Good Crossfire MoBo

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Can someone give me a link to a really nice Crossfire MOBO... my current one supports SLi only and not Crossfire which is a wtfpwn to me seeing as I have gone ATi... lame...
 
Expansion capabilities include two PCI-E x1 slots, two PCI slots, and three PCI-E x16 2.0 slots that support CrossFireX at x8 speeds. The lower PCI-E x16 slot runs at a max of x4. Even though the x16 slots run at x8 in CrossFireX, the PCI-E 2.0 bandwidth is higher, negating any effect the x8 speeds have. Quad CrossFireX is supported! In between the bottom PCI slot and the second PCI-E slot lays the Asus Express Gate SSD. This little assembly is basically a flash drive with a small Linux distribution that allows for quick web access without going into the OS.
 
cyberarmy said:
P45 only support 8X each?
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If you can afford a X48 based mobo, then go for it.

Not all of them are DDR3 aswell.

I think Gigabyte DS5 or something is DDR2 and X48 based.

The new chipsets are very sophisticated, and support all the latest cpus.

CrossfireX as well.

:)
 
You can go x38 and update the BIOS so that it is effectively a x48.

If you are going to Xfire 2 4870s, then x38/x48 is the way to go. If you are going to Xfire lesser cards, the p45 should be fine.
 
If u have a lot of money to spend on a motherboard go for the x48 or x38.
If u don't have alot of money to spend go for a P35 board i see there is a few with crossfire support.
 
So I am also in the market for a crossfire mobo, but it has to be AMD. AM2 AM2+, with phenom support. They no longer stock the mobo M2R32. End of the Line product. So I'm keen on trying out something new, regardless of price :D
 
PCIE2.0 might have higher bandwidth, but even PCIE 1.0 is not even saturated yet.

PCIE 2.0 has a maximum of 75W PCIE 1.0 has less.

The X48 is a slightly more evolved version of the X38.

My brother has a X38-DQ6, very nice. The current X48s however, are a smarter choice...

ASUS has very good power saving features, as does Gigabyte.

I like Gigabyte (I own an ASUS, though).

If you wanna play it smart, then get a P35 with crossfire support.

Then next year, buy an X58 (that would most probably do SLI and XFire) and a Nehalem CPU...

:)
 
milo how do you think my p45 board is going to effect single performance

do you think it will run at 8x with my gx2?
 
killadoob said:
milo how do you think my p45 board is going to effect single performance

do you think it will run at 8x with my gx2?
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Affect, and not at all, it is ONLY with Crossfire that there is a difference. 16x (like every other board) with single and 8x/8x with dual.
 
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