All i5 boards to use SLI

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NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Intel Corporation, and the world's other leading motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, have all licensed NVIDIA SLI technology for inclusion on their Intel P55 Express Chipset-based motherboards designed for the upcoming Intel Core i7 and i5 processor in the LGA1156 socket. As a result, customers who purchase a validated P55-based motherboard and Core i7 or Core i5 processor when available can equip their PCs with any combination of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, including Quad SLI, for the ultimate visual computing experience.

"NVIDIA SLI technology is a perfect complement to the processing prowess of our new Core i7 and Intel DP55KG desktop board," said Clem Russo, VP and General Manager of Intel Client Board Division at Intel Corporation. "NVIDIA and Intel share a combined passion for furthering the PC as the definitive platform for gaming, and this combination will surely be attractive to anyone building or purchasing a brand new PC this fall."

As a result of today's announcement, NVIDIA SLI technology is now available for all consumer PC platforms, including the Intel Core i7, Core i5, Core 2 Quad and Core 2 Duo processors, as well as those based on the AMD Phenom II CPU. In addition to raw graphics performance, NVIDIA GeForce GPUs also provide gamers with additional capabilities not found on any other discrete graphics solutions, including NVIDIA PhysX technology for deeper gaming immersion, and stereoscopic 3D gaming with NVIDIA 3D Vision technology.

"Only the best-designed motherboards are capable of tapping into-and reaping maximum benefits from-the powerful synergy between SLI technology and the P55 platform," said Joe Hsieh, General Manager of ASUS' Motherboard Business Unit. "ASUS has honed the art and science of motherboard design with the ASUS P7P55 Deluxe and ROG Maximus III Series motherboards, which deliver unparalleled performance and stability."
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"All i5 boards to use SLI" it doesn't actually say that but that "Intel Corporation, and the world's other leading motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI" have licenced it for use on P55.
That & "customers who purchase a validated P55-based motherboard" to me suggests that some P55 mobos may not.

not to mention that no doubt i5 will be available for use with other chipsets too.
 
BUFF said:
"All i5 boards to use SLI" it doesn't actually say that but that "Intel Corporation, and the world's other leading motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI" have licenced it for use on P55.
That & "customers who purchase a validated P55-based motherboard" to me suggests that some P55 mobos may not.

not to mention that no doubt i5 will be available for use with other chipsets too.
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exactly, just like not all X58 mobos at lunch supported SLi. Though most, after a bios update did...
 
DeadMan said:
Socket 1366's days are numbered!
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Um yes, they are due to be retired in aproximately 1000 days. :rolleyes:

The LGA1156 is NOT a replacement, it is the desktop/workstation platform. The LGA1366 was/is and will be the server/high end workstation solution. No 6 core gulftowns for LGA1156 platform for at least a year, if at all. Also no eight core Xeon EX's for the LGA1156 platform.

LGA1156 platform will provide a better price/performance choice for mainstream and gaming desktops though.

Good news about the SLI support though, I think intel would have had a hard time persuading all gamers that this was the platform of choice without it. However the platform still is lacking in PCI lanes compared to the x58. Maybe the p57 platform will address that.
 
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To me this looks like a shot at amd, who are starting to be the favourite for gamers. A cheaper processor combined with a P55 that runs sli or crossfire, and cheaper but sufficient ddr2 ram, is going to be all a gamer could ask for, and not great news for amd.
The P55 is also all a reasonable workstation could ask for, but everyone who fits that is probably using a q9550 anyway. For desktops, I'm yet to be convinced that a dual core is inadequate


Thanks for the OP, I'd been wondering about this
 
Dont take my word for it,

"NVIDIA Corporation today announced that Intel Corporation, and the world's other leading motherboard manufacturers, including ASUS, EVGA, Gigabyte, and MSI, have all licensed NVIDIA SLI technology for inclusion on their Intel P55 Express Chipset-based motherboards designed for the upcoming Intel Core i7 and i5 processor in the LGA1156 socket. As a result, customers who purchase a validated P55-based motherboard and Core i7 or Core i5 processor when available can equip their PCs with any combination of NVIDIA GeForce GPUs, including Quad SLI, for the ultimate visual computing experience."
 
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