ASUS R.O.G. X58 will sport both CrossFire and SLI


The day after the exciting end of the AOCC, ASUS decided to unveil detailed information on its coming X58 (Nehalem) platform, ASUS P6T Deluxe. On top of that there was also talk about the coming Republic Of Gaming motherboards based on the new X58 chipset. The center of things was the combined support for SLI and CrossFire, which is now possible thanks to NVIDIA putting out and allowing Intel to integrate the NF200 bridge chip. Derek Yu, responsible for the R.O.G. series, told us that the new NF200 is already performing adequately in most cases, and above expectations in other.

He also revealed that the NF200 chip is hot (not in the good way), like so many other chips form NVIDIA, and that ASUS has had to look at a variety of coolings to keep the temperatures at bay. We're eager to hear more about how these combo cards will perform with NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards.

This is a pretty expensive solution though, and not a very convenient one, but we hope that NVIDIA and Intel will continue optimizing the support for SLI on Intel's chipsets, which would of course simplify the choice of platform for the consumers. There is a great chance that this will come at the expense of NVIDIA's own chipset sales so we're not so sure NVIDIA will give Intel anymore than this.





Action hero or not, the compatibility looks alright





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