Patent Application
20060238964
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a display apparatus and a displaying method of the same, and more particularly to a display apparatus for a multi-display card and displaying method of the same.
2. Description of Related Art
3D computer games and high-definition dynamic image technology has advanced at an astounding speed of late. There is a continuing need to provide faster image processing so as to process larger and larger amounts of data to meet the demands both of consumers and the producers of this kind of technology. For a computer system, a display card is the main device for handling the image processing. Hence, in order to accelerate processing speeds, it is not only necessary to increase the capabilities of the display card's Graphic Processing Unit (GPU), but also to use multiple display cards.
Reference is made to
Furthermore, each GPU of the first display card 81 and the second display card 82 provides support for communication protocols, and the first display card 81 and the second display card 82 also provide support for high-speed digital interface to connect to a connector 90 for transmitting data between the first display card 81 and the second display card 82 thereby controlling the dynamic load balancing, the advanced rendering, and synthesis between the first display card 81 and the second display card 82.
However, the north bridge chipset 70 provides two PCI-E×16 sockets to allow two display cards to be inserted. Hence, it causes a heavy workload for the north bridge chipset 70.
The inventor of the present invention recognizes the above disadvantage should be corrected and special effort has been paid to research within this field. The present invention is presented with reasonable design and good effect to resolve the above problems.
It is an objective of the present invention to provide a display apparatus for a multi-display card and a displaying method of the same for achieving the SLI (Scalable Link Interface) technology by means of the multi-chipsets to increase the work efficiency of the image processing cards.
For achieving the objective stated above, a method for displaying a multi-display card, comprises:
(a) inserting a first display card into a first socket, wherein the first socket is controlled through a first chipset;
(b) inserting a second display card into a second socket, wherein the second socket is controlled through a second chipset;
(c) connecting the first display card with the second display card through a connector; and
(d) outputting a video signal; wherein the first display card and the second display card are controlled separately through the first chipset and the second chipset for handling image processing, and the first display card and the second display card are co-operated through the connector to output a video signal.
For achieving the objective stated above, a display apparatus for a multi-display card, comprises:
a first chipset with at least one first socket;
a second chipset with at least a second socket;
a first display card inserted into the first socket;
a second display card inserted into the second socket; and
a connector connected between the first display card and the second display card for transmitting data between the first display card and the second display card; wherein the first display card and the second display card are controlled separately through the first chipset and the second chipset for handling image processing, and the first display card and the second display card are co-operated through the connector to output a video signal.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary, and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. Other advantages and features of the invention will be apparent from the following description, drawings and claims.
Reference is made to
Furthermore, a first socket 11 and a second socket 21 are supported separately through the first chipset 10 and the second chipset 20, thereby the first chipset 10 is a north bridge chipset and the second chipset 20 is a south bridge chipset. Moreover both the first socket 11 and the second socket 21 are PCI-E (PCI-Express) interfaces according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.
A first display card 31 is inserted into the first socket 11, a second display card 41 is inserted into the second socket 21, and a connector 50 is connected between the first display card 31 and the second display card 41 for transmitting data between the first display card 31 and the second display card 41.
Furthermore, both of the first display card 31 and the second display card 41 provide support for SLI operations, each of the GPUs of the first display card 31 and the second display card 41 (not shown in figure) provide support for communication protocols. The first display card 31 and the second display card 41 also provide support for high-speed digital interface (not shown in figure) to transmit data.
Moreover, the first display card 31 and the second display card 32 are controlled separately through the first chipset 10 and the second chipset 20 for handling image processing, and the connector 50 is connected between the first display card 31 and the second display card 41 for transmitting data between the first display card 31 and the second display card 41 to control the dynamic load balancing, the advanced rendering, and synthesis between the first display card 31 and the second display card 41.
In addition, when a video signal is outputted through the first display card 31, the second display 41 will share the amount of processed data.
As mentioned above, the present invention provides two chipsets with PIC-E×16 sockets for two display cards to be inserted correspondingly. The two chipsets are processed separately to increase the efficiency of the image processing.
Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it will be understood that the invention is not limited to the details thereof. Various substitutions and modifications have been suggested in the foregoing description, and others will occur to those of ordinary skill in the art. Therefore, all such substitutions and modifications are intended to be embraced within the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.
