Nvidia introduces nForce4 SLI X16 for AMD and Intel - Dell..

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FYI, see:-

http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_24795.html

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] spx?i=2493

No flipper-board, full x16 PCIe per (dual) video card. Total PCIe
channels: 38 AMD, 40 Intel. Very interesting indeed. See Anandtech's
analysis.

Dell is shipping the XPS600 already, afaik. So, third-party
motherboards should show up very shortly.

John Lewis

- Technology early-birds are flying guinea-pigs.

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On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:16:44 -0400, "Tim" <ixnay@ontheamspay.com>
wrote:

>
>"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
>news:42f8cdb4.1242251@news.verizon.net...
>> FYI, see:-
>>
>> http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_24795.html
>>
>> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] spx?i=2493
>>
>> No flipper-board, full x16 PCIe per (dual) video card. Total PCIe
>> channels: 38 AMD, 40 Intel. Very interesting indeed. See Anandtech's
>> analysis.
>>
>>
>
>Any news if Intel is working on similar technology for their own chipsets?

Check the 955X specs. However, I have not seen any 955X motherboards
with two PCIe x16 sockets. Also, I am sure that Dell would have used
the 955X instead of nVidia, if it could have been persuaded to run in
dual x16 SLI mode. Or maybe it is a cost issue; the 955X chip-set does
not come cheap.

Pity nVidia did not integrate decent audio into the SLI X16 revision
to eliminbate any excuse for buying the Intel chip-set...nVidia is
perfectly capable of such a task.

John Lewis

- Technology early-birds are flying guinea-pigs.

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In article <42f95763.751587@news.verizon.net>, john.dsl@verizon.net (John
Lewis) wrote:

> On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:16:44 -0400, "Tim" <ixnay@ontheamspay.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >"John Lewis" <john.dsl@verizon.net> wrote in message
> >news:42f8cdb4.1242251@news.verizon.net...
> >> FYI, see:-
> >>
> >> http://www.nvidia.com/object/IO_24795.html
> >>
> >> http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipse [...] spx?i=2493
> >>
> >> No flipper-board, full x16 PCIe per (dual) video card. Total PCIe
> >> channels: 38 AMD, 40 Intel. Very interesting indeed. See Anandtech's
> >> analysis.
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Any news if Intel is working on similar technology for their own chipsets?
>
> Check the 955X specs. However, I have not seen any 955X motherboards
> with two PCIe x16 sockets. Also, I am sure that Dell would have used
> the 955X instead of nVidia, if it could have been persuaded to run in
> dual x16 SLI mode. Or maybe it is a cost issue; the 955X chip-set does
> not come cheap.
>
> Pity nVidia did not integrate decent audio into the SLI X16 revision
> to eliminbate any excuse for buying the Intel chip-set...nVidia is
> perfectly capable of such a task.
>
> John Lewis
>
> - Technology early-birds are flying guinea-pigs.

A Tyan K8WE dual Opteron board already supports 2 x16 SLI.
So, you don't have to wait, if 2 x16 SLI is what you want.
Both processors must be installed, so all chips can be
interconnected. The block diagram is on page 2:

ftp://ftp.tyan.com/datasheets/d_s2895_100.pdf

Do a search on K8WE over on forums.2cpu.com for more info.

I think the 955X only has 16 lanes available for video, so
there isn't an opportunity to get 32 lanes there. And putting
32 lanes on a single chip, would make the chip a bit warm.
Only if Dell really wants it, would they make one :-)

Paul