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xxxalpinexxx80

xxxalpinexxx80

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I saw somewhere i believe evga that you can have 3 gpu at 1 time since there selling the 3 bridge like fore 20 bucks, does any one know if 3 8800gts will work and does it work with evga 680i a1
 
xxxalpinexxx80 said:
I saw somewhere i believe evga that you can have 3 gpu at 1 time since there selling the 3 bridge like fore 20 bucks, does any one know if 3 8800gts will work and does it work with evga 680i a1
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Tri-SLi works with the 169.21 ForceWare beta drivers. eVGA sent me an email this morning offering me a 780i for $89.99. Basically, I'd be stepping up to the board and returning my 680i.

I'm not sure if it would work with the 680i. There are three PCI-E slots, but the third slot runs at X8. The 780i has three X16 slots and support for PCI-E 2.0.

EDIT: Tri-SLI only works with the GTX and the Ultra.
 
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I don't believe it does work, but also remember that the third slot is only 4x electrically.
 
since i have an evga board im i able to use step up, and if i use step up how much does it cost and what would be the benifiets instead of the 680i
 
xxxalpinexxx80 said:
since i have an evga board im i able to use step up, and if i use step up how much does it cost and what would be the benifiets instead of the 680i
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First, you have to register your motherboard at the eVGA website. For me, it is $89.99. I believe you have the same board, so you'll probably get the same deal.

The only benefits are Tri-SLi and PCI-E 2.0 support. That's it.
 
my god u can TRI SLI NOW , but but .............. how , i mean the connectors , thats soo awesome !!
 
mep916 said:
First, you have to register your motherboard at the eVGA website. For me, it is $89.99. I believe you have the same board, so you'll probably get the same deal.

The only benefits are Tri-SLi and PCI-E 2.0 support. That's it.
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Which brings up another issue. Only two of the PCI-E x16 slots are using the new 2.0 standard, the third slot still runs on a traditional PCI-E x16 slot, which may cause some latency issues.
 
Motoxrdude said:
Do video cards nowdays use all the bandwidth anyways?
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There is a difference between running cards at 8x and 16x, so I'd imagine it's using close to the full 16x speed. However the article I was reading wasn't saying that it was a bandwidth issue, but that the two PCI-E 2.0 slots go through the northbridge, while the third PCI-E x16 slot goes through the south bridge, which is causing some major latency problems with Tri-SLI. The article also stated that this is why the 780 boards are delayed, because they are trying to fix this issue.
 
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Which brings up another issue. Only two of the PCI-E x16 slots are using the new 2.0 standard, the third slot still runs on a traditional PCI-E x16 slot, which may cause some latency issues.
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Yeah, I didn't know that. Doesn't really seem worth it. nVidia should focus on improving dual-SLi before releasing this added technology, IMO.
 
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Wow! lol

Anybody know what case that is, it looks great!
 
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