The Lucid Hydra chip is an independent solution to allow multiple GPUs to render scenes in games. This means that you are no longer dependent on SLI from NVidia or Crossfire from ATI. In the past, there have been several problems with the Hydra chip, which appear to have been on the software side of things. We have talked about the Lucid Hydra chip several times in the past.
Guru3d is reporting that two new Hydra-enabled motherboards will be showing up at Computex. One of the motherboards is based on the AMD 870 chipset, while the other motherboard is based on the Intel P55 chip set. The MSI’s Fuzion 870A will cost around $145, while the P55A Fuzion will sell for about $170. From the Guru3d blog post:
The AMD 870 based motherboard with Hydra chip will go through life as the Fuzion 870A. The addition of ‘A’ means the board both USB3.0 and SATA 6.0 Gbit / s on board, the latter due to the SB850 Southbridge. Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots can accommodate a mix of so many video cards. The 870A board offers support to the new hexacore Phenom II X6 processors from AMD and also has a feature that can unlock disabled cores. The new update will get an OC Genie button for automated overclocking. The board will be equipped with military class componentns, DrMOS chips and components while contributing their bit to stability.
The Fuzion P55A, also with USB3.0 and SATA 6.0 Gbit / s on board, it will be the cheaper version of the Big Bang to Fuzion. With a P55 chipset and LGA1156 socket it can house i3/i5/i7 Core processors. This board comes with two PCI-Express 2.0 x16 slots. OC Genie, DrMOS, button are standard here as well.
