Seven PCI-Express Slot X58 ASUS Motherboard Shown at CeBIT

PaulieG · Mar 4, 2009

I'm sorry, but this gets to the point of being ridiculous. Other than someone who is creating a serious folding farm, who can really benefit from this? I'm not sure that we will ever see a game that will utilize anywhere near this kind of power.

lemonadesoda · Mar 4, 2009

Great thing this offers the owner is FLEXIBILITY. No matter what share or size your cards... you will find a slot to fit them in. Nice.

Perfect for SLI/Crossfire PLUS RAID controller PLUS PCIeFLASH monster.

2x (2 slots) + 1 + 1 + 1 spare for audio or i/o of some kind = 7

ShadowFold · Mar 4, 2009

7x water cooled GTX 280's for folding FTW

Disparia · Mar 4, 2009

/me is getting all nostalgic about the days of 7-slot PCI boards :cry:

I had three video cards, a NIC, and a sound card. Back then, onboard was s*** and cards were the only way to go (for an enthusiast).

Having 6 or 7 physical x16 slots = going back to being able to install whatever we want again. I know, that only represents so many people... but those people are grateful!

newtekie1 · Mar 4, 2009

Paulieg said:
I'm sorry, but this gets to the point of being ridiculous. Other than someone who is creating a serious folding farm, who can really benefit from this? I'm not sure that we will ever see a game that will utilize anywhere near this kind of power.

The same people that build that $4000 super computer about a year ago using 9800GX2's. People that want to cram as much GPU computing power into a single box. This is not a board aimed at the normal user, it is a niche product for professionals, not everything released in the computer world is gaming related.

Though, 7 slots gives you 7 individual single slot cards, while you would really only need 4 to get 8 using the GTX295's. But flexibility is always nice.

Castiel · Mar 4, 2009

mcloughj said:
A folder's dream!

Exactly!

This thing would be rocking with 7 9800GT's.

But then you have see that who will actualy get this? I mean, what will you be doing, running SLI and Crossfire at the same time? I think it will be a waste, and to expensive.

Fitseries3 · Mar 4, 2009

was i not the one that found this?

yes... i will have one of these.

my main concern is how the EFF are they going to cool the chipset with out being in the way of the Gpus?

LittleLizard · Mar 4, 2009

HOLY CRAPNESS! :eek:

do want with 7 sinle slot 4870 x2 atomic watercooled = a put to shame to 1300w PSU!

h3llb3nd4 · Mar 4, 2009

Ya, but buy two PSUs and mod them so they work together!!!2600W!!

mdm-adph · Mar 4, 2009

TreadR said:
I don't think water cooled cards should have problems with single slot solutions... BTW, does nVidia support more than 3 cards in the drivers to make sense?

Problem is that even with water cooling, the GTX 295 is still a dual slot card.

Now, you could technically fit 7 HD 4870 X2's in there with water cooling, but I've heard that, sadly enough, ATI's folding isn't as efficient as Nvidia's folding.

iStink · Mar 4, 2009

When can we see drivers for seven GTX295's? Good lord, 14 GPU's in SLI, can u imagine?

h3llb3nd4 · Mar 4, 2009

Wonder what frames per second would be achieved in Crysis with 7 GTX295s?

newtekie1 · Mar 4, 2009

Fitseries3 said:
my main concern is how the EFF are they going to cool the chipset with out being in the way of the Gpus?

My guess would be a copper block over the X58 with heatpipes leading up to fins somewhere else. The NF200 chips can be cooled with small passive heatsinks.

WhiteLotus · Mar 4, 2009

mcloughj said:
A folder's wet dream!

corrected

on a more serious note, that does like it is dedicated to folders, no-one else is going to buy that for gaming.

Apocolypse007 · Mar 4, 2009

h3llb3nd4 said:
Wonder what frames per second would be achieved in Crysis with 7 GTX295s?

Crysis doesn't scale well past 3 gpus. that's why you dont notice a boost from tri xfire and quad.

red268 · Mar 4, 2009

Only 7?

7 slots ain't not enough slots for no man! Show me 8 slots .... then I might be impressed!

:toast:

eidairaman1 · Mar 4, 2009

newtekie1 said:
The same people that build that $4000 super computer about a year ago using 9800GX2's. People that want to cram as much GPU computing power into a single box. This is not a board aimed at the normal user, it is a niche product for professionals, not everything released in the computer world is gaming related.

Though, 7 slots gives you 7 individual single slot cards, while you would really only need 4 to get 8 using the GTX295's. But flexibility is always nice.

Only thing i can really see being crammed in there is PCIE HDs and then Multiple Quadro/FireGL graphics, maybe even raid and lan controllers.

Disparia · Mar 4, 2009

red268 said:
Only 7?

7 slots ain't not enough slots for no man! Show me 8 slots .... then I might be impressed!

How about 19?

8 dual-slots will fit comfortably on this board (for a 16 GPU Folding max out). Your SBC options are anything from a single P4 to dual quad-core Xeons. It would occupy that large slot on the edge.

h3llb3nd4 · Mar 4, 2009

Apocolypse007 said:
Crysis doesn't scale well past 3 gpus. that's why you dont notice a boost from tri xfire and quad.

com'on that sucks!! :shadedshu:

wtf:

iamverysmart · Mar 4, 2009

Now someone can have both SLI and Crossfire on the same machine.

Solaris17 · Mar 4, 2009

iamverysmart said:
Now someone can have both SLI and Crossfire on the same machine.

i dont think that is possible at all.

eidairaman1 · Mar 4, 2009

Driver Conflicts

Fitseries3 · Mar 4, 2009

i've done it.

not going to go into detail on how though.

h3llb3nd4 · Mar 4, 2009

come on fitseries just tell us, you'll get many, many thanks!

eidairaman1 · Mar 4, 2009

well dont you have a link to your page on how you did it anyway?

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