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Chipset by: Sean Kalinich on 1/15/2010
The board with have a Tylersburg 5520 chipset with multiple NF200 chips for extra PCIe x16 slots.
by: Anonymous on 1/11/2010
Forgot to add, the ASUS p6t7 Supercomputer board also uses dual Nvidia NF200 chips for 7 pcie slots at x16. This new EVGA board probably uses the same chip setup to achieve support for Xeon cpus, ECC memory, and multiple pcie slots at x16.
by: Anonymous on 1/11/2010
Actually most server boards require buffered memory, some do not. Take a look at ASUS p6t7 Supercomputer board which doesn't. It also supports Xeon and ECC memory. This is the board I am currently using for video editing and Maya work with Windows 7.
by: Radu M. Cosma on 1/11/2010
Thanks for the info. I forgot server boards require buffered ECC memory.
by: Anonymous on 1/11/2010
There's this neat concept named 'NUMA' - read it up on wiki if you will. Basically each of the cpu sockets hosts only the 6 adjacent memory slots, and accesses the other cpu's dimm's via the QPI link. NUMA applies to Opterons and Nehalem-based Xeon's.

I have yet to see a server board that provides 7 x16 pci-e slots (granted, not all of them operate at x16). Presumably the EVGA board will allow use of unbuffered dimm's with tight timings from OCZ, Corsiar et al - a typical server board OTOH requires buffered ECC dimm's with not-so amazing speed grades/timings.
by: Radu M. Cosma on 1/10/2010
How would 2 CPUs with integrated memory controllers work together? Are all 12 memory slots linked to both sockets (if that's even possible) or what?

If W555 only works with Xeons instead of desktop Core i7, wouldn't a dual-socket (LGA1366) server board be better with video editing in mind? Especially since a lot of them are already availeble (Supermicro for exmple). Or are they too expensive at $400-$500?
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