Just got a Gigabyte EX58-DS4

Ethan3.14159 · 11-02-2009, 08:57 PM

Right now I'm running a GTX 260. As far as I knew all/most of the X58 boards around support SLI and Crossfire, but I was looking up stuff on this particular board to find nothing about SLI. Is it a crossfire only board? And I know people have been able to run SLI on Crossfire only boards in the past. How would I go about doing that if I wanted to run a 2nd GTX 260?

Jamin43 · 11-02-2009, 10:52 PM

Looks like Gigabyte's website says that board is crossfire ( only )

Quote:

Originally Posted by EX58-DS4

3 way CrossFireX support for ultimate graphics performance

http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2959

If the board supports SLI - it would be on their product stat page.

Quote:

Originally Posted by EX58-UD4P

Scalable ability to both 3 way CrossFireX and 3 way SLI support for ultimate graphics performance
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/...ProductID=2986

Seth · 11-06-2009, 04:15 AM

Its it common misconception that originated with all the hype for the 1366 socket. Not all all X58 boards support both SLI and Crossfire

And in this case you're board is only Crossfire.

11-02-2009, 08:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ethan3.14159 Diamond Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 19 Posts: 1,692	Just got a Gigabyte EX58-DS4 Right now I'm running a GTX 260. As far as I knew all/most of the X58 boards around support SLI and Crossfire, but I was looking up stuff on this particular board to find nothing about SLI. Is it a crossfire only board? And I know people have been able to run SLI on Crossfire only boards in the past. How would I go about doing that if I wanted to run a 2nd GTX 260? __________________ CPU: AMD Phenom X4 9950 BE MB: Asus M3N-HT 780a RAM: 4GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 800 GPU: XFX GTX 260 55nm PSU: Silverstone DA650 650 watt HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1 TB 7200.12 Case: Cooler Master CM 690 Pure Black Edition (1 of only 300) OS: Windows 7 Ultimate Other: Logitech G15, Microsoft Sidewinder, Logitech X-230 PM me for a Lockerz.com invite Folding for the good of mankind: Team 44358

11-06-2009, 04:15 AM	#3 (permalink)
Seth Gold Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 338	Its it common misconception that originated with all the hype for the 1366 socket. Not all all X58 boards support both SLI and Crossfire And in this case you're board is only Crossfire. __________________ Desktop - Custom Build CPU: Intel E8200 @ 3.4Ghz Mobo: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 RAM: 2GB Corsair TwinX6400C4DHX GRAPHICS: eVGA 8800GT 512MB HDD: X2 Samsung 500GB & X1 Seagate 1TB = 2.0TB CASE & Cooling: Antec 900 & Zalman 9700NT Laptop - Asus F3E-AP183C CPU: Core2 Duo T7250 @ 2.2Ghz RAM: 2GB Kingston 667 HDD: 160GB Seagate

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