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I have a quick question. Is there any Micro-ATX motherboard that supports SLI and AM3 processors? I highly doubt existence of something like this, but I'd like to know. There are some Micro-ATX motherboards with SLI on Intel chipset, so why I can't find anything like this from AMD?
 
I dont think they exist m8. Im sure you can get X-Fire AM3 mobos, but not SLi :(
 
The one from MSI looks really good, expect one think - it doesn't support full 2x16xPCI-E Sli. Well, its hard to find an full ATX AM3 mobo with DDR3 and full Sli, so maybe I'm expecting to much from Micro-ATX.
 
Skynet said:
The one from MSI looks really good, expect one think - it doesn't support full 2x16xPCI-E Sli. Well, its hard to find an full ATX AM3 mobo with DDR3 and full Sli, so maybe I'm expecting to much from Micro-ATX.
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I can only find one more micro atx board and its also from MSI.

MSI NF980-E65.

Both only seem to do 8x/8x when 2 GPu's are used.
 
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To answer your question AMD is mostly jointed with ATI stuff so rarely SLI because the ATI are not really using SLI but Crossfire. Even Hybrid Crossfire on mine. Onboard graphic to save power but if the video demand become more then it goes onto the PCI-E video car...as long as its an ATI and support crossfire. Go with AMD with ATI crossfire on it and find it in ASUS motherboards.
 
animal007uk said:
I can only find one more micro atx board and its also from MSI.

MSI NF980-E65.

Both only seem to do 8x/8x when 2 GPu's are used.
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unless youre running dual 5970s you will NOT feel a difference:rolleyes:
 
the reason there isnt many new amd boards that support sli is bc AMD and Nvidia isnt exsactly the best friend, go figure

and nvidia said they wouldnt produce any new chipsets for am3.

so if you find any then its bc the manufacturer has made some sorta homemade solution

or a fusion board with the hydra chip on it
 
I found what you have been looking for the best of all you want...except in ATX ....no micro-atx factor Also AMD owns ATI and ATI is competitor to Nvidia ...simply explains why they wont produce again for AMD ;)
 
The problem is, that I already have Phenom II X4 965BE, 2x4GB DDR 3 1333mhz CL9, 2xMSI GTX460 1GB Cyclone, and ASUS M4N98TD EVO. But its full ATX motherboard. I want to move to a HTPC case, because after changing some furniture in my room, I don't really have place for tower PC anymore. But most of ATX HTPC cases are too big. So I thought about changing my motherboard to m-ATX, without having to change anything else. If I'd move to Intel, I'd have to buy new MOBO, new CPU and I'm not shure about RAM, but I think Intel supports only Tripple channel, not dual. I can also sell both graphic cards and buy one better han GTX460, but even GTX480 offers ~20% less performance than my SLI, and is much noiser (my cards work with 40% RPM, and are fairly quiet). I know that AMD chipset motherboards have some cool technologies, but when I was buying PC, I didn't know yet that I would have to change furniture, and that I won't have place for tower PC, and that I'd need mATX mb...
 
Its non existing. The problem is that ITS NOT EXISTING. Its like asking Ford to put all the best of their luxury features in a new car but drop in an Honda engine. Follow ??
 
Yes i know, that AMD owns ATI, and that they aren't best friends with Nvidia... But ASUS somehow released my motherboard - AM3 and full SLI. Then, how does it happened? If they found the way to make this for ATX, they could've also made it for mATX.
 
Ok, I think it will be easier to find some small ATX HTPC case than mATX motherboard with this features.
 
There is no micro-ATX socket AM3 motherboard with SLI.
 
btarunr said:
There is no micro-ATX socket AM3 motherboard with SLI.
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EDIT: Nvm. I'm a tard.

@Skynet - You don't need 16x + 16X. Your graphics cards aren't fast enough to see the difference. Regardless, I say stick with what you have and have an ugly case, or get a larger ATX HTPC case. Performance > looks.
 
that is not a m-atx board
 
(FIH) The Don said:
that is not a m-atx board
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Oops. I stand corrected. Thanks. Don't know how I missed that. I think I got too used to looking at huge boards lately. lol.
 
:laugh: :p

but yeah, stick with the case or get a slightly bigger ATX HTPC case
 
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