what would you use 3 PCI-E slots for?

[Xycron]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813153030

The are only for video cards correct? and SLI is only for 2 correct? then what would a third one be for like one like this.

 

[34erd]

Its to eliminate paddles/jumpers, the two outer slots run at 8x, the inner one at 16x.

 

[diduknowthat]

and SLI is only for 2 correct?

welll i've seen boards with 4 pci-x16 with 4 sli cards but 3 doesn't work in sli.

 

[Xycron]

Its to eliminate paddles/jumpers, the two outer slots run at 8x, the inner one at 16x.

It says it has three PCI Express x16 and 1 PCI Express x1 then 3 PCI, where di you get x8 from?

 

[34erd]

All curent boards run SLI in dual 8x mode, the slot can fit a 16x card but runs at 8x.

 

[Xycron]

I still dont understand why you would need 3 slots though.

 

[kreg]

makes no sense to me.

 

[Cromewell]

the green slots are used for SLI the yellow 16x is used for a single card. 34erd has it right in post #2. You'll see other SLI boards from MSI, Asus, etc have a switching card that you have to flip around to enable/disable 'SLI mode' this board doesn't need that. I think theres a Foxconn board that can switch via bios but most boards don't allow that.