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Introducing the Multi-GPU Index
Author: Dennis Garcia
Published: Thursday, December 02, 2010
DFI LanParty UT X48-T3R
Multi-GPU Scorecard
Index: 5.30
Optimized: 2x
Max Support: 2x
Optimized: 2x
Max Support: 2x
Intel’s X48 was the last chipset in a long line of “classic” system architecture where the memory controller was still contained in the chipset thus allowing you a ton of flexibility in choosing a processor for your system. Of course this classic architecture tended to cost more to produce and were rather limited in their PCI Express configurations.
Multi-GPU availability was still limited during the reign of the X48 which can be seen in the overall slot layout. You will find a total of foru PCI Express slots three of which can support video cards. Slots two and six run at full 16x bandwidth while slot four runs at 4x with a 1.0 specification. The slot layout suggests the board is fully optimized for dual card operation and while we did attempt a triple card configuration the drivers would not recognize the card.
