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Old December 18, 2008, 10:16 PM
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Would this be the first mobo thats under 300$ in Canada? NCIX.com - Buy Gigabyte GA-EX58-DS4 ATX LGA1366 X58 DDR3 3PCI-E SATA2 RAID Sound GBLAN 3-WAY CrossFireX Motherboard - GA-EX58-DS4 In Canada.

And how is it? The specs look okay, but what do you guys think? And how does it compare to the Extreme version?
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Old December 18, 2008, 10:18 PM
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Mainly; it is Crossfire ONLY, no SLI.

It dosn't have some of the options that the UD5 does etc but otherwise it's pretty decent!
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Old December 18, 2008, 10:19 PM
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How'd I miss that?

Yeah, since I'm going SLI, this board is a no-go.
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Old December 18, 2008, 10:37 PM
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Yeah it dosn't really say it but it's the only X58 I've seen NOT list SLI so.
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Old December 18, 2008, 10:44 PM
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I just ordered the board today, but according to the Gigabyte site it only supports Crossfire. Which is fine for me.
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Old December 18, 2008, 10:46 PM
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This is the one I want. 6 pci-e slots, and it has the extra nforce 200 chip so 3 full 16x slots. ASUSTeK Computer Inc.

And don't forget this;

ASUS Heartbeat
Brightly and vividly lighting LEDs shine around the ASUS brand name on the motherboard after successful booting process. With the breath-like deep blue lighting shining in regular tempo, ASUS Heartbeat makes the motherboard as vivid as life.



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Old December 24, 2008, 07:59 PM
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An FYI to anyone considering this board. The first PCIe 1x slot is completely useless as I don't know of any retail sound cards that will fit. The NB heatsink is too high and prevents and cards from going in. So now I have to decide on either I go with no soundcard, or I drop my RAID array

EDIT: I lied, if you remove the silly Gigabyte logo off the HSF and remove the 'shield' off of an X-Fi Titanium it fits
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lol, why is it that practically EVERY motherboard supports at least SOME kind of crossfire but at the same time a much smaller percentage support any kind of SLI?
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Because there is still a licensing fee that Nvidia charges for SLI to be available on the X58 boards.
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Because there is still a licensing fee that Nvidia charges for SLI to be available on the X58 boards.
And a chip that needs to go on the board!
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