Quote Originally Posted by bhavv View Post
4x PCI-E lanes are a bottleneck for current graphics cards. While a crossfire setup on a P35 will give you a nice performance boost, it still wont be as good as an X48 and two full 16x lanes. But just buying an X48 for two full 16x lanes isnt worth the cost if that is the only extra feature I am wanting to upgrade to.
BTW, where are you getting the X38 info?

http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi..._x38_dq6/3.htm

A closer look at the PCI area shows that the two PCI-Express 16x slots are far enough apart to put two high end cards with coolers into your computer, which is important if you plan on using Crossfire or SLI. You also should have access to at least one PCI-Express 1x and one PCI slot even if you have two huge video cards.

(Go to GIGABYTE's website for the latest CPU support list.) L2 cache varies with CPU 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz FSB
That long maximus thread is hoot as well LOL!