News MSI P965 Platinum features Crossfire support!

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  1. Da Dego

    Da Dego Brett Thomas

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    oasked Stuck in (better) mud

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    Sweeeeeet. :)
     
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    suicidal-kid What's a Dremel?

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    Damn. Just when I had my next systems mobo picked out, they throw this one in. They are not making this easy for me.
     
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  4. M4RTIN

    M4RTIN What's a Dremel?

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    hmm it is tempting but dont you need a master card if it hasnt got an ati chipset? they are pretty hard to get now
     
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  5. TonyM16

    TonyM16 What's a Dremel?

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    Hey? What do you mean? Even ATI chipsets need master cards for crossfire. Masters are easily available at the same place you find ATI cards. It is true however that only the X1900 master card is being sold at the moment. For all other ATI gpus' in the X1K series aprt from the old flagship X1800XT you can have crssofire with two identical gpu's without the need of a master card. This will work on Intel and ATI chipsets if they are crossfire ready regardless of who made it.
     
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  6. TonyM16

    TonyM16 What's a Dremel?

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    In the news article it says this mobo has two x16 pci express slots as it was built for crossfire from the ground up, is this really true? I thought all Intel chipsets only have two x8 pci express lanes for multi gpu much like the old Nforce boards . I know that it will have one x16 pciex for single gpu, but for dual gpu it usually gets split between the two like with the X975 and older nforce boards.

    So are we really going to get x16 lanes for each gpu? If this is true this will be the most desirable mobo .

    As the P965 is more stable, overclcokable ,reliable and better performing than x975 boards ( no bs, it is defintley better). The only reason to buy the x975 was for the the multi gpu setup and higher fsb. The fsb is now the same as x975 and it now has crossfire (hopefully dual x16). Can't wait.

    Please confirm for me however if it really is dual x16 pci express, as I have a feeling that it isn't, as it would require an extra chip or much extra transistors on the intel chipset.
     
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    alastor Minimodder

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    According to VR-Zone, ATI is about to launch Crossfire compatability on all 965 motherboards:
     
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  8. klasika

    klasika What's a Dremel?

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    Guys I have one probobly stupid question but...

    Can someone from you answer to me , where is the chip for bios on this board?
    is it integred or...I would like to see the pic or something....


    Thank you :)
     
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