Thursday, April 30th 2009
ASUS P6T7 SuperComputer Packs Two nForce 200 Chips, Graphics Expansion Galore
There is a new X58 "SuperComputer" motherboard, this time not from ASRock, but from ASUS. The company is ready with a new LGA-1366 single-socket workstation motherboard that concentrates quite heavily on its PCI-Express expansion slots. THe motherboard packs seven full-length PCI-Express slots. To support these, ASUS used a clever design: two 16-lane PCI-Express channels from the X58 northbridge provide connectivity to an NVIDIA nForce 200 (BR-03) chip each. Each of these chips in turn broadcast the connection to two PCI-E 2.0 x16 slots (blue slots). The blue slots with a neighbouring black slot further have PCI-E switching logic that can divert 8 lanes to the black PCI-E x16 slots, when populated. As a result, it has seven slots worked out in all. The board supports ATI CrossFireX and NVIDIA SLI.
A large heatsink cools the lower cluster of chips that include the board's ICH10R southbridge, and the two nForce 200 chips. Heatpipes distribute heat to an elaborate array of heatsinks over the northbridge and the board's VRM areas. The board features six DDR3 memory slots for supporting up to 24 GB of memory. Storage is care of the southbridge and an additional controller to provide extra internal SATA ports along with the eSATA connectivity. 8-channel audio, and two gigabit Ethernet controllers, and an ASUS-exclusive system diagnostics card make for the rest of the equation. The P6T7 SuperComputer is yet to hit stores.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
A large heatsink cools the lower cluster of chips that include the board's ICH10R southbridge, and the two nForce 200 chips. Heatpipes distribute heat to an elaborate array of heatsinks over the northbridge and the board's VRM areas. The board features six DDR3 memory slots for supporting up to 24 GB of memory. Storage is care of the southbridge and an additional controller to provide extra internal SATA ports along with the eSATA connectivity. 8-channel audio, and two gigabit Ethernet controllers, and an ASUS-exclusive system diagnostics card make for the rest of the equation. The P6T7 SuperComputer is yet to hit stores.
36 Comments on ASUS P6T7 SuperComputer Packs Two nForce 200 Chips, Graphics Expansion Galore
can it run Crysis?
And my single GTX285 runs Crysis.The nVidia drivers support up to 8 GPU's independantly. So you couldn't run 8 GTX295's giving 16 GPU's, as the drivers only support 8.
This board should interest hardcore F@H enthusiasts who will probably use seven GTX 285 cards with waterblocks (assuming the fittings allow such a thing). Otherwise, workstation users can have multiple display-heads with as many as seven single-slot graphics cards.
My joke is 'no pci slots? where do I plug in my Mx440 Crysis killer???'
--I like the way it looks but of course most of us have no reason for all of that.. Sure looks cool tho.. Will this be able handle 7 'SINGLE SLOT' GPUs for folding then??
They can be found in the FS section ATM ROFL
forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=92359
its 7. clearly 7.
i've known about this board for months now.
cant wait to get one.
Glad I went with an intermediate P45/Q8200 upgrade instead of trying to squeezing a P6T6, DDR3, and an i7 into my budget. Now I absolutely know what I'm saving up for :D
All you PCI users have hundreds of boards to choose from, there's only 3 all-PCIe boards that I know of (including the P6T7, and excluding boards with a single slot).
if you have a pci card this is obviously NOT for you. i DO believe they have pci-e sound cards these days. get modern...