ASUS Preparing its Newest Motherboard - M4A88TD-V EVO

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Based upon the AMD 880G chipeset the EVO looks to be the mainstream board type with today's latest processors. While the 890FX will reign as the performance oriented board type with AMD's newest chipsets, it is the mainstream boards that many users will end up opting for instead. As such ASUS brings this mainstream chipset to light on the M4A88T... [ Read full article ]

I noticed you article only credits the Asus M4A88TD-V EVO with one PCI-E 16x.
I don't know if this is a error or if ASUS has upgraded the board but Tiger directs specs and more importantly ASUS' website specs list 2 supported slots.

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Originally Posted by Unregistered

I noticed you article only credits the Asus M4A88TD-V EVO with one PCI-E 16x.
I don't know if this is a error or if ASUS has upgraded the board but Tiger directs specs and more importantly ASUS' website specs list 2 supported slots.

Actually, from Asus' site:

2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 , support ATI® CrossFireX™ Technology (blue @ x16 mode,gray @ x4 mode)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x1
3 x PCI

So the second slot is physically x16, but only x4 electrically. Doesn't say if the x4 slot is only 1.1 spec, although if it's running off the SB, that wouldn't be surprising.