Gigabyte posts X99 Motherboard Manuals Leaks Info

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 08/21/2014 08:59 AM | source: | 5 comment(s)

X99 and the Haswell-E platform is launching soon an. The 8-core monster will have 40 PCI-Express lanes for plenty of multi-GPU usage, yet the cheapest 6-core processor SKU called Core i7 5820K would get a smaller number of PCI-Express lanes as was rumored earlier. This however never has been confirmed, until now that is.

Gigabyte posted X99 Motherboard Manuals on their website showing exactly that information. So the Core i7-5820K features 28-lane PCI-Express lanes. That means you'd have one x16 Gen 3.0 slot and then your second card at x8 Gen3. It's still a truckload of bandwith that will not effect performance TBH. Here's a snippet from the manual as spotted by a TPU user in their forums:

2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIE_1, PCIE_2)
For optimum performance, if only one PCI Express graphics card is to be installed, be sure to install it in the PCIE_1 slot; if you are installing two PCI Express graphics cards, it is recommended that you install them in the PCIE_1 and PCIE_2 slots.
2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x8 (PCIE_3, PCIE_4)
* The PCIE_4 slot shares bandwidth with the PCIE_1 slot. When the PCIE_4 slot is populated, the PCIE_1 slot will operate at up to x8 mode.
* When an i7-5820K CPU is installed, the PCIE_2 slot operates at up to x8 mode and the PCIE_3 operates at up to x4 mode.

Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 5
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-gaming5_e.pdf
Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming 7 WIFI
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-gaming7-wifi_e.pdf
Gigabyte GA-X99-Gaming G1 WIFI
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-gaming-g1-wifi_e.pdf
Gigabyte GA-X99-SOC Force
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-soc-force_e.pdf
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD4
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-ud4_e.pdf
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD5 WIFI
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-ud5-wifi_e.pdf
Gigabyte GA-X99-UD7 WIFI
http://download.gigabyte.us/FileList/Manual/mb_manual_ga-x99-ud7-wifi_e.pdf

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#4897275 Posted on: 08/21/2014 01:54 PM

Gives a good insight into the tech, though given the issues I've had with the Giga X79S-UP5, I'll be avoiding them for my X99 build most likely.

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#4897283 Posted on: 08/21/2014 02:21 PM

Probably makes the entry Haswell-E very rather unattractive to gamers, at least imo. Would not think about going more than 2-way SLI with the 5820K, which doesn't pay off at all for gaming I think. If you go to 3-way or quad-SLI, then you have to buy the more expensive CPUs anyway...

Interestingly, with one of the mainboards there's an option to disable CPU cores in bios. Sure, I pay hundreds of $ / € / whatever and then I disable CPU cores :rolleyes:

(I'm sure there's sense to that, the idea is just so unorthodox I don't see a reason to do it...)

Oh, and yes, again and of course, only one true pwm fan header (CPU1), everything else is basically voltage controlled, for any of you wondering.

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#4897757 Posted on: 08/22/2014 11:34 AM

Intel you cheap fks i wanted to upgrade this yr, i'll be keeping my fkn cash and stone age sheeetbox then, not paying 1k for an 8 core so lets see what next AMD architecture brings...

sheeeet cnts

Edit: AMD
"its new chips based on the new micro-architecture will only be available in 2016 or even 2017."

fk sake i'm buying a console then or pulling my snes outta cobwebs. kiss my ace PC gaming. :bang:

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#4897768 Posted on: 08/22/2014 11:56 AM

To wait for AMD to win over Intel performance wise... :rolleyes:

You'll see, because AMD isn't able to really steal the performance crown from Intel, Intel does all this... nobody would sell for less cash without any competition. That won't change 2016 or 2017 either. Anything else would be a dream

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#4897775 Posted on: 08/22/2014 12:10 PM

Nah mate see... I sit silently, patiently staring out of a bush in some dark, wet corner ready to pounce on some unsuspecting... upgrade when i can double my gaming performance and double the specs of my current rig, i'm not interested in whos faster that's why i bought a 920.

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