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Re:We Need New Motherboards Before GPUs Collapse Under Their... by c_o_n_v_e_x on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:33PM (#32947320)
Not a bad idea however you have hard limits on how physically long the PCIe lanes can be. We had problems making sure we hit signal budget for a PCIe gen 4 slot on an ATX motherboard. The problem (PCIe lane length) gets worse as the speeds increase.
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Re:We Need New Motherboards Before GPUs Collapse Under Their... by MBCook on Thursday September 22, 2022 @10:52PM (#32947461)
My hope was it could similar length to today, just on the other side of the CPU.

Thinking about it though isn’t that where a lot of motherboards put a lot of their power regulation circuitry? I’m sure something would have to move.

But excellent point. That could easily bet a much bigger sticking point that I didn’t really consider too much.

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