975X w/dual 16X PCI-E Lanes (not 8X/8X)

[TJS]

Having had a very good experience with my AW9D, I was wondering if there are any 975X mobos with 'true' dual 16X PCI-E lanes, not the kind that drop down to 8X in SLI. I can't find any, but am notorious for being blind. Does Intel plan on coming out with something new, i.e. 985X, and can I hope for mobo makers to make 'true' dual 16X lane mobos? (Read that 8800 series video cards require 16X lanes in single card mode and SLI.)

Also, even though the RD600 is an ATI chipset, can you run SLI on it using modded drivers?

Thanks,

TJS

[FarFarAway]

Originally Posted by name='TJS'

Having had a very good experience with my AW9D, I was wondering if there are any 975X mobos with 'true' dual 16X PCI-E lanes, not the kind that drop down to 8X in SLI. I can't find any, but am notorious for being blind. Does Intel plan on coming out with something new, i.e. 985X, and can I hope for mobo makers to make 'true' dual 16X lane mobos? (Read that 8800 series video cards require 16X lanes in single card mode and SLI.)

I think Intel are maybe planning on a 16x16x, but then what would utilise it, unless they signed a deal with nVidia for SLI. Perhaps r600....?

Originally Posted by name='TJS'

Also, even though the RD600 is an ATI chipset, can you run SLI on it using modded drivers?

Thanks,

TJS

Should run SLI, but not SLI 8800's afaik

[TJS]

Can I say s on this site!?

Edit: Guess not.

Double edit: I would find some modded 8800 drivers to run SLI on a 975X board. My 7900GT's put up the same scores on 3dmark05 and 06 as my 8800GTS... I would think thats pretty good. Imagine two GTS in SLI ;]

Thanks for the reply, Kemp

[BigD]

do the 8800gts realy require duel 16x slots? and i just bought a dfi sli-dr over a asus sli 32x because my dfi expert died (rma'ing it now tho)

[PP Mguire]

Only requires 2 16x slots if you run SLI. If you dont have 2 of them you can keep your SLI-DR.

[Ham]

I knew it was here somewhere, My mobos big brother, and the Striker Extreme's little

The P5N32-E SLI

full 2 X16 SLI

[FarFarAway]

Originally Posted by name='BigD'

do the 8800gts realy require duel 16x slots? and i just bought a dfi sli-dr over a asus sli 32x because my dfi expert died (rma'ing it now tho)

Yep all 8800 cards require x16 slots...that board has one so no SLI, but tbh that's not really a big issue unless your into wasting time and money on multi-GPU solutions

[markkleb]

Originally Posted by name='BigD'

do the 8800gts realy require duel 16x slots? and i just bought a dfi sli-dr over a asus sli 32x because my dfi expert died (rma'ing it now tho)

I just got the DFI LP 590 and its 16X for both slots.

[limqareb]

i thought the abit awd 9 max has 2 x 16

[FarFarAway]

Originally Posted by name='limqareb'

i thought the abit awd 9 max has 2 x 16

No tis 2 x 8 as it's 975x