SLI - x16/x16 or?
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Hello,
Very noob question here for a guy who thought he was a veteran. So, I am getting an i7 and wondering about a good SLI board... I thought I had this all figured out.
So, I see boards that say:
1. PCI Express 2.0 x16: 2 (x16, x8)
2. PCI Express 2.0 x16: 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode; PCIE5: x4 mode)
3. PCI Express 2.0 x16: 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)
Now I'm all kinds of jacked up..
Are any of these SLI? Or is SLI x16/x16 only.. Is x8/x8 considered sli?? And finally, can I run any of these at say x16/x8?
...Thanks.
Very noob question here for a guy who thought he was a veteran. So, I am getting an i7 and wondering about a good SLI board... I thought I had this all figured out.
So, I see boards that say:
1. PCI Express 2.0 x16: 2 (x16, x8)
2. PCI Express 2.0 x16: 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode; PCIE5: x4 mode)
3. PCI Express 2.0 x16: 2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (single at x16 or dual at x8/x8 mode)
Now I'm all kinds of jacked up..
Are any of these SLI? Or is SLI x16/x16 only.. Is x8/x8 considered sli?? And finally, can I run any of these at say x16/x8?
...Thanks.
More about : sli x16 x16
definitely using of x16/x16 sli with high end graphics gives you an 100% performance while x8/x8 is not behind from x16/x16 (x8/x8) gives you an 98% becuase of brandthwidth but i'm telling you x8/x8 is a lot better idea it doesn't occur any problem or any type of trouble you cannot feel the difference between x16/x16 o x8/x8 everyone are using x8 configuration......
in simple words there is only 2 or 3%
in simple words there is only 2 or 3%
what i7 cpu and motherboard are you getting?
sandy bridge i7 (2xxx) has only 16 pcie 2 lanes. it can't support dual x16 without and nf200-something chip. sb-e i7s (3xxx) have over 40 pcie 3 lanes - those can natively support dual x16.
anywho, you might not notice any performance decrease if you go with dual x8 sli. the current cards don't saturate x16 or x8 bandwidth. you'll notice performance drop with x8+x4 (not sure if that's even possible) or 16+x4 modes.
yes, those are. hell, even x16+x4 is sli..technically.
sandy bridge i7 (2xxx) has only 16 pcie 2 lanes. it can't support dual x16 without and nf200-something chip. sb-e i7s (3xxx) have over 40 pcie 3 lanes - those can natively support dual x16.
anywho, you might not notice any performance decrease if you go with dual x8 sli. the current cards don't saturate x16 or x8 bandwidth. you'll notice performance drop with x8+x4 (not sure if that's even possible) or 16+x4 modes.
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Are any of these SLI? Or is SLI x16/x16 only.. Is x8/x8 considered sli?? And finally, can I run any of these at say x16/x8? yes, those are. hell, even x16+x4 is sli..technically.
Have a look at this article for more info on PCI Express scaling. In short x8/x8 or higher is good to go.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-scaling...
To check whether a board supports SLI, XF or both it should be listed under the boards features.
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-scaling...
To check whether a board supports SLI, XF or both it should be listed under the boards features.
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