Wow: 754/PCIe

[knownalien]

looks like it has finally arrived:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=property&DEPA=0


I am using the K8T800 chipset. it maxes out at 2 gigs of ram. The Asus board at newegg posted above says it supports up to 3 gigs. do you think that is 3 gigs at DDR400 or 333??

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[pat]

Nothing new, soltek has one now with VIA and one soon with nvidia chipset...

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[knownalien]

yep. 3 gigs????

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[endyen]

With the odmc, you will be lucky to fill all 3 slots, and get 266DDR. That's why a lot of mobo makers dont bother with the third slot.

 

[iluvstarsatnight]

so with this motherboard i can get PCI cards with my 754 socket?

Also, any chance 754 will get SLI or no?

 

[endyen]

That board supports up to 3 standard pci cards, up to 3 1X pci-express cards, and 1 only 16X pci-express card.

 

[iluvstarsatnight]

i have a 6600gt 8x agp card right now. with this board i meant i could now get that PCIe (16x) card? just want to make sure.

 

[knownalien]

do you need more than 1 16X PCIe slot???? You said "only."

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[knownalien]

you know, I kinda doubt it will get SLI support. But it wouldn't be a bad move. I mean with plenty of Video RAM on the combined cards, you could have the processor concentrate mainly on the game's AI.

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[knownalien]

you know, what in the world are those 1X PCIe slots for anyway??

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[iluvstarsatnight]

From what I know, it's the newest technology for video cards. I believe there was PCI cards, then 2x agp, 4x agp, 8xgp, and now 16x PCIe, but supposedly I think games haven't taken full advantage of the 8x agp, but with PCIe you can go SLI with socket 939. I could be wrong though and someone may want to clearify that.

 

[Clob]

That mobo Is F'ugly!

"If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a
wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!"

"Battling Gimps and Dimbulbs HERE at THGC"

 

[knownalien]

appreciated. i read that thread. perhaps I am dumb, but it still isn't clear to me.

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[knownalien]

so then those tiny 1x PCIe are for hard drives to be attached?? like PCI cards currently that can have a SATA or ATA controller??? these 1x PCIe slots have NOTHING to do with video?

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP

 

[Clob]

Somthing like that. They work just like PCI except with its own dedicated pipes for more bandwidth!

"If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a
wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!"

"Battling Gimps and Dimbulbs HERE at THGC"

 

[knownalien]

but they're so tiny!!!!

K8T NeoFIS2R
Athlon 64bit 3400
2X256 Corsaire
Maxtor 40, 120
Western Digital Raptor 74 Gig
ATI AIW Radeon 9700 Pro
NEC LCD Monitor 1760NX
Antec Tru Power 550
Windows XP