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   #8. Posted at 04:01 PM on Aug 16th 2004 Edit   Reply
Occupant
If they make a chipset for SLI, they should put 48 PCI-E lanes into the chipset, -at least 48- to allow for other high speed devices....
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#8, Perfect - if you need SLI *and* 2 x GigE NICs, two dual chan...  :  Namarrgon  (#14)  «
#14, The problem with that is.... if you keep doing that there...  :  HiggsBoson  (#16)  «
#16, Yes, make it possible to connect the devices, they may...  :  Occupant  (#17)  «
#16, Well, your cards could transfer to each other - e.g. y...  :  Namarrgon  (#18)  «
#18, I just dont want to have a limited system, where I ...  :  Occupant  (#19)  «

   #1. Posted at 11:25 AM on Aug 16th 2004 Edit   Reply
Captain AMD
Damn, I'm still waiting to see how they are going to manage the power requirements with 2 of those hogs in a single rig.
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#1, Dual Power Supply is the new trend! :)  :  dukerjames  (#3)  «
#1, I doubt you'll need more than a say... 430W to run 2 6600GT'...  :  Corrado  (#4)  «
#4, yeah, maybe.. but there's still the option of using a sli...  :  lethal  (#11)  «
#11, ah, but SLI power supplies can!  :  wierdo  (#13)  «
#13, SLI-ck idea XD  :  lethal  (#15)  «

   #12. Posted at 07:03 PM on Aug 16th 2004 Edit   Reply
Namarrgon
Is it necessary for nVidia to provide explicit support for a second gfx slot? Or is it just a matter of the mobo manufacturer routing some of the PCIe lanes that way?

It's already known that the nForce4 has 32 PCIe lanes. Take 16 for your primary slot plus 8 for the second (a la the existing Xeon chipset), and that still leaves enough for a couple of quite decent x4 slots to go with some legacy PCI and PCI-X slots.

I saw (at AMD's SIGGRAPH stand) an Iwill dual Opteron board based on nForce4, with an x16 gfx slot and a single x4 slot (along with some PCI-X and PCI slots, not to mention 4 DIMM slots per CPU, direct-connected 4-way SATA RAID - and Soundstorm 2?) AFAIK it would be no great difficulty to change a couple of PCI-X slots for an x8 and an x4 slot, thus providing my dream mobo...
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   #2. Posted at 11:34 AM on Aug 16th 2004 Edit   Reply
Usacomp2k3
it's the same 'ole dually debate the has always been there
2xslower opterons or 1 faster p4
i still say stick with the faster single component
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#2, Is this the same logic that compels you to compare a P4 with...  :  GodsMadClown  (#5)  «
#5, ok well athlong mp's versus xp's....that better?  :  Usacomp2k3  (#6)  «
#6, No, you must now go to Lowes, buy a large hammer, pain...  :  wierdo  (#7)  «
#7, Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel Intel /says the ...  :  Usacomp2k3  (#9)  «
#9, lol doh! ;)  :  wierdo  (#10)  «
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