GIGABYTE GA-970A-UD3 AM3+ SLI support?

VirtualLarry

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I'm seeing differing views on this. I had heard that NV was willing to license SLI for AMD's 9xx-series chipsets.

Here's ExcaliburPC's page. Looks like it was webcopied from Gigabyte's own site.
http://www.excaliberpc.com/607936/gigabyte-ga-970a-ud3-amd-970-sb950.html

Notice that it lists both CrossFire and SLI.

Here's Gigabyte.us's current page.
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3907#ov

Notice that SLI support is conspicuously missing.

What's the deal here? If this board supported SLI, I think I might get it. Anyone know for sure? Did it support SLI with early BIOS versions, but remove SLI support later on?

http://blogs.nvidia.com/2011/04/you-asked-for-it-you-got-it-sli-for-amd/

The plot thickens. The GA-990XA-UD3 is supposed to have SLI support.
If you look at the pictures of the board on Gigabyte's site, it shows the SLI logo on the motherboard itself.
http://www.gigabyte.us/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3901#ov

If you look at the board pics on Newegg's site, the SLI logo is MISSING!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128510

Although, under product details, it does have this:
"Multi-display support with 2 way SLI and 2 way CrossFireX"
 
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ctk1981

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My 990XA has the sli logo on the motherboard as well as the box. Should be good to go!
 

DrTan

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I personally have never heard of ExcaliburPC before. The Better Business Bureau has rated them at D minus on a scale of A+ to F.

It doesn't appear that the AM3+ 970 chipset boards support SLI.