Quad-SLI motherboard unveiled

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-23 02:16am

Following the Dual-Core graphics card 3D1 series and Solid State Storage iRAM, GIGABYTE brings another new idea again. This time is for motherboard, which is GIGABYTE's specialty. GIGABYTE's new GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal motherboard, as the keyword "Quad" suggests, it will be the first motherboard that come with 4 PCI-Express x16 slots. That means you can plug 4 graphics cards on it, and therefore achieve up to 8 video output. Furthermore, with its SLI-support capability, the upcoming motherboard can make two Dual-Core graphics cards running with SLI mode.

GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal's 4 PCI-Express x16 slots

Four of GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal's PCI-Express x16 slots can be divided into two pairs and discriminated by different color. One pair that consist of a blue slot and a black slot is controlled by nVIDIA's C19 chip while another pair is controlled by CK804. Each pair of slots supports x8 + x8 SLI mode respectively. Moreover, it provides another option to use two blue slots and therefore supports x16 + x16 SLI mode.

C19 chip

CK804 chip

Features of GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal

* Supports Pentium D / Pentium Extreme Edition
* Dual Channel DDR II 1066 (OC), memory size up to 8GB capacity
* Four Graphic Slots Ready
* PCI-E x16 + x16 Mode
* Dual BIOS
* 4 SATA II ports
* AGERE PCI-E GbE LAN
* Coaxial and Optical SP/DIF in/out
* i-Lock (Option)
* i-Touch (Option)
* i-Ram (Option)

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-09-23 06:26am

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT I WANT ONE.

Fuck, I hope drivers support this, their using the server southbridges.

Wait...wait....thats INTEL?!

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-09-23 06:37am

And Gigabyte has created the graphics card oven! Any case you put that system in better be water cooled or have some excellent side panel/PCI airflow.

Too bad it two seperate dual card SLI channels, and not a true quad card SLI setup. Still, thats damn impressive.

InnocentBystander · Post by **InnocentBystander** » 2005-09-23 06:43am

Sweet Fancy Jesus!

That's unholy.

WyrdNyrd · Post by **WyrdNyrd** » 2005-09-23 07:04am

Are we sure this is real, and not some wanked-out gag?

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-23 11:14am

Arrow Mk84 wrote:And Gigabyte has created the graphics card oven! Any case you put that system in better be water cooled or have some excellent side panel/PCI airflow.

Too bad it two seperate dual card SLI channels, and not a true quad card SLI setup. Still, thats damn impressive.

Could one even get watercooling blocks in between those graphics cards? Is there even a watercooling rig out there that could handle four high-end vid cards, plus an Intel OMFG EXTREME EDITION processor?

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-09-23 11:29am

No. Not without splitting it into two peices of cooling, all water cooling today is still running into limitations.

I'd go for Liquid Nitro.

Dahak · Post by **Dahak** » 2005-09-23 12:21pm

At least your local power supplier will really, really like you with that thing running in the 'puter...

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2005-09-23 12:24pm

Arrow Mk84 wrote:And Gigabyte has created the graphics card oven! Any case you put that system in better be water cooled or have some excellent side panel/PCI airflow..

Why bother with a case. Just stick it on an antistatic mat like that and point a desk fan at it.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-09-23 01:24pm

Uraniun235 wrote:Could one even get watercooling blocks in between those graphics cards? Is there even a watercooling rig out there that could handle four high-end vid cards, plus an Intel OMFG EXTREME EDITION processor?

If you had a double wide server case, I'm sure you could rig something up (don't know for sure, I don't water cool).

Vendetta wrote:Why bother with a case. Just stick it on an antistatic mat like that and point a desk fan at it.

Ah, the turbojet approach!

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2005-09-23 01:38pm

The case dosn't matter, I don't think theres enough room between the cards to put in a water block + pipes.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-09-23 01:41pm

Pfft, it would be better just to launch it into orbit and cool it via the icy vacuum of space.

Also, I want one. For what, I don't know.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-23 01:48pm

Captain tycho wrote:Pfft, it would be better just to launch it into orbit and cool it via the icy vacuum of space.

Despite what video games tell you, vacuum is not at all an efficient conductor of heat. Without circulating air to remove excess heat from the system, that computer would rapidly overheat and either autoshutdown or fry itself.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2005-09-23 06:19pm

Uraniun235 wrote:Despite what video games tell you, vacuum is not at all an efficient conductor of heat. Without circulating air to remove excess heat from the system, that computer would rapidly overheat and either autoshutdown or fry itself.

Vacuum is, in fact, quite the insulator.

Arrow · Post by **Arrow** » 2005-09-23 06:38pm

Ace Pace wrote:The case dosn't matter, I don't think theres enough room between the cards to put in a water block + pipes.

After looking at how the forum members at HardOCP put there water cooled rigs together, I think you're right about.

Screw it, stick the thing in the freezer.

Uraniun235 · Post by **Uraniun235** » 2005-09-23 08:04pm

Feh to your small-minded aspirations.

I say immerse the thing in Fluorinert which is constantly being circulated and chilled.

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-09-23 08:12pm

You know what I want to see? some clever case modder convert one of those (I call em) Beer fridges to a case for a high-powered comp. you know the ones I'm talking about. one of those mini fridges. Maybe with some vent holes in the floor of it and modded slightly to maintain an internal temp of like 75F. That would be fucking TIGHT. And how simple, too? there's plenty of room in those things.