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Motherboard that supports dual PCIe 3.0 at x16

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  • Z87
  • Motherboards
  • PCI Express
  • Dual
  • eyefinity
  • Intel
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September 26, 2013 8:19:11 AM

I have found one motherboard so far that has dual cards at x16 and I like it a lot but I want a cheaper board. I want a board that has Z87 chipset, LGA 1150, ATX and good for overclocking.

I want that feature do to playing with eyefinity on 3 21.5" monitors at 5760x1080. If someone can talk me out of wanting dual x16 then that works too.

The one I found was the ASrock extreme9/ac

update: just found another one and it costs more. The Gigabyte GA-Z87x-OC

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September 26, 2013 8:26:40 AM

It's not necessary to have dual 3.0 @ x16, cards right now can not saturate 2.0 x16 or even 2.0 x8, so if you found a board that was x16 x8 you would be perfectly fine.
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September 26, 2013 8:28:20 AM

In reality, you run into latency issues when using a PLX chip to obtain a x16/x16 configuration. You would be better served with a x8/x8 SLI configuration if you don't plan on more than 2 cards. The Asus Z87-WS is the most economical choice for 3 or 4 way SLI.
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September 26, 2013 8:29:12 AM

burdenbound said:
It's not necessary to have dual 3.0 @ x16, cards right now can not saturate 2.0 x16 or even 2.0 x8, so if you found a board that was x16 x8 you would be perfectly fine.


why not? I love ASrock but due to looks is gigabyte a brand o go with for what I want or should i not sacrifice looks for quality?
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September 26, 2013 8:29:39 AM

Look at the scaling difference between PCIe ver 3.0 at X8 and X16 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI... Not much difference is there? Reason why board manufacturers are not making them all with X16 X16 slots in dual setups.
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September 26, 2013 8:30:30 AM

motherboards supporting dual x16 cards are always expensive. it is because intel controller only 1 x16 or 2 x8 etc. and the motherboard manufacturers have to put in an extra controller for providing 2 x16and is not cheap.

you can but do 1 thing for sure, get 2 hd7970 s in cfx. you will be good. will work totally fine with dual x8 too
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September 26, 2013 8:34:23 AM

siddharthmukul007 said:
motherboards supporting dual x16 cards are always expensive. it is because intel controller only 1 x16 or 2 x8 etc. and the motherboard manufacturers have to put in an extra controller for providing 2 x16and is not cheap.

you can but do 1 thing for sure, get 2 hd7970 s in cfx. you will be good. will work totally fine with dual x8 too


I am getting those GPU's for sure Ghz edition
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September 26, 2013 8:45:56 AM

Cyler12 said:
siddharthmukul007 said:
motherboards supporting dual x16 cards are always expensive. it is because intel controller only 1 x16 or 2 x8 etc. and the motherboard manufacturers have to put in an extra controller for providing 2 x16and is not cheap.

you can but do 1 thing for sure, get 2 hd7970 s in cfx. you will be good. will work totally fine with dual x8 too


I am getting those GPU's for sure Ghz edition


have fun gaming :) 
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September 26, 2013 9:01:18 AM

rolli59 said:
Look at the scaling difference between PCIe ver 3.0 at X8 and X16 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI... Not much difference is there? Reason why board manufacturers are not making them all with X16 X16 slots in dual setups.


Good review there, Thanks.. :) 
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