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


"John Lewis" wrote in message
...
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.