PCI Express for AMD

[Chrono_Wanderer]

Me thinks NForce 4 Ultra is enough for me

A jump from my crap P4 1.8A to a u939 3200+ would be sweet...

and of coruse, from a GF 5200 to a GF6600GT

[Belwarrior]

Originally posted by isochar
Supermicro Xeon boards have two 16x slots with 16 and 4 lanes, Tyan has an Opteron board with two 16x slots with 16 and 2 lanes)

erm... Do you have a link for the Tyan Opteron Board? think it hasnt reached retail yet....

thanks

[J1NG]

It's not retail yet. A bit later.

J1NG

[isochar]

Shown here in the 3rd picture from the top. http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...&highlight=sli

[Jammrock]

Asus has announced a SLI, PCIe AMD board based on the nForce 4:

Lovingly ripped from FiringSquad.com since I can't find it on Asus' website:
Oct 22, 2004 - The ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe motherboard set a new 3Dmark05 record with a stunning 10,118 points during the recent Nvidia nForce4 launch conference. As the worldwide leader of motherboards, ASUS created the world's first motherboard with the capability to support SLI (Scalable Link Interface) and surpass the 10,000-point threshold.

ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe The ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe is a dream gaming platform with dual-graphics card and dual-channel memory design that supports the K8 939 CPU. Designed with extreme performance in mind, the A8N-SLI Deluxe excels in speed, and conquered many 3D rendering challenges.

Besides supporting two PCI-express graphics cards and numerous exclusive ASUS SLI design, this powerful solution also features the popular ASUS AI Proactive features such as AI NOS and AI Net2. And this is not to mention a list of top specifications such as Serial ATA 2.0, 8 Serial ATA ports, 1394 interface, 10 USB Connections and 8-channel audio.

The ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe will be available in time for the Christmas season.

Jammrock

[GNEP]

Some pretty good SLI results:

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2258&p=1