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This is on the right forum :D
That beats Вitchin' Fast! 3D by a dozen of miles... :rofl:
Epic lulz :rofl:
haha good one :D
what happens when you press the button ? :p:
That ting plugs into the last PCI-slot right? In case, it should be possible to use on other MBs too i Guess. Or not?
In the PCI-Express slots Sam, yes.
why in the world did asus made this stuff?
can you even use that?
For world records :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaserjzx100
for tredeca-SLI GTX 480's :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Chaserjzx100
conquering Metro 2033 at max settings and 3D 4Kw at time, 6Kw when overclocked
This is Perfect for all kind of GPGPU-setup. Both for those doing GPU-cranching, but more importantly for those who use GPGPU for scientific research, simulation, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaserjzx100
With these expansion-cards you can get a really big GPGPU-based supercomputer in a little box.
doub't you can use it like that!
this expander usually connects to pcix1 and pcix3 on the r3e, thus providing 32 pcix lanes between the 4 pcix slots on the expander and the cpu.
the expander itself uses two nf200 chips to interconnect the 4 pcix slots on the expander to each other.
as a result each of the 4 vga cards connected to the expander will see and be able to use full x16 bandwidth and allow 16 lane wide communication between all 4 vga cards.
communication between vga cards and cpu is still limited to 32 lanes in total.
have a look at the pictures here: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,74...e/?iid=1291550
Lanes to the people !!! Niceee :clap:
How does this even make sense? You're splitting more and more PCIE lanes off one parent lane each time ... what?
If I understand that pictures right, this thing will only add a couple of nf200 to provide enough x16 lanes for 4xGPU, and it needs to sit on 2 PCIe-slots to work. Then it can't be used in the way presented in this news. Is this news just a joke or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by fgw
my thoughts exactly. doesn't this get terribly bandwidth limited since all the data has to go through one single pci-e slot in the end?Quote:
Originally Posted by cegras
either its a joke, or the author of the original story has no idea what he is talking about ...Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
anyway, this expander brings at least 4 true 16x slots to the r3e. same as evga did with their 4-way classi from the beginning (2 x nf200). but keep in mind the limitation of 32 lanes in total to communicate with the cpu. this is x58 limitation and can not be changed by the motherboard manufacturer.
Ever heard of Beowulf clusters?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sam_oslo
I really dont think it is usable, I'm sure they just did it for a laugh.
This is how it goes on the board: http://www.overclockaholics.com/foru...ead.php?t=3212
And thx to Hazzan: here as well http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=258167
Nope, what about it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Calmatory
For this :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Chaserjzx100
http://users.telenet.be/OAP/Tones-OC...oofd-32385.jpg
Silly way of showing though they have three (though 2 are Dudes :p), while we moved earth and sky to just get one sample only for a few weeks :shakes::
Orignal link in English
http://translate.google.co.uk/transl....htm%26hl%3Den
funny stuff there.
haha joke
1. at least 4? so how many is it? 5? 6? :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by fgw
2. true 16x slots? by what definition?
how was insulation?Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
what happened when you plugged it into other boards? :D :D :D
thisQuote:
Originally Posted by saaya
http://nukeitfromorbit.com/nuke.jpg
Insulation was time consuming :p , a team member is trying to get the code knackered to use it on other boards (but the pci spacing could be an issue) but maybe guys like TIN or co might be better at thatQuote:
Originally Posted by saaya
Looks really pretty :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by BiFfMaN
nukeitfromorbit.com/stop_stealing_my_bandwidth/Fairy_Hannah.jpg
anyway, "at least" was not meant regarding the number of slotsm, which are 4, but regarding the number of features. there is at least the feature of bringing 4 slots. "at least" in this situation is a term i use in my native language but might be confusing in english ...Quote:
Originally Posted by saaya
each slot uses 16 pcix lanes, so all cards are capable of using full 16x bandwidth for communication to an other card.
have no idea how much communication takes place between cards and how much takes place between the cards and the processor when using sli? but as said before, communication between the cards might use 16x bandwidth.
as already mentioned by somebody: the only interface between this expander and the motherboard are the two pcix slots at the back. so i assume, as long as slot spacing permits, this expander could be used on other boards too. but thats just an assumption.
Well, even if the slot spacing isn't the same, there are flexible PCIe risers which could solve the problem.
http://extreme.pcgameshardware.de/at...16-c11_big.jpg
BIOS support is much more of an issue.
crazy pointless
Excep!!! Oh My Good!
a fairy showed up? :p:Quote:
Originally Posted by BiFfMaN
insulation: but it worked out in the end? k...Quote:
Originally Posted by Leeghoofd
slot spacing: just use flexible pciE risers... :shrug:
code? what code? why do you have to lay hands on any code? :eh:
mhhhh no, each pair of cards can talk to each other through 16 lanes, when the pair wants to talk to the other pair they talk through 8 lanes, and to the nf200, which talks to the IOH, which talks to the other nf200, which then knocks on the door of the other pair :DQuote:
Originally Posted by fgw
thats why nvidia actually recommended all board partners to piggyback dual nf200 chips, so the hops stay low...
nf200_1 connected to vga_1 and nf200_2 which is connected to vga_2 and vga_3
of course back then it was all about tri sli...
but even for tri sli this config made no sense because hops between cards dont actually matter as it turns out... cause despite what nvidia claimed, the inter card communication doesnt really need a lot of bw and low latency...
so what really matters is bandwidth to the cpu and low latency to the cpu... and for the first the nf200s dont do anything, 8 per card stays 8 per card (bandwidth wise), and for the latter they make things worse...
the only reason there are nf200s at all is cause nvidia wont allow 4way sli without it...
i was getting excited when i saw the first pic and though of the possibilities of GPU crunching, but then i realized it can't be configured that way. hazzan's pic is correct, basically it just adds a bunch of nf200 chips, not more pci-e slots.
If only you can crunch with NF200 chips..
is their any downflaws in using the xpander? Looks mad but im not sure how well it would go lol