Quote Originally Posted by generics_user View Post
but no effect on performance, just look at the 8800gtx, pcie1.0 and similard scaling as 8800gt in SLI

pcie x8 2.0 = pciex16 1.0

i bet that the 9800gx2 will be the first card with lower performance on pcie 1.0 mobos
so you mean pciE 2.0 16 is too much bandwidth hence no scaling and pciE 2.0 8x is the same as 16x pciE 1.0 so it should be enough?

i dont think so... dont forget that the top scores with sli are with oced pciE bus to increase the b/w... so 16x pciE 1.0 is definately not enough to supply enough bw to even 1 card, let alone 2! hence 8x pciE 2.0 wont be anough for 1 card either... so 16x 2.0 wont be anough for 2.

all speculation, but thats using logic looking at results we know.
im pretty sure 9800gx2 will b slower than 2 8800gt/gts cards with the same specs and clockspeeds but each card having full 16x b/w