Now that you mentioned it, there is a review for MSI Big Bang Trinergy.

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=3697

Looks good.

WOW!! P55 MOBO with X16/X16 PCI-E Lanes.
Hope can "hack" this ability to my own MOBO but it seems can't though.
My MOBO have physically 2 PCI-E X16 and 2 PCI-E X1 Lanes but once got 2 GPUs put in, it will become X8/X8 right?

Still, the bottlenecks created by X16/X16 vs X8/X8 is too less currently(future sure will have huge impact but now, NO). For my RIG to lose 5% for another HD5870, I can allow since I won't use it for a very long time. When got enough money, I will change to newer PC. Too much things to think already. Hope HD5870 will be very cheap after 1 or 2 years as well as those PSUs also goes very cheap too. LOL.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Dec 25 2009, 01:51 AM

Yups, your motherboard still uses x8/x8 with 2 GPUs installed. The MSI Big Bang Trinergy motherboard goes around this limitation by employing NVIDIA's NF200 chipset into their design.

Another board that uses the NF200 is GigaByte GA-P55-UD7.

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 25 2009, 07:51 AM

sure the price are not so nice with nf200 chip on it....

Does P6T Deluxe got nf200 chip? Then if my P6T SE use SLI oso X8/X8?

LOL. Don't worry. All X58 MOBO(LGA 1366 i7 920) have X16/X16 PCI-E Lanes.
NF200 Chipset is very costly. P55 MOBO with NF200 built-in = MONEY BOOMER

NVIDIA's NF200 what use?

NF200 Chipset is for P55 to have X16/X16 PCI-E Lanes. So, they can perform like X58.
With P55 + NF200 + i7 860, it can beats X58 + i7 920.

oo ic X58 already got X16/X16 PCI-E Lanes wherest P55 need NF200 Chipset to get X16/X16 PCI-E Lanes

List_of_Intel_chipsets

Tie or win? Dual channel vs Triple channel

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Added on December 25, 2009, 5:29 pmI found something in wikipedia:

X58 board manufacturers can build SLI-compatible Intel chipset boards by submitting their designs to nVidia for validation. However, users wishing to run more than two Nvidia video cards in PCIe x16 will still need to purchase motherboards equipped with one or more nVidia nForce chipsets. It is still possible to run more than two video cards in an SLI-configuration at fewer PCIe lane widths.[2] The X58 chipset itself supports up to 36 PCI-Express 2.0 lanes, so it is possible to have two PCIe x16 slots and one PCIe x4 slot on the same motherboard

Intel_X58

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Added on December 25, 2009, 5:35 pmIntel X58 Block Diagram



This post has been edited by wkkm007: Dec 25 2009, 05:35 PM

Its a kind of "PCIe multiplier", in other words "creates" more PCIe lanes from existing ones.

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 26 2009, 02:39 AM

now I understand a litter bit la. anyway does X58 mobo need this chipset to get x16/x16?

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Dec 26 2009, 12:39 PM

Nopes, no need at all... The X58 chipset already have full 36 PCIe lanes, enough for full dual PCIe x16 slots plus another 4 PCIe lanes to spare..

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 26 2009, 12:16 PM

Then wikipedia write wrong ah?

They included the DMI link, which is another 4 PCIe lanes . Quote from Wikipedia: Intel X58.. Total PCIe lanes is: 36(X58 Northbridge) + 4(DMI) = 40.

This post has been edited by lex: Dec 26 2009, 12:55 PM

1. Can I ask about pc mon use single-link dvi vs hdmi? any dif?
2. High end GC in ATI use DDR5 wherest high end GC in Nvidia high in bit. Which 1 more important bit or ddr?
3. Old com like celeron 800mhz only can support 20GB hhd?

Video Quality/Image Quality, DVI and HDMI are the same.
HDMI allows you to output your Audio via the Screen Panel.

Transistors, Die Size, Bus Width and Bandwidth must also take counted too. Basically, GDDR version is connected to Bus Width and Bandwidth.
Nvidia and ATi have different building architectures. So, you can't compare them like that.

I don't know about the Celeron 0.8Ghz and 20GD HDD supports stuffs.

This post has been edited by DarkSilver: Dec 26 2009, 02:28 PM

Same ah aiyo then got waste money la. mon with hdmi more expensive la. Somemore I brought a hdmi cable cause my LG mon oni com with vga n dvi cable only. Hdmi +Sound but my mon no bulit in speaker. Only got a 3.5mm audio jack at the back.
This is my 1st time use a com with gc. my old com only ve Integrated graphic. Dell Inspiron 1150 | Dell Optiplex GX100

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Dec 26 2009, 02:42 PM

The HDMI allows you to plug-in a Speaker to the Screen Panel to channel the Sound. So, it's not a waste to buy the HDMI Cable totally.
But HDMI Cable is not VITAL for you indeed.

If you're using DVI Cable, you can't plug-in the Speaker into the Screen Panel. Yet, you can just plug-in the speaker into the MOBO(sockets behind your Chassis). If you're using HDMI Cable, you can.

My rig pasang by technician. To enable sound over HDMI must plug the cable from S/PDIF output mobo to Gc. the technician oso not pasang for me.

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Added on December 27, 2009, 7:53 pm

P55 is Intel 1st northbridge which ve intergrated southbridge call Platform Controller Hub (PCH).

This post has been edited by wkkm007: Dec 27 2009, 07:59 PM