Quote Originally Posted by jmke View Post
Dog? S754 and S939 also ran side by side new CPUs for both. So that's no argument. Having to upgrade motherboard AND CPU if you want to add a second card is insanely ineffective; let's say I buy one HD 4890 now, and don't consider buying a second, so I go out and get a S1156 system; 1 year from now I get my hands on a second HD 4890, I'll have to get another motherboard & CPU to be able to use it to fill potential... great. It never a good deal for the customer to have different categories they are put in; as it will cost more for them to move, and often times can backfire on the manufacturer, I'm sure than when AMD dropped S754 support, and released newer S939 CPUs, people who would have normally considered an upgrade for their CPU to a faster model, just stuck with their first purchase S754 system a while longer; If they only had S939 from the beginning then they would've made more sales over time.

Ah and aftermarket cooling hell for S775/S1156/S1366; why did they need to make the mounting on S1156 different just use S1366 mounting holes and people can re-use their 3rd party cooling over and over
LGA1156 supports 2 x8 slots by splitting the x16. So LGA1366 is more for those people with 3 cards...

And before we get into a performance discussion about splitting it. Its no different than having a X2/GX2 card on x16.