System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
I just saw the announcement for the EVGA Z77 FTW E-ATX Motherboard and wow, I am impressed. Personally I have always used Asus boards out of familiarity, but I know EVGA is one of the best GPU manufacturers and I would assume that their motherboards are of the same high standard of quality?
Because it is by far the most feature-rich, well layed out Z77 Board I have seen so far!
- 5x PCIE3.0 x16 slots (quad card support)
- 4/4 3Gbps/6Gbps SAT controlled by Chipset
- Actively cooled chipset
- E-ATX for factor means excellent card spacing
- support for up to DDR3-2600!
It is also extremely good looking, a cross between a ROG board and the SR-2... I am seriously considering this board for my build, just waiting for reviews...
Any thoughts?
System Name | Cogito Ergo Switch |
---|---|
Processor | i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Rampage IV Extreme |
Cooling | Custom Water (CPU/MB/GPU Blocks, 420+240rads PP) |
Memory | 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 9-11-10-27 @ 2380 9-10-10-28 |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX670 FTW 2GB SLI @ 1344core/7648mem + EVGA 650Ti PhysX |
Storage | Samsung 830 256GB SSD (Boot) + 1TB WD10EZEX (Games/Apps) + 1TB WD10EALX (Prog) + 2x 320GB WD/HGST |
Display(s) | Dell U2412HM + U2312HM + 2x P2212Hbe + Viewsonic 21.5" 1680x1050 |
Case | NZXT Switch 810 White - MODDED |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD PCI-Express |
Power Supply | NZXT HALE90 850W - Custom Sleeved Cables (White, No Heatshrink) |
Software | Windows7 Pro x64 |
System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
My understanding is that it uses a bridge chip to allow x16/x16/x8/x8 at 3.0 speeds, which seems like plenty of speed to me..
However, even if the third card runs at x4, that would be no different than a PCIE2.0 at x8 which is pretty common in multiple card setups..
System Name | Cogito Ergo Switch |
---|---|
Processor | i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Rampage IV Extreme |
Cooling | Custom Water (CPU/MB/GPU Blocks, 420+240rads PP) |
Memory | 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 9-11-10-27 @ 2380 9-10-10-28 |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX670 FTW 2GB SLI @ 1344core/7648mem + EVGA 650Ti PhysX |
Storage | Samsung 830 256GB SSD (Boot) + 1TB WD10EZEX (Games/Apps) + 1TB WD10EALX (Prog) + 2x 320GB WD/HGST |
Display(s) | Dell U2412HM + U2312HM + 2x P2212Hbe + Viewsonic 21.5" 1680x1050 |
Case | NZXT Switch 810 White - MODDED |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD PCI-Express |
Power Supply | NZXT HALE90 850W - Custom Sleeved Cables (White, No Heatshrink) |
Software | Windows7 Pro x64 |
System Name | Gaming Rig |
---|---|
Processor | i7 2600k @ 4.5GHz |
Motherboard | Asus Z77 Deluxe-V |
Cooling | Corsair H100 |
Memory | RipjawsX 8GB @ 2133MHz 11-11-11-30 |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX670 SC @ 1300MHz core |
Storage | OCZ Vertex 4 256GB + 1TB Samsung HDD |
Display(s) | 23" LG W2343T |
Case | Corsair 650D |
Power Supply | Corsiar AX-850 |
System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
I've read that without a third party controller on the MB to give additional lanes, If you populate the correct PCIe 3.0 slots they will run at 8x (Gen2 16x), 8x (Gen2 16x) and 4x (Gen2 8x). Only if there is a third party controller giving additional lanes will there be more bandwidth.
Edit:
In saying this, that is more than enough bandwidth to run a 3way SLI/CF setup in my opinion, In my experience watching trusty LinusTechTips (Youtube), he has proven with last gen GTX5xx and HD69xx series cards that there is barely any performance decrease running cards using PCI Gen2 8x instead of PCI Gen2 16x. The test only showed a decrease once you started using Dual GPU cards, and in saying that I am unsure how the HD7970 and GTX680 would hold up considering there throughput is close to that of the dual GPU card
System Name | Haro |
---|---|
Processor | AMD 1700x |
Motherboard | AsRork x370 Taichi |
Cooling | EK Custom Loop - CPU only |
Memory | 32gb G-Skill Trident Z |
Video Card(s) | EVGA 1080 Superclock 2 |
Storage | Too Many |
Display(s) | Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS |
Case | Cooler Master Cosmos II |
Power Supply | Cooler Master V1000 |
Mouse | SteelSeries Rival 500 |
Software | Win10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55 |
waiting for the Asus P8Z77-I to be sold is aggravating me lol
What I'm saying is even if the mobo has the extra lanes, where are they going? The CPU doesn't have any extra room for them and DMI isn't wide enough to drive that many not to mention other I/O ops would slow down. It doesn't make sense to me.
System Name | Haro |
---|---|
Processor | AMD 1700x |
Motherboard | AsRork x370 Taichi |
Cooling | EK Custom Loop - CPU only |
Memory | 32gb G-Skill Trident Z |
Video Card(s) | EVGA 1080 Superclock 2 |
Storage | Too Many |
Display(s) | Viewsonic VX2450WM-LED 24" & LG 32 IPS |
Case | Cooler Master Cosmos II |
Power Supply | Cooler Master V1000 |
Mouse | SteelSeries Rival 500 |
Software | Win10 Pro |
Benchmark Scores | i5 750 4.62ghz pi runs // Evga FTW p55 |
america, and this one http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77I_DELUXE/
System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
IT works fine, and is no different than using a bridge chip in Dual-VGA cards. The bridge chip also has a small buffer to cache commands that have not been sent yet, and yes, this couple potentially have an impact on performance. However, ebcuase these are PCie 3.0 parts, i do not see this as being too much of an issue, seeing how P67/Z68 boards already only offer x8 PCIe 2.0 links to dual installed VGAs. With the bridge, that'd use only half the available bandwidth.
System Name | Cogito Ergo Switch |
---|---|
Processor | i7 3930K @ 4.8Ghz |
Motherboard | Asus Rampage IV Extreme |
Cooling | Custom Water (CPU/MB/GPU Blocks, 420+240rads PP) |
Memory | 16GB G.Skill Ripjaws Z 2133 9-11-10-27 @ 2380 9-10-10-28 |
Video Card(s) | EVGA GTX670 FTW 2GB SLI @ 1344core/7648mem + EVGA 650Ti PhysX |
Storage | Samsung 830 256GB SSD (Boot) + 1TB WD10EZEX (Games/Apps) + 1TB WD10EALX (Prog) + 2x 320GB WD/HGST |
Display(s) | Dell U2412HM + U2312HM + 2x P2212Hbe + Viewsonic 21.5" 1680x1050 |
Case | NZXT Switch 810 White - MODDED |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium HD PCI-Express |
Power Supply | NZXT HALE90 850W - Custom Sleeved Cables (White, No Heatshrink) |
Software | Windows7 Pro x64 |
System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
america, and this one http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z77I_DELUXE/
System Name | Starlifter :: Dragonfly |
---|---|
Processor | i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400 |
Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus |
Cooling | Cryorig M9 :: Stock |
Memory | 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400 |
Video Card(s) | PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630 |
Storage | Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5 |
Display(s) | Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p |
Case | Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly |
Benchmark Scores | >9000 |
System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
Did they figure out how to allow BCLK clocking or something?
System Name | Starlifter :: Dragonfly |
---|---|
Processor | i7 2600k 4.4GHz :: i5 10400 |
Motherboard | ASUS P8P67 Pro :: ASUS Prime H570-Plus |
Cooling | Cryorig M9 :: Stock |
Memory | 4x4GB DDR3 2133 :: 2x8GB DDR4 2400 |
Video Card(s) | PNY GTX1070 :: Integrated UHD 630 |
Storage | Crucial MX500 1TB, 2x1TB Seagate RAID 0 :: Mushkin Enhanced 60GB SSD, 3x4TB Seagate HDD RAID5 |
Display(s) | Onn 165hz 1080p :: Acer 1080p |
Case | Antec SOHO 1030B :: Old White Full Tower |
Audio Device(s) | Creative X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro - Bose Companion 2 Series III :: None |
Power Supply | FSP Hydro GE 550w :: EVGA Supernova 550 |
Software | Windows 10 Pro - Plex Server on Dragonfly |
Benchmark Scores | >9000 |
System Name | Apollo |
---|---|
Processor | Intel Core i9 9880H |
Motherboard | Some proprietary Apple thing. |
Memory | 64GB DDR4-2667 |
Video Card(s) | AMD Radeon Pro 5600M, 8GB HBM2 |
Storage | 1TB Apple NVMe, 4TB External |
Display(s) | Laptop @ 3072x1920 + 2x LG 5k Ultrafine TB3 displays |
Case | MacBook Pro (16", 2019) |
Audio Device(s) | AirPods Pro, Sennheiser HD 380s w/ FIIO Alpen 2, or Logitech 2.1 Speakers |
Power Supply | 96w Power Adapter |
Mouse | Logitech MX Master 3 |
Keyboard | Logitech G915, GL Clicky |
Software | MacOS 12.1 |
Right, but that's socket 2011. I was wondering if this new chipset could do the same for 1155.