Will Intel X58 support SLI?

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As the qtopic says, Will SLI be supported on the new x58 mobos?

cause I want to get the ATI 4870, but if the new mobos support SLI, I might get a GTX 280 or GTX260 216core.

what do you guys think?
 
Yes the new X58 will support both SLi and CF.


But if you're getting the X58, then you have to get the new LGA1366 and DDR3.
 
some will and some wont, i know asus is making a workstation board that can run all 3 lanes at the full x16 speed or whatever it is
 
Computer_Freak said:
As the qtopic says, Will SLI be supported on the new x58 mobos?

cause I want to get the ATI 4870, but if the new mobos support SLI, I might get a GTX 280 or GTX260 216core.

what do you guys think?
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The answer is more complicated then just yes. They will support 2/3/4 way SLI if the board has the nForce 200 chip on it and thats up to the manufacture if they put the chip on it or not. The only other way is if the board goes through a Nvidia SLI Certification Lab to receive the cookie that will then be embedded into the BIOS to enable full SLI support. Money/Money/Money
 
StrangleHold said:
The answer is more complicated then just yes. They will support 2/3/4 way SLI if the board has the nForce 200 chip on it and thats up to the manufacture if they put the chip on it or not. The only other way is if the board goes through a Nvidia SLI Certification Lab to receive the cookie that will then be embedded into the BIOS to enable full SLI support. Money/Money/Money
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Is there a list published for which manufacturers will be going with the nForce 200?
 
I would say they all will with different model numbers. But I will bet the models with the nForce chip or have been certified by Nvidia and have the bios check for the drivers will be more alot expensive then the crossfire boards.

Seems to me to complicated. Say you have a EVGA board with the X58. One model will be single slot - One model with dual slots for Crossfire - One model with the nForce 200 for 2/3/4 SLI - One model with a Nvidia certified bios check to just run standard 2 way SLI.
 
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StrangleHold said:
I would say they all will with different model numbers. But I will bet the models with the nForce chip or have been certified by Nvidia and have the bios check for the drivers will be more alot expensive then the crossfire boards.

Seems to me to complicated. Say you have a EVGA board with the X58. One model will be single slot - One model with dual slots for Crossfire - One model with the nForce 200 for 2/3/4 SLI - One model with a Nvidia certified bios check to just run standard 2 way SLI.
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so should i get a 4870 just to be on the safe side.... (I would pay more for a normal GTX260 anyways here in south africa...)
 
Its up to you. Really all Intel is doing is tring to force Nvidia into giving them open licence to run SLI just like AMD/ATI did on Intel chipsets. Because as it is now, a SLI board if it has the Nvidia 200 chip or the bios approval will cost more to make than a Crossfire board. I guess AMD thought that they would sell alot more GPUs compared to gaining a licence from Intel to make ATI chipsets for Intel processors. Even though AMD and Intel are in competition with Processors its in both there interest to hammer Nvidia.
 
i think nvidia will allow motherboard makers to have their boards be "certified for sli" and give them a trick in the bios allowing the board to have sli with no nforce chips, i know one of the gigabyte motherboards supports tri sli
 
How long will the Nehalem architecture support PCI-Express X16 2.0 for? It would suck if all of the new GPU tech went towards an architecture different then my own.
 
Yes it will but the only thing I don't understand is why buy this? Its so expensive and you need nothing better than a decent dual core to run even the most demanding games and applications. If you have money to burn when it comes out go for it, the processor will cost you a bunch too.
 
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