A big selling point for me is 40 lanes and it looks like ill be on x99. What do you guys think? Sorry for posting so much im in the hospital board trying to figure out whats wrong with my abdominal pain

Xantac
A big selling point for me is 40 lanes and it looks like ill be on x99. What do you guys think? Sorry for posting so much im in the hospital board trying to figure out whats wrong with my abdominal pain

The next line is around the corner so it's up to you if you want to stick with the X99 or wait for the next boards and CPU.  

Check this link out for more info.


I almost forgot, I saw this a few of days ago from EVGA.  Keep your eyes and ears wide open for Computex.
 

You think about cutting line on Intel 8 core, named i7-7820X?
That's insane if you ask me. After everything Intel should reward customers with all processors 44 PCI-E lanes.
But looks like they think If Ryzen 7 have 16 we will give only 28 for some models.
 
Wait, wait... this smell me on something very interesting X299 Dark with some nice fan...
I like motherboards with fans, special when fans are silent as on my Z77 FTW...
E-ATX fit perfectly in Mac G5 case....
 

 
I can't wait to see this motherboard.
X99 is finished. Not because X299... That would be still perfect combination, but launching Ryzen 7 X99 completely lost value.
I think even on i7-6900K. On X99 only could invest someone who could find very very very cheap i7-6900K and some cheap motherboard up to 250$, nothing else. X99 is still nice for gaming and will be long time, but for people who have platform years, not for investment now.
If someone have money and think to upgrade better to save even more for best possible option for X299. That would be 10 Core Intel
or 8 core for people who have single graphic card.
Now motherboards will have Internal USB 3.1 and 28 PCI-E lanes will enough for single graphic card users.
If designers of motherboard launch board with x4 and x1 PCI-E slot as RVE10 than customer will be able to install even sound card,
some x4 PCI-E device and single graphic card will work on x16 speed. But only if mobo have both x4 and x1 slots.
From that side RVE10 is perfect example for i7-6800K owners, they could install dedicate Sound Card, Intel 750, Samsung 960 PRO and GPU x16. 
 
Ryzen 7 is far stronger, I mean that's not small difference, he is far stronger and better option than anything except i7-6950X and their price difference is insane. You can buy 1800X and TITAN Xp for same price. And you will not notice difference between CPU performance.
 
 
 
 

Sajin
Bad if true. Glad I have a x99 system.

Yeap.
 
Basically Intel will hold people to ransom to buy 10 cores for probably 1000$ even if previous generation offered more lanes in weaker chips. Have spare Classy and 5930 lying around and waiting what Intel and AMD will show. If it is worth the hassle then I will buy something new, if not I can basically create yet another system with same setup I already have.

Sajin
Bad if true. Glad I have a x99 system.

+1...

The New X299 Coming Soon....A Dark is in my Forecast.
https://www.evga.com/articles/01114/evga-x299-series-motherboards/

Questors
 
Then Intel screws everyone over with regard to PCIe lanes and a dollar value. $1000.00 for the cheapest CPU with 44 lanes. Say what?!

Tell me about it.  I think their pricing is nuts. lol  They all of a sudden think we have money trees growing in the back of everyone's yards?

They should have made the 8 core 44 lanes also...

So let me ask... if the z270 board perform on par with the x99 boards in game, woth less pci lanes... how much is this actually affecting you?

Maybe if you are doing production work and need more lanes and dont care about sli... but seriously.. i am curious how it is actually affecting you. Dont say "i want the best" since they have been performing the same with less pci lanes. Also, I am not bashing, so please dont go off on a rant.

I think Vlada's translator has gone bonkers again.  

rlb9682
SLI is a thing of the past for the majority of games as far as I've seen. The only way this hurts is if you're doing crunching or folding, etc. at least that I can see. But hey, I've been wrong before :)  That said, it doesn't bother me since SLI has fallen out of favor and never really worked that well in practice. 

SLI definitely isn't a thing of the past. It will definitely be need for 4k 144Hz.

Sajin

rlb9682
SLI is a thing of the past for the majority of games as far as I've seen. The only way this hurts is if you're doing crunching or folding, etc. at least that I can see. But hey, I've been wrong before :)  That said, it doesn't bother me since SLI has fallen out of favor and never really worked that well in practice. 

SLI definitely isn't a thing of the past. It will definitely be need for 4k 144Hz.

+1...... Ive never had a problem running SLI unless there wasn't a performance profile for it or a game wasnt coded for it. Triple SLI was a bit different story though and the gains def weren't there to stay triple sli, for me anyway. I cant see something that lets you instantly double your gpu power by just dropping another card in and putting a bridge on it, falling out of favor..... ever really. Triple and quad may be a different story, but dual sli will be here for a good long time for sure, especially since its a easy way for the gpu manufacturer to extend profits.