I think with open technology like OpenCL we can implement OpenGL ontop of OpenCL and have instant crossfire/sli for any app.

which will probably run at 10% the speed if you just used opengl directly