Quote Originally Posted by Blauhung View Post
x58 is the exact same piece of silicon as the xenon 5520 chipset this is using (Tylersburg), just fused differently so that 1 of the QPI links on the chipset is disabled. If anything, the NF200 chip probably uses less power then the chipset does as its only really doing 1 thing.

I agree completely, I want this board, but I will only be using 1 or 2 cards and don't want to pay for useless heat generation that i'm not using.
yeah, would be cool if there was a nf200 less version... but the volume must be pretty low so i dont think they will do it...

iirc nf200 is around 20W, real power draw, not tdp
X85 is around 30-35W isnt it?