Intel licenses Nvidia SLI Technology for Core i5, i7 platforms

Nvidia has just announced that Intel Corporation and other Intel motherboard manufacturers including Asus, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, have all licensed Nvidia’s multi-GPU SLI technology for upcoming motherboards based on Intel’s Core i5 and i7 platforms with an LGA1156 socket. This announcement updates Nvidia’s SLI support to include all consumer PC platforms, including Intel’s Core i7, i5, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo platforms, as well as new AMD systems based on the AMD Phenom II CPU.

Nvidia’s SLI technology allows users to connect up to four identical graphics cards onto a single SLI-supporting board to share the graphics processing load for increased performance and smoother framerates on 3D games and HD movie playback. Aside from SLI support, Nvidia GeForce GPUs also add support for the company’s latest 3D technologies, including PhysX tech and 3D Vision for deeper gaming immersion.