Finally we can have SLI and quad-SLI system with Intel chipset, for me this is the best feature of this X58 motherboards.

The battle who is the best multi-gpu Crossfire/SLI system become very hard and officially open than ever.

Awesome about the whole Nvidia SLi and Ati Crossfire support. I would have never thought about it happening, hopfully it works well and not have tons of issues.


Also, i may get the Eclipse board if i decide to go nehalem.

I like it. haha. Uber overclocker. They should use that in their advertising campaign.:laugh:

release it ::D :D :D :D

These look very promising, but I'm sure they wont come cheap. I like the included X-fi on the two higher models.

Hurry up and release the bleedin' chips already, I'm gaggin' for some reviews!

Ha -- extreme overclocking with an octo-gpu system (I can dream, can't I?).

make it a reality ;)

Morgothmake it a reality ;)

Sure thing -- I'll get to work coding those modded Catalyst drivers right away, and call up some industry execs so they can get their games supported. :D

The problem I see with the "Uber-overclocking" board is that it includes the NF200 chip which will create more heat and I would assume the board to be less overclockable.

I'm sure either nvidia or ati will support 4x2 gpu configurations sooner than you think. It just won't make any performance difference until it's been out for a couple years :laugh:

erockerThe problem I see with the "Uber-overclocking" board is that it includes the NF200 chip which will create more heat and I would assume the board to be less overclockable.

That was worrying me too. And doesn't that damn thing usually eat up an expansion slot?

Morgoth, I bet your a happy man! :toast:

Now, this might be the reason why I go to X58... Sweetness!

erockerThe problem I see with the "Uber-overclocking" board is that it includes the NF200 chip which will create more heat and I would assume the board to be less overclockable.

...not to mention, latency. All it does is sit there, and relay data between the X58 PCI-E switch and the video card(s).

So nvidia finally sold SLI to intel, huh? I read somewhere that all the X58 boards wanting SLI will have to go through nvidia SLI certification process and will have to pay a hefty fee. I'm just hoping this wont undermine the new nforce chipsets for nehalem and that they will be released along with X58.

KBDSo nvidia finally sold SLI to intel, huh? I read somewhere that all the X58 boards wanting SLI will have to go through nvidia SLI certification process and will have to pay a hefty fee. I'm just hoping this wont undermine the new nforce chipsets for nehalem and that they will be released along with X58.

I'm the dead opposite. I hope this does undermine nVidia's Nehalem chipsets. I'm tired of not being able to run both SLI and Crossfire on the same board. There's no reason for it to be locked out.

Not only that, but nVidia's Intel chipsets are generally crap compared to Intel's own chipsets.

I hope nVidia quits making Intel chipsets altogether, and just continues to license SLI to other vendors.

I hate to use this, but +1 to ya Wile... I don't mean I don't agree with yea, I just hate the "+1" thing.. lol.
It really does suck that you have to go out, buy a board for sli, then the cards, and say...F"lip" Now, I want to go Crossfire... Sell it all, and have to fork over more to do that... There is no need for that... It would be better for them to license it. Be less maybe in their pockets, but more people happy due to not having to worry about if the board will work or not.. Corrupt anything and so forth...

Cold StormI hate to use this, but +1 to ya Wile... I don't mean I don't agree with yea, I just hate the "+1" thing.. lol.
It really does suck that you have to go out, buy a board for sli, then the cards, and say...F"lip" Now, I want to go Crossfire... Sell it all, and have to fork over more to do that... There is no need for that... It would be better for them to license it. Be less maybe in their pockets, but more people happy due to not having to worry about if the board will work or not.. Corrupt anything and so forth...

Seriously.

Do you have any idea how bad I want to run my 8800's in SLI on this board? lol. God, even hacked drivers would be fine by me. lol.

Wile ESeriously.

Do you have any idea how bad I want to run my 8800's in SLI on this board? lol. God, even hacked drivers would be fine by me. lol.

Dude, I don't even want to think... But, I do have a 780i FTW board going to newegg for a replace... if your think about wanting it.. pm me. I'll be selling it once I get it back.. no use for me... Just want somethign to run! lol

Cold StormDude, I don't even want to think... But, I do have a 780i FTW board going to newegg for a replace... if your think about wanting it.. pm me. I'll be selling it once I get it back.. no use for me... Just want somethign to run! lol

PM me with a price when you get it back, and I'll see if I have the money on hand.

Wile EPM me with a price when you get it back, and I'll see if I have the money on hand.

Yhpm

Hmm, Might buy a DDR3 board now because of this... Got me thinking! lol

Wile EI'm the dead opposite. I hope this does undermine nVidia's Nehalem chipsets. I'm tired of not being able to run both SLI and Crossfire on the same board. There's no reason for it to be locked out.

Not only that, but nVidia's Intel chipsets are generally crap compared to Intel's own chipsets.

I hope nVidia quits making Intel chipsets altogether, and just continues to license SLI to other vendors.

I cant agree with you Wile. First of all, if nvidia stops making chipsets for Intel, Intel will be the only maker of chipsets for its CPUs and will become a monopoly in that area. Thats not good for the consumer. ATI already stopped making their chipsets for intel, yet they did make some rocking boards like the DFI Crossfire Xpress 3200. So stopping there was a mistake. I dont know what the deal is with VIA and SiS but looks like there wont be new chipsets for both AMD and Intel any time soon, which is also a shame. My point is that the more choices the consumer has the better. I understand that Intel makes the best chipsets, but nvidia boards for Intel are pretty darn good, the eVGA 750i is one hell of a board. When several chipset makers compete in making chipsets for Intel there is chance that they will improve their designs and offer new tech in order to offer an alternative to Intel chipsets or perhaps offer chipsets for a niche market. This is good for us all. Imagine if Intel was the only maker of CPUs, that would be awful, same is true here. Same is true for AMD, i dont want to be stuck with just the AMD/ATI chipsets, i want the nvidia alternative as well.

Please understand, i have nothing against SLI/Xfire running on Intel X58 boards, if anything, it will give nvidia an incentive to make better boards to compete with Intel and that will be good for the consumer as well. Do you see my point?

sli is now software based on nehalem

so i see 4xpci x16 did they say anything about how much run at , mean did quad crossfire run at 16x 2.0

Morgothsli is now software based on nehalem

So does that mean the removal of the nForce 200 chipset, or are we still going to see it on certain motherboards?

InnocentCriminalSo does that mean the removal of the nForce 200 chipset, or are we still going to see it on certain motherboards?

from what i've read there will be 3 types on X58 boards, 2 will be provided with BIOS key from nvidia to enable SLI and the most high-end board will have the nforce200 chip. The point of having this chip is that it will allow full-fledged SLI, 3 or 4 way SLI in x16 mode. While the other 2 boards will allow to run 1 card in x16 mode + 2 in x8 mode or 4 cards in x8 mode.