Recent content by borntofly

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I have just reviewed the full technical documentation on the PLX website for both the PLX 8606 and the PLX 8747 chips. I now feel fairly confident of the following regarding the ASUS Maximus V Formula: 1) That the board will run one graphics card with 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes and will run two cards...

I have just reviewed the full technical documentation on the PLX website for both the PLX 8606 and the PLX 8747 chips. I now feel fairly confident of the following regarding the ASUS Maximus V Formula: 1) That the board will run one graphics card with 16 PCIe 3.0 lanes and will run two cards...

blackened23: the ROG forum have posts by super moderators stating that the PLX is in fact disabled for one- or two-way SLI for the MV Extreme, but I couldn't find a post for that on the Formula. I am going to keep researching both the P8Z77- and ROG boards... Thanks, man.

blackened23, you have a valid point. I guess I was looking at the MVF for the feature set provided, like the higher end built-in audio, dual-band WiFi / bluetooth, etc., much of which I would actually use. My case tends to run a little warm so the watercooled VRM sink could also come in handy...

OK, thanks Zap. I was looking at getting the Asus Max V Formula, but I will also check out their non-ROG offerings for a board that has the feature set I want but without having to pay for PLX. From what I understand, the PLX chip on the MVF won't hurt me though, right? It just maybe won't...

Yeah, and according to the tests I read today on HardOCP and Tom's Hardware, there's basically no difference between running 16 / 16 (on an X79) or 8 / 8 (on a Z77). Frame rates are pretty much the same. Thanks!

Thanks, blacked23. I found those HardOCP links and will check them out now. Just got back from under the house where I ran 50 feet of Toslink (two 25' coupled together) from my computer to my TV. No signal loss that I could dectect. Already had the HDMI connected, so now I can game on the...

Wow, OK that is some really helpful info, blackened23 and rgallant. I had read about the latency, but it was all theoretical stuff - no real experiential data. rgallant, I was hoping that the MVF would work for my scenario, and it sounds like it may. I will see what I can conclusively verify...

Hey Guys, I have read everything on Anandtech and elsewhere that I could find on the PLX PEX 8747 chip. I have been researching components for a Z77-based gaming build, which will be a 2-Way SLI setup with dual 680s. Apparently, from what I can determine, the current crop of Z77 boards...

Hey Guys, I have read everything on Anandtech and elsewhere that I could find on the PLX PEX 8747 chip. I have been researching components for a Z77-based gaming build, which will be a 2-Way SLI setup with dual 680s, and now it is down to the motherboard. Apparently, from what I can...