This prototype motherboard by MSI packs a LucidLogix Hydra technology, which clearly on paper, is the next big thing as far as multi-GPU systems go. MSI P55 Big Bang looks similar to the P55-GD80, except for that under the top chipset heatsink (which, by the way, is purely cosmetic on the GD80), is a
Lucid Hydra chip. The chip
connects to all three (or four) PCI-Express x16 slots (lane configuration not known),
and allows Lucid's multi-GPU technology that lets you make practically any combination of graphics cards (for example, pair a Radeon HD 4890 with a GeForce GTX 285), for performance scaling.
The member cards needn't have parity on their performance, as the Hydra chip does all the load-balancing by itself. Products based on Hydra are slowly, but surely showing up in small numbers for now, including enterprise-grade rack-mount graphics rendering boxes like this one, conceived a long time ago. A lot of details are yet to emerge, especially around if there are more motherboard manufacturers eying Hydra, about when a Hydra-based product actually makes it to shelves, and more importantly, when does MSI plan to sell this.
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