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I think I just found out something a little funny, or perhaps more on the ironic side of things, concerning a supported memory models list for a specific motherboard. Here's the thing ... take that motherboard as an example (which happens to be my new one as well, I'm running a nice temporary system on it until I buy my own parts for my next build): http://www.giga-byte.com/Produ...ew.aspx?ProductID=2665
Right, that's the Gigabyte X38-DQ6. Now, on the right side of that web page there is a "Related Links" board, and one of them being "Memory Support List", and here's the direct link to it: http://tw.giga-byte.com/FileLi..._memory_ga-x38-dq6.pdf
Take the 1066Mhz category for this cause, with the specific OCZ model OCZ2N1066SR2GK. Now, OCZ has quite a nice variety of DDR2 modules at 1066Mhz, but there's the actual model officially "supported" as shown above: http://www.ocztechnology.com/p...y_edition_dual_channel
You guys notice something ? If not look carefully. That memory, which Gigabyte officially supports on their X38, is SLi Ready. Now, I usually don't jump right away to conclusions but ... isn't the GA-X38-DQ6, an X38-based motherboard NOT supporting SLi at all right out of box due to Intel refusing to let X38 support SLi ? I'm pretty sure that I've read something about that somewhere. That SLi MIGHT be supported, un-officially, by some type of a device (SkullTrail ?) that's not even released yet, made by neither Intel nor NVIDIA. And that right now ONLY ATi's (or I should say AMD's) CrossFire is supported. Now, OCZ does have a CrossFire Ready module, but it's not on the supported memory list ... not only does making memory SLi and/or CrossFire "ready" doesn't really makes sense to me, but seeing Gigabyte telling me by that list that my motherboard supports something that the maker of the chipset that's on the mobo doesn't support ...
Any thoughts ? Am I just plain wrong on all the line ? If so please do correct me, I just want to understand why would Gigabyte test a memory that's supposedly "better" when coupled with SLi, when they explicitly known (well I do hope so) that their own X38-based mobos don't support SLi at all.
Right, that's the Gigabyte X38-DQ6. Now, on the right side of that web page there is a "Related Links" board, and one of them being "Memory Support List", and here's the direct link to it: http://tw.giga-byte.com/FileLi..._memory_ga-x38-dq6.pdf
Take the 1066Mhz category for this cause, with the specific OCZ model OCZ2N1066SR2GK. Now, OCZ has quite a nice variety of DDR2 modules at 1066Mhz, but there's the actual model officially "supported" as shown above: http://www.ocztechnology.com/p...y_edition_dual_channel
You guys notice something ? If not look carefully. That memory, which Gigabyte officially supports on their X38, is SLi Ready. Now, I usually don't jump right away to conclusions but ... isn't the GA-X38-DQ6, an X38-based motherboard NOT supporting SLi at all right out of box due to Intel refusing to let X38 support SLi ? I'm pretty sure that I've read something about that somewhere. That SLi MIGHT be supported, un-officially, by some type of a device (SkullTrail ?) that's not even released yet, made by neither Intel nor NVIDIA. And that right now ONLY ATi's (or I should say AMD's) CrossFire is supported. Now, OCZ does have a CrossFire Ready module, but it's not on the supported memory list ... not only does making memory SLi and/or CrossFire "ready" doesn't really makes sense to me, but seeing Gigabyte telling me by that list that my motherboard supports something that the maker of the chipset that's on the mobo doesn't support ...
Any thoughts ? Am I just plain wrong on all the line ? If so please do correct me, I just want to understand why would Gigabyte test a memory that's supposedly "better" when coupled with SLi, when they explicitly known (well I do hope so) that their own X38-based mobos don't support SLi at all.
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