Question about Asus P8P67 Revolution?

[mrjellybean]

Hi I read that the Asus Revolution has a built in NF200 controller. Does this mean that you can run 3 GTX 570's at once? I don't really get the concept of running two card at PCIe 2.0 x16 @16 and the third at PCIe 2.0 x16 @8.

 

[asantesoul]

yes the board does have that built in..and, depending on your needs you may or may not need it...do you run more than 2 screens? own a set of gtx 580's? or a 2 6990's or gtx 590? if not, then you don't really need it...actually, even if you did own those cards running them at x8 wouldn't hurt you unless your benchmarking (where you can see some of the lost performance) or running a 3 monitor setup at crazy high resolutions..and, even then it's not a huge loss..the smartest thing to do is just use 2 cards like the 570 on a p8p67 deluxe board..(or any other p67 board with sli/x-fire capabilities of your choice...the bandwidth issue isn't so serious that you need to rush out and purchase an NF200 capable board...pocket some cash and use it where it matters