Although this in the article?... Or is it just me that is off here and don't understand? :mellow::huh:
Intel's Skylake-X series of CPUs are expected to have up to 10 CPU cores and 44 PCIe lanes, giving this GPU plenty of CPU power and more PCIe lanes than its previous generation counterparts.
Oh well looks like i will have to get my X99 motherboard sooner rather than later cause i don't want to pay $800 for the motherboard that i want and i'm not going to get something that looks more crappy.
Is seems X299 has to deal with 3 types of PCIe lane layouts now instead of two, which could increase cost as well. Quad-core chips with 16 lanes (Kaby Lake-E), 6-core Skylake-E with 28 lanes and 8-/10-core Skylake-E with 44 lanes.