SLI again!@965Chip ASUS P5B Deluxe!

[coolaler]

SLI again!@965Chip ASUS P5B Deluxe!





platform
M/B ：ASUS P5B Deluxe
MEM ：G.SKILL DDRII 800 2GBGA Dual Channel
HDD ：Maxtor 300g SATAII 16Mb Cache
VGA CARD ：MSI 7900GTX SLI by 8443mod
POWER: Zippy 850W
OS ：WIN XP SP2
CPU COOLER：Tower 120
CPU ：Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe X6800 S5 ES White box 4mb cache
test info.

[Silver Bullet]

Amazing as usual .. way to go coolaler

[coolaler]

oh my goodnees...3d06@85xxpts

[dinos22]

great can you compare single and SLI scores please with this motherboard

[death metal]

oh my, rockin

[coolaler]

3d05

[gundamit]

A beautiful site indeed. 500fsb 1:1 3-D stable w/SLI (official support coming soon) on the less expesive 965 chipset, although the Asus version has a "deluxe" price. What a great choice for mobo in a robust gaming system.

[coolaler]

3d03

[dinos22]

damn those scores are really sh.ithouse........bad drivers?

[rozzyroz]

so does that mean no sli for 965?

[herderien]

seems the 4x slot is really a nerf :/

[Sumanji]

A beautiful site indeed. 500fsb 1:1 3-D stable w/SLI (official support coming soon) on the less expesive 965 chipset, although the Asus version has a "deluxe" price. What a great choice for mobo in a robust gaming system.

Yeah but the performance sucks... due to the 4x slot or old drivers maybe?

And I wouldn't hold your breath for SLI support on Intel 965/975...

[coolaler]

3d01

[coolaler]

seems the 4x slot is really a nerf :/

yes 4x (fast set already)

[DEVIL K-ce]

Hmmm it work but score is very slow for SLI setup.

[Vric]

thanks for the result

could you make the same test with single card. would be interesting to compare with something.

[gundamit]

And I wouldn't hold your breath for SLI support on Intel 965/975...

Don't see any references to it outside of marketing/sales guys right now, but'll I'll keep looking for quotes that say more than "looking for more chance to cooperate". Nvidia locking out Intel (except when using a Nvidia chipsest) would seem to be short-sighted, hence my optimism. Hopefully 975x is on the table

Thanks for reminding me about the 4x lane though. That big slash of cold water woke me right up. Still looks like 975x and hacked drivers for the SLI.

[coolaler]

thanks for the result

could you make the same test with single card. would be interesting to compare with something.

Single VGA 3d06

[dinos22]

Thanks for reminding me about the 4x lane though. That big slash of cold water woke me right up. Still looks like 975x and hacked drivers for the SLI.

and Xfire really

i mean 4x will also limit Xfire setups just the same

[Sumanji]

Still looks like 975x and hacked drivers for the SLI.

Yeah, I really hope someone manages to make some nice hacked 91.36 x64 drivers... would give me a great reason to get a second 7900GT

[coolaler]

Single VGA 3d05

[death metal]

I don't think it's because of the 2nd PCIe being "4x" only, but the limitation of the chipset. I am thinking the 4x lane came from the six(6) PCie x1 terminated at the SB instead of the 4x termination at the NB like the i955 (iirc). i975 have two(2) 8x PCIe lanes terminated at the NB so performance doesn't suffer as much like the pseudo secondary PCie x16 physical (4x electrical) lane.

[coolaler]

Single VGA 3d03

[gundamit]

Hmmm ... only 18-19% increase in '06 and '05 going from single card to SLI.

[DEVIL_DK]

sli run perfekt on the p5wd dh
my score in 2006 is 11336
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=444053

have not run 2005 /2003 or 2001 yet .

i play BF2 and it run damn nice