Still no proper(crossfire) dual x16 pcie boards?

Gerard · 1 Jul 2007 at 19:42

I thought the p35 series was meant to introduce proper x16 pci-e slots? So far all ive seen is motherboards claiming to have 2 x16 slots but one is always "4x electrical". :confused:

Alex UK · 1 Jul 2007 at 19:58

I believe that the upcoming X38 based motherboards will support dual x16 PCI-E.

Jokester · 1 Jul 2007 at 20:00

RD600 based boards (effectively only the DFI one as far as I'm aware) will do dual x8, which appears to be better than x16/x4.

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Mekrel · 1 Jul 2007 at 20:48

Asus ROG P35 boards will have a crosslinx chip on them that divides PCI-E lanes into 2*8 speed when used in dual GPU mode.

Gerard · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:14

Mekrel said:
Asus ROG P35 boards will have a crosslinx chip on them that divides PCI-E lanes into 2*8 speed when used in dual GPU mode.

Thats still a pretty big step back from 16x16 which was common with 939 and 775.

Mekrel · 1 Jul 2007 at 21:31

Nope because 16x16 is only a benefit in mohassive resolutions, being as crossfire is now said to scale very well, and the only crossfire 775 boards are 8x8 must mean crossfire works very well under these conditions.

Rezident · 3 Jul 2007 at 10:59

Alex UK said:
I believe that the upcoming X38 based motherboards will support dual x16 PCI-E.

Do we have a due date for the X38?

Jokester · 3 Jul 2007 at 11:04

Late August/early September.

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Rezident · 3 Jul 2007 at 13:34

Jokester said:
Late August/early September.

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Cheers, I'd almost settled on the P5K. If it was out in August then X38 looks great.