Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI Quad Royal Launched, 4-Way PCI-E X16 Motherboard

Gigabyte Technologies newest top-of-the-line motherboard will support four simultaneous PCI-Express X16 slots, plus NVIDIA’s nForce 4 SLI chipset. So if you’ve always wanted to hook up seven of your spare monitors, now there’s a way.

Normally, NVIDIA’s nForce 4 SLI Intel edition chipset is a two-chip contraption… this conventional configuration will apparently be available, according to Gigabyte. But as an alternative, Gigabyte will also be making available some models using the single-chip chipset normally used for NVIDIA’s AMD-supportive option. In this configuration, the southbridge chip is eliminated, and its storage, networking, and USB support are all incorporated into the single chip, which routes them all together using HyperTransport.

Eliminating the separate southbridge chip freed up Gigabyte to implement more bandwidth for multiple displays. If you ever wanted a Times Square effect in your basement or den, now’s your opportunity.

TGDaily