Will CrossFireX be affected?

[101381]

Hi i am planning to order my parts real soon, like in several hours.

Wil this Mobo limit my crossfire in the future.
1. it does not say crossfire ready
2. yes, it does have 2 pci-e 20x 16 but what does it mean when the second one is x4. What does this mean for going crossfire?

Mobo:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131398

GPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814150436

Can someone please reply soon This is urgent thank you very much!!!
-Thank you

 

[The Chad]

It doesn't look like you can crossfire on that board according to AnandTech's review on it:

ATI Hybrid CrossFireX support is featured on this board.

Just check Wikipedia on what Hybrid CrossFireX is, I'm not so sure. It has to do with intergrated GPU's and not dedicated ones, so don't take my word on it supporting crossfire

 

[101381]

should i buy a mobo that is dual at 16x16 or 8x8, is it a major difference or is it just not worth the 50$ extra?

 

[StrangleHold]

Its not a CrossfireX board. Its a Hybird CrossfirsX board meant to use the onbard with a certain video cards.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/motherboards/review/2009/08/06/Asus-M4A785TD-V-EVO/p1

For starters there are the dual graphics PCI Express slots except they're not, not really. 780G/785G supports 22 lanes of PCI Express for expansion cards with 16 lanes reserved for the graphics slot so the second long PCI Express slot you see in the pictures only gets four lanes. Quite simply, there is no prospect of CrossFireX on offer with 785G.


If you want a CrossfireX board you need a 790X/790GX or 790FX chipset board.