i7 and i5 owners thread - please show us your rig - Page 7

dalien · 27th November 2008, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by DRAGONKZ

3 Full 16X PCI-E slots instead of 2 16x and 1 8x

ah OK, something that 99.99% of us will never use

I know I don't have such deep pockets

Hennels · 27th November 2008, 10:19 PM

Dalien stop complaining. Most people dont even have a rig similar to yours

dalien · 27th November 2008, 10:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Hennels

Dalien stop complaining. Most people dont even have a rig similar to yours

I know, only a few people have a rig like mine, and even fewer will have a tri sli/crossfire system. That was my point.

Anyway on another note, the aussie dollar will be falling again very shortly. I think $0.55 exchange rate will be very likely within the next month(interest rate cut, plus lower comondity prices), so you will see a $500 cpu trading for $550

So get in quick, and don't put off any longer.

gmeup · 27th November 2008, 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dalien

I know, only a few people have a rig like mine, and even fewer will have a tri sli/crossfire system. That was my point.

Anyway on another note, the aussie dollar will be falling again very shortly. I think $0.55 exchange rate will be very likely within the next month(interest rate cut, plus lower comondity prices), so you will see a $500 cpu trading for $550

So get in quick, and don't put off any longer.

damn i want that msi board with the nf200 chip, my motherboard at the moment is running two of my g280a with x8.

aussie-revhead · 28th November 2008, 12:06 AM

Your getting greedy now "G" but we will be waiting for you to compare the two mobos when you get an nf200.

DRAGONKZ · 28th November 2008, 7:24 AM

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Originally Posted by dalien

ah OK, something that 99.99% of us will never use

I know I don't have such deep pockets

True, but if you look at something like the higher end Gigabyte boards, you would be able to run Tri SLI and there's still PCIE slots left over for a sound card

This means you could use Tri SLI in a gaming rig.

Thats the main reason i didn't go Tri SLI on my 780i (I originally wanted a sound card and RAID controller as well)

So i'm half tempted to go X58 and grab another GTX 260

gmeup · 28th November 2008, 6:05 PM

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Originally Posted by aussie-revhead

Your getting greedy now "G" but we will be waiting for you to compare the two mobos when you get an nf200.

I just want to see if my tri sli will benifit from 3x 16 speed pci express

aussie-revhead · 28th November 2008, 7:17 PM

So do we , so hop to it ...

shippuuden · 28th November 2008, 7:46 PM

hey does the Gigabyte GA-EX58 support both sli and xfire? so...i can run 3 of my gtx 280's, then later on if a better ati card comes out i can run 2 or 3 of them ?

DRAGONKZ · 28th November 2008, 7:55 PM

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Originally Posted by gmeup

I just want to see if my tri sli will benifit from 3x 16 speed pci express

It should.

I read today that as soon as the middle PCIE 16x slot is used it turns in to 8 lanes.

So your current Tri SLI is actually operating with 1 card at 16x, and the other 2 at 8x

aussie-revhead · 28th November 2008, 8:05 PM

It will benefit , the question is how much .

mojom@n · 28th November 2008, 8:44 PM

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Originally Posted by gmeup

damn i want that msi board with the nf200 chip, my motherboard at the moment is running two of my g280a with x8.

My 2 GTX260 cards are running at X16 each according to CPUz and GPUz. Try just 2 cards and see if you get 2 x 16 lanes.

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Originally Posted by DRAGONKZ

It should.

I read today that as soon as the middle PCIE 16x slot is used it turns in to 8 lanes.

My middle slot and first slot are both x16

DRAGONKZ · 28th November 2008, 8:55 PM

Yeah thats what i said. Using SLI in both the bottom and top slots = 16X

But as soon as you use the middle slot for Tri SLI both that one and the bottom one become 8X

mojom@n · 28th November 2008, 9:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DRAGONKZ

Yeah thats what i said. Using SLI in both the bottom and top slots = 16X

But as soon as you use the middle slot for Tri SLI both that one and the bottom one become 8X

I'm using top and middle slot and both are x16

Ravennoir · 28th November 2008, 9:41 PM

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Originally Posted by mojom@n

My 2 GTX260 cards are running at X16 each according to CPUz and GPUz. Try just 2 cards and see if you get 2 x 16 lanes.

My middle slot and first slot are both x16

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Originally Posted by DRAGONKZ

Yeah thats what i said. Using SLI in both the bottom and top slots = 16X

But as soon as you use the middle slot for Tri SLI both that one and the bottom one become 8X

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Originally Posted by mojom@n

I'm using top and middle slot and both are x16

As far as I know, the boards will only support 2 x16 slots, two get 3 x16 slots you need the nforce chip

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28th November 2008, 7:46 PM	#99
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28th November 2008, 8:55 PM	#103
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