ASUS Rampage III Extreme XXXpanderr :)

[C-timi]

http://www.donanimhaber.com/anakart/...im-Haberde.htm

[Zloyd]

This is on the right forum

[fellix_bg]

That beats Вitchin' Fast! 3D by a dozen of miles...

[Mungri]

Epic lulz

[kaktus1907]

haha good one

[Loque]

what happens when you press the button ?

[Sam_oslo]

That ting plugs into the last PCI-slot right? In case, it should be possible to use on other MBs too i Guess. Or not?

[BenchZowner]

In the PCI-Express slots Sam, yes.

[Chaserjzx100]

why in the world did asus made this stuff?

[breathemetal]

can you even use that?

[K404]

why in the world did asus made this stuff?

For world records

[Helloworld_98]

why in the world did asus made this stuff?

for tredeca-SLI GTX 480's

conquering Metro 2033 at max settings and 3D 4Kw at time, 6Kw when overclocked

[Sam_oslo]

why in the world did asus made this stuff?

This is Perfect for all kind of GPGPU-setup. Both for those doing GPU-cranching, but more importantly for those who use GPGPU for scientific research, simulation, etc.

With these expansion-cards you can get a really big GPGPU-based supercomputer in a little box.

[fgw]

doub't you can use it like that!

this expander usually connects to pcix1 and pcix3 on the r3e, thus providing 32 pcix lanes between the 4 pcix slots on the expander and the cpu.

the expander itself uses two nf200 chips to interconnect the 4 pcix slots on the expander to each other.

as a result each of the 4 vga cards connected to the expander will see and be able to use full x16 bandwidth and allow 16 lane wide communication between all 4 vga cards.

communication between vga cards and cpu is still limited to 32 lanes in total.

have a look at the pictures here: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,74...e/?iid=1291550

[Ccaution]

Lanes to the people !!! Niceee

[cegras]

How does this even make sense? You're splitting more and more PCIE lanes off one parent lane each time ... what?

[Sam_oslo]

doub't you can use it like that!

this expander usually connects to pcix1 and pcix3 on the r3e, thus providing 32 pcix lanes between the 4 pcix slots on the expander and the cpu.

the expander itself uses two nf200 chips to interconnect the 4 pcix slots on the expander to each other.

as a result each of the 4 vga cards connected to the expander will see and be able to use full x16 bandwidth and allow 16 lane wide communication between all 4 vga cards.

communication between vga cards and cpu is still limited to 32 lanes in total.

have a look at the pictures here: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/aid,74...e/?iid=1291550

If I understand that pictures right, this thing will only add a couple of nf200 to provide enough x16 lanes for 4xGPU, and it needs to sit on 2 PCIe-slots to work. Then it can't be used in the way presented in this news. Is this news just a joke or what?

[RaZz!]

How does this even make sense? You're splitting more and more PCIE lanes off one parent lane each time ... what?

my thoughts exactly. doesn't this get terribly bandwidth limited since all the data has to go through one single pci-e slot in the end?

[fgw]

If I understand that pictures right, this thing will only add a couple of nf200 to provide enough x16 lanes for 4xGPU, and it needs to sit on 2 PCIe-slots to work. Then it can't be used in the way presented in this news. Is this news just a joke or what?

either its a joke, or the author of the original story has no idea what he is talking about ...

anyway, this expander brings at least 4 true 16x slots to the r3e. same as evga did with their 4-way classi from the beginning (2 x nf200). but keep in mind the limitation of 32 lanes in total to communicate with the cpu. this is x58 limitation and can not be changed by the motherboard manufacturer.

[Calmatory]

This is Perfect for all kind of GPGPU-setup. Both for those doing GPU-cranching, but more importantly for those who use GPGPU for scientific research, simulation, etc.

With these expansion-cards you can get a really big GPGPU-based supercomputer in a little box.

Ever heard of Beowulf clusters?

[Mungri]

I really dont think it is usable, I'm sure they just did it for a laugh.

[Kal-EL]

This is how it goes on the board: http://www.overclockaholics.com/foru...ead.php?t=3212

[Kal-EL]

And thx to Hazzan: here as well http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...d.php?t=258167

[Sam_oslo]

Ever heard of Beowulf clusters?

Nope, what about it?

[Leeghoofd]

why in the world did asus made this stuff?

For this



Silly way of showing though they have three (though 2 are Dudes :p), while we moved earth and sky to just get one sample only for a few weeks :