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SLI Is Coming: Time To Analyze PCI Express

By Patrick Schmid published 22 November 2004

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Spec Viewperf, Continued

Page 1: PCI Express Mode Examination With SLI Pending
Page 2: Taping Connectors, Updating The BIOS
Page 3: Motherboard: DFI LANParty 925X-T2
Page 4: Taped PCI Express X16 Running Up To X1
Page 5: Mission Completed: CPU-Z Screenshots
Page 6: Graphics Cards: ATI X800XT, ATI X600, NVIDIA 6800GT
Page 7: Test Setup
Page 8: SPECviewperf
Page 9: Spec Viewperf, Continued
Page 10: Unreal Tournament 2004
Page 11: Conclusion: X4 PCIe Is Usually Sufficient

Spec Viewperf, Continued

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