I have never seen a server board that offers 8x 16 lane slots. Being stuck with 7 slots means if I want an even 8 GPUs, I'd need to bifurcate one slot into x8 x8, which sacrifices a precious PCIe4 bandwidth.
On the chassis side, not having 8 slots means not supporting 4 GPUs internally, which sucks for certain workstation setups. Being that I actually do have 8x GPUs, I've had to settle for a jank mining rig for a chassis.
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I have never seen a server board that offers 8x 16 lane slots. Being stuck with 7 slots means if I want an even 8 GPUs, I'd need to bifurcate one slot into x8 x8, which sacrifices a precious PCIe4 bandwidth.
On the chassis side, not having 8 slots means not supporting 4 GPUs internally, which sucks for certain workstation setups. Being that I actually do have 8x GPUs, I've had to settle for a jank mining rig for a chassis.