X38 no SLi?

[tvh]

Yeah, but wait till the end of November, and things may look very different.

Yes, but it's pretty much exactly the same as the old one: the north bridge chip is identical.

If the Northbridge chip is idetical to the 680i wouldn't it be posible to enable via firmware or BIOS flash the PCIe x16 2.0 on existing 680i motherboards? The reason why I ask this is that I am currently on the market for a SLI 8800GT PCIe 2.0 motherboard and of course the Intel chipsets support it but there are no Nvidia chipsets that support it as of yet, right?

 

[jwolf24601]

If the Northbridge chip is idetical to the 680i wouldn't it be posible to enable via firmware or BIOS flash the PCIe x16 2.0 on existing 680i motherboards? The reason why I ask this is that I am currently on the market for a SLI 8800GT PCIe 2.0 motherboard and of course the Intel chipsets support it but there are no Nvidia chipsets that support it as of yet, right?

Probably would not work.

No there are no current Nvidia chipsets that support pcie 2.0

also there is no reason to buy a pcie 2.0 motherboard at the moment. the 8800gt works fine in pcie 1.1 and does not come close to using up the pcie 1 bandwidth...

 

[zingers]

i only scanned this thread and hopefully i did not miss something .. but what about the intel skulltrail chip
that will have sli and crossfire etc etc ....
due 1qtr 2008 ..

 

[dashbarron]

Probably would not work.

No there are no current Nvidia chipsets that support pcie 2.0

also there is no reason to buy a pcie 2.0 motherboard at the moment. the 8800gt works fine in pcie 1.1 and does not come close to using up the pcie 1 bandwidth...

I dont have an old 775 socket processor to use to flash the 680I board.... I assumed 780I would have Penryn set.

 

[jamiepotter]

i only scanned this thread and hopefully i did not miss something .. but what about the intel skulltrail chip
that will have sli and crossfire etc etc ....
due 1qtr 2008 ..

Intel have bought the rights to use SLi on their skulltrail boards only. But seriously, who wants to buy Intel boards? (Maybe this will change with these boards, though?)

As a general point, you have to lay the blame at both parties' doors (though to what extent I don't think anyone knows). Intel are as much to blame for not giving (enough) money to nVidia for the rights to use their brand (Sli) and incorporate their technology. Intel will make lots of money at nVidia's expense, therefore it's not unreasonable for nVidia to want to get in on that action. Who knows what actually happened at the negotiating table, though.