In article , (John
Lewis) wrote:

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 16:16:44 -0400, "Tim"
wrote:


"John Lewis" wrote in message
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FYI, see:-

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

http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets...oc.aspx?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