Thanks, Bart. Both for the clarification and the extra data. I'll have
a look at Tom's Hardware Guide. I haven't been on that site in years.
Chuck Norcutt
Bart Wientjes wrote:
> Hello Chuck,
>
> Big oops, sorry for the confusion.
> Here's the summary, I'll re-read it before hitting 'send'. :)
>
> The big advantage of the 590 chipset over the 570 is that it has
> better support for SLI. SLI is only interesting for gamers who want
> more power than a single card can offer. If you plan on running
> Photoshop, the 590 chipset has little advantages.
>
> The 'lanes' I referred to are data paths between the CPU and the PCIe
> card. If the graphics card (or any other PCIe card) communicates over
> 16 parallel lanes with the CPU, it has double the bandwith than when
> it communicates over 8 lanes.
> Practically, with the current state of technology the bandwith of 8
> lanes is more than sufficient for non 3D applications.
>
> Most graphics card nowadays are equipped with two display connectors.
> Practically every card can drive two screens, you don't need multiple
> graphics cards to achieve that, let alone SLI.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Bart
>
> PS
> Toms Hardware guide has reviewed the MSI board you mentioned and a
> couple of its competitors:
> http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/09/19/toms_socket_am2_motherboard_summer_slam/page9.html
>
>
> On 3/26/07, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Sorry, but I got confused. You state that the 590 chipset is better
>> because it supports 16 vs 8 lanes (whatever a lane is) for better
>> support of dual graphics cards. Then say there's no impact if you only
>> have one card and then say don't bother with the 570 chip. Eh?
>>
>> You then say you have the same ASUS board that Mike mentions which,
>> according to the link below uses the 570 chip. Eh?
>>
>> Maybe I can simplify this. If I don't run games would I ever want dual
>> graphics cards just to do PhotoShop? Or do I need that for dual monitor
>> support from PhotoShop?
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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