Why does DFI LanParty ULTRA-D have 2 pci-e 16X?

[Dacalo]

Why does DFI LanParty ULTRA-D have 2 pci-e 16X? The chipset isn't even SLI.

Would someone please claify this?

 

[rise]

http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2337

 

[Dacalo]

Originally posted by: rise4310
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2337

So then what's the point? Nvidia just made it impossible to mod the Ultra to SLI, then what's the point of 2 pci-e 16x?

I wish they would have made the Ultra with 1 pci-e with better layouts.

 

[rise]

i wish they were free but anyway i was referring to these lines-

DFI wanted to be certain that buyers of the lower-priced UT Ultra board still had all the overclocking controls and options available on the full-blown LANParty, and in this case, it is not just lip service. The SLI and Ultra boards can be considered equal in performance. The full-blown LANParty package with SLI adds a few more features to justify the $60 premium that the LANParty SLI will ask

DFI uses the same PCB for all nForce4 models. This assures that the overclocking capabilities of all the nForce4 boards are the same. In fact, all boards use the same BIOS.

If you then throw in the fact that all the DFI nForce4 boards from the $140 UT Ultra-D to the $200 LANParty nF4 SLI-DR are based on the same PCB and use the same BIOS, the story becomes even more interesting. Those simple facts mean that all of the DFI boards perform the same, overclock the same, and contain the same pair of x16 PCIe slots

not being an engineer i also assume using the same pcb and layout saves on manufacturing costs.

aside from that, until there are more non-vga pci-e cards then running 4 monitors would be the only real benefit.