SLI on X38

[manson]

http://www.nordichardware.com/news,7008.html

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=2527010&postcount=1

so is not only on intel Skull

[roosterbaby!]

I think it's only natural that SLI moves beyond the so-called SLI chip sets as the movement of the GPU go's dual core. I for one can't wait for the G92, as buying one card for about 600 dollars or 200 for the low end is a freakin  steal. Here's hoping they get many of these to market so the price isn't way off base.

[Jon]

I believe that the X38 chipset can still only run Crossfire, as SLi needs two full bandwidth PCI-E x16 slots.  And although the chipset does support the PCI-E 2.0 spec, I doubt the hardware is in place to run such a setup - hence the reasoning for this is so Nvidia can profit from their nForce 780i and 790i chipsets.

[RussianHAXOR]

Hp hacked an ASUS X38 board and put SLi on it. 

[Eliot]

so is not only on intel Skull

On Skulltrail Intel put two nVidia chips onboard, which do infact nothing, except enabling SLI.

Of course any Chipset is able to do SLI, it's just a question if the driver let them.


best,

Eliot

[aznstriker92]

I read that somewhere that it is possible to run SLI but you need to hack like russian said.

[Fonti]

I just purchased an Intel X 38 ASUS Maximus Extreme motherboard, and i am wondering, if the Nvidia 9800GX2 would enable SLI on it,since it uses a single PCIe x16 slot.

[Eliot]

I just purchased an Intel X 38 ASUS Maximus Extreme motherboard, and i am wondering, if the Nvidia 9800GX2 would enable SLI on it,since it uses a single PCIe x16 slot.

The GX2 uses an internal nVidia bridge chip, so this card has to work on any chipset.


best,

Eliot.

[Fonti]

Thanks for the Info (ordering Card NOW)