A decent article but with one glaring error - Nvidia's license scheme means that you pay a fee for EVERY X58 board, even if you don't use a single Nvidia card! If I use an ATI card, or my old 3DLabs PCI card, or my single 8800GTX, I still am paying that $5 SLI tax to Nvidia. "Pay as you go" means that when and IF I need SLI support, I can pay for it. 

Intel's chipsets are expensive enough without having to pay for something 99% of people will never use. Thanks ATI for not thinking like a monopoly! Most people don't like being taxed for things they don't use.

Its not enough that your shelling out for two cards, they have to ding you some more for the privilege.

Why isn't AMD charging a $5 'licensing' free for crossfire. Maybe it is because AMD has a little more respect for their customers and doesn't want to gouge them like Nvidia is doing. But then again, AMD doesn't have defective chips it has to replace. This is nothing more than a Nvidia tax on X58 motherboards. Will manufactures offer non-SLI certified motherboards for $5 less?

Notice the same mobo mentioned twice under gigabyte on that slide. Typo or what?

nVidias avarice becomes the main obstacle to their own advancement.

SLI only sells nVidia cards if it is present.

Like Smoke test, Theres Ultimate test, yet Factory test for $5 that tells mfg. where compliance is lacking sounds like real sporting deal. At least drivers will affect all Passed mains same.Still I won't believe till reviewers pass smoke, errr..I mean Ultimate Test for X58 & Nahalem.
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