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EVGA 141-BL-E757 Question (Crossfire)

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greydor
Guys, forgive me for posting a bit in this area. I can't seem to find anything on this board:

EVGA 141-BL-E757

The specs say the PCIe slots are (x16/x8/x4/x8), but it doesn't say what the width is with only two cards. Typically when you see this on an X58 board, 2 video cards is (x16/x16...). Does anyone know if 2 cards will be x16/x16?

This is one of the sickest boards I've ever seen.

EDIT: I added this to ask the Crossfire question. This board says that it's "SLI" ready, but since it's X58 doesn't that mean that it can do Crossfire too?
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aquax
I think no 16x/16x on this motherboard, it will run 16x/8x with 2 video cards.

Maybe someone using dual cards on this motherboard can confirm.
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greydor
Edited to Crossfire question.
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HACO
Yes, like any other X58 board, all EVGA X58 boards can support Crossfire.

According to this review, PCI-E lanes on this board are locked and no matter what configuration of graphic cards you install, you'll have them as 16x/8x/4x/8x.
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greydor
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Yes, like any other X58 board, all EVGA X58 boards can support Crossfire.

According to this review, PCI-E lanes on this board are locked and no matter what configuration of graphic cards you install, you'll have them as 16x/8x/4x/8x.

That same review keeps mentioning SLI but not Xfire. Is everyone sure that Crossfire will work on this board? I want it really bad. It reviewed very well and is one sleek badass board.

Also, x16/x8 does not effect gaming much does it? Obviously, I would consider Xfiring two 5870's.
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HACO
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That same review keeps mentioning SLI but not Xfire. Is everyone sure that Crossfire will work on this board? I want it really bad. It reviewed very well and is one sleek badass board.

Also, x16/x8 does not effect gaming much does it? Obviously, I would consider Xfiring two 5870's.

Well on this thread and it seems that everybody agreed this board can support crossfire.

P.S. Why this board? you can find cheap X58 board that can do 16x/16x crossfire, Although there's no huge difference in performance.
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greydor
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Well on this thread and it seems that everybody agreed this board can support crossfire.

P.S. Why this board? you can find cheap X58 board that can do 16x/16x crossfire, Although there's no huge difference in performance.

The other boards below that price are missing something I want, or have large DOA counts. The Gigabyte board only has 4 DIMMs, Foxconn has high DOA and no 1394, MSI is poor POST issues, etc.
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