Gigabyte Quad SLI motherboard

Discussion in 'News and Article Comments' started by Big B, May 28, 2005.

  1. Big B

    Big B HWF Godfather

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    One of our forum members, WWR, notified me of this little gem. As Toms Hardware Guide is reporting, Gigabyte has a Pentium motherboard with four x16 PCIe slots for a 4 -way implementation of SLI.

    At the time, we were told that the firm was working on such a solution. It appears that the company has made significant progress, as the first picture of such a solution has reached our offices. The board, currently named "GA-8N-SLI Quad", shows four PCI Express slots that can be occupied by SLI-compatible graphics cards. According to sources, Gigabyte found a way to combine two nForce4 SLI chipsets on one platform. Interestingly, the board integrates two different versions of the chipset - the nForce4 SLI Intel Edition (Crush 19) represents the Northbridge, the version for AMD processors is used as Southbridge.

    How do ya like them apples? Read and drool...or weep.
     
  2. zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG

    zRoCkIsAdDiCtInG HWF Guitar Freak

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    and imagine putting gigabytes dual gpu , single slot cards into those, omg 8 6800GTs (drooling)
     
  3. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Christ that must need a hell of a PSU.
     
  4. ninja fetus

    ninja fetus I'm a thugged out gangsta

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    10 usb2 slots. Damn. Wonder why someone would need more than 4, crazy accesory people!
     
  5. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Easy:

    Flash drive
    Mouse
    Keyboard
    Joystick
    Bluetooth dongle
    Phone connector
    Camera dock connector
    Modem
    Sound card external with twisty nob
    External drives
     
  6. ThePenguinCometh

    ThePenguinCometh There is no escape

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    Ummm... I thought the whole point of USB was so that several devices could be run from the same cable. Having a separate port/cable for each device kind of defeats the purpose doesn't it?
     
  7. imipenem

    imipenem Geek Trainee

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    an AMD southbridge?

    if only i were rich
     

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