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October 29th, 2009, 05:48 PM
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Yep a revision of my board.... i could kick myself for buying it so early.
Anyway on to the specs
in looks its more or less the same except;
Quad SLI compatible
16x / 16x
16x / 8x / 8x
8x / 8x / 8x / 8x
Features Gigabytes new 333 standard meaning, USB 3.0, triple USB power (2700 mAMP), and SATA 3.0 (6Gbps)
More power phases, 24 to be exact, i believe version 1.0 only had 6 but i don't remember exactly.
More Fan ports on the board, alot more.  Video preview of the GIGABYTE EX-58 EXTREME2 motherboard :: TweakTown
*KICK, KICK, KICK!*
Edit: the picture is just a beta board, not the final revised.
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October 29th, 2009, 05:57 PM
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thats fine I grabbed my Crossfire only MSI X58 Platinum, even though as an open box, a month after I bought it the SLI version was out, and even offered as an open box... Kick kick kick LOL
never would of bought the 2 Radeon 4870's, and not wasted $250 on them.
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October 29th, 2009, 06:21 PM
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Quad SLI compatable yet the only card atm that can run in quad SLI is the 285 classified.... which is a double width card and wont fit.... 
(you you could get extenders and such but that is silly)
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October 29th, 2009, 06:26 PM
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Should Clarify, Quad SLI as in Four Separate cards, 2 GTX 295's can do Quad SLI, but that is 2 cards. | |
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October 29th, 2009, 07:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Aaron_8015 Quad SLI compatable yet the only card atm that can run in quad SLI is the 285 classified.... which is a double width card and wont fit....
(you you could get extenders and such but that is silly) |
Wouldn't matter, gigabyte has a thing about putting that last PCIE slot too low on the board so you don't have a second PCI spot for ventilation.
Only way i can see quad (4 card) sli is have them water cooled since that is a low profile heatsink. | |
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October 29th, 2009, 07:52 PM
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problem is most Water cooled cards have dual slot brackets even though only a single slot width, so you'd have to do one of two things, remove the rear bracket, and maybe install a single slot bracket (would need to get ahold of a single slot bracket that would fit), or mod the bracket and cut off the excess slot part (but as I got Scolded by Aaron and JJ and others, that not to do that as it would violate warranty, when I was piecing together a "Dream" build running 7 revised GTX 295's, 2 GPU's on a single piece of board, but with single slot water block, LOL, for a kick a$$ GPU folding rig LOL) | |
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October 29th, 2009, 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyguyXPC problem is most Water cooled cards have dual slot brackets even though only a single slot width, so you'd have to do one of two things, remove the rear bracket, and maybe install a single slot bracket (would need to get ahold of a single slot bracket that would fit), or mod the bracket and cut off the excess slot part (but as I got Scolded by Aaron and JJ and others, that not to do that as it would violate warranty, when I was piecing together a "Dream" build running 7 revised GTX 295's, 2 GPU's on a single piece of board, but with single slot water block, LOL, for a kick a$$ GPU folding rig LOL) | The brackets are actually easy to find and cheap, i found some on frozencpu | |
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October 29th, 2009, 08:57 PM
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Originally Posted by ShyguyXPC problem is most Water cooled cards have dual slot brackets even though only a single slot width, so you'd have to do one of two things, remove the rear bracket, and maybe install a single slot bracket (would need to get ahold of a single slot bracket that would fit), or mod the bracket and cut off the excess slot part (but as I got Scolded by Aaron and JJ and others, that not to do that as it would violate warranty, when I was piecing together a "Dream" build running 7 revised GTX 295's, 2 GPU's on a single piece of board, but with single slot water block, LOL, for a kick a$$ GPU folding rig LOL) | We are not that bad.... 
I just think if they are going to make an 4-way SLI board make it so there is enough room for you to slot 4 cards in and not mess with this modifying....
The EVGA 4-way SLI classified board is like it should be.....
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October 29th, 2009, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Aaron_8015 We are not that bad....
I just think if they are going to make an 4-way SLI board make it so there is enough room for you to slot 4 cards in and not mess with this modifying....
The EVGA 4-way SLI classified board is like it should be..... | I can't look at that board, my eyes start to bleed | |
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