So, I guess if they were to come out with new ATI DX 10 cards, they still would be using the crossfire in x8 x8???
They use both now, and likely will support both then too.
Xfire like SLi can be 16x, 8x, and even 4x.
*sighs* Within the next year or two... there will be PCI Express Gen 2... x.x
Do we really need this? :roll:
Yes, because PCIe 2.0 will also add 75 watts across the bus doubling the power to the card to 150W, meaning a GF8800 and R600 would only need 1 six pin connector, not 2.
Everyone thininks it's only about speed, but there's more to this stuff than just throughput.
If they had jumped to PCIe 150W from the start they would've been fine with the GF7 and X1K series card with no power connector, now I doubt they can do 225-250W without some serious power management issues on the MoBo, especially with multiple cards.