the thing about those 20 lanes is... for me i do NOT SLI or Xfire or anything i just buy a good card and keep it until it doesn't suit me anymore... and no single pci-e card will use all the 2.0 bandwidth just yet... maybe next gen (doubtful) or the next (gtx500 - might but i suspect the next is truly when we'll see a single 2.0 slot maxed out) and by this time i'll need to upgrade my processor...


lynnfield would have been great if it game out at the same time as nehalem... but it didn't