Re: Acorn M.2 FPGA based GPU Accelerator

Quote from: philipma1957 on November 08, 2018, 02:31:00 AM

Quote from: abstractHaze on November 07, 2018, 08:15:55 PM

so nest egg 2 with 2 acorns 215+ right.

now do i need to use the usb ports on it?? is that the purpose. to not use the 1x risers and just plug right into the usb vs the 1x adapter?

or am i missing it. cause honestly this whole thing is very very very.......... something

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but as a serious buyer i need a lil guiding light if u can shine on how i would go about setting it up.

no I think you are in need of 1

4 card with 4 acorns

your board has tons of usb ports.

you have no need of more of them

and I believe that you board has a full slot that is 16x so it can handle 4 acorns fully and spread their power to all the usb jacks your board has.

But I could be wrong so you may want to wait.

Now While I am pretty sure I am right about that board let me link the board.

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA2W06P37326

so is this your board?

http://www.biostar-usa.com/app/en%2Dus/mb/introduction.php?S_ID=884#specification

a 4 card should be better with that board. but I could be wrong as I often am.

What? That's not right. (the line in bold above, re: the USB ports)

The USB ports on the Next X2G are not actually USB, but rather PCIEx1 that just happen to use USB cables to connect to normal USB-type riser cards. Think of the USB ports on the Nest like they are USB ports on PCIEx1 adapters for risers.

Take a look at this image:

The USB ports on the Nest X2G are like the port that is circled in red.

The whole idea of the Nest X2g is to use the two Acorns to accelerate GPUs on risers plugged into the ports on the next without having to eat up PCIE slots on the mobo. How many USB ports you have on you mobo doesn't mean anything in the context of Nests an Acorns.