L lazykiller Solid State Member Messages 17 Feb 10, 2008 #1 Hey I was on alienware and they have a comouter with tri-SLI and they only use a mobo with 2 16x pci slots, how do they fit three graphics cards in?
Hey I was on alienware and they have a comouter with tri-SLI and they only use a mobo with 2 16x pci slots, how do they fit three graphics cards in?
mgcook Fully Optimized Messages 1,723 Location North Carolina Feb 10, 2008 #3 the 680i has a 3rd PCI-e slot but i dont think its 16x
stalin90 Daemon Poster Messages 1,371 Location Kansas Feb 10, 2008 #4 ya the 3rd one is a 16x slot running at 8x
OP OP L lazykiller Solid State Member Messages 17 Feb 10, 2008 #5 Then would I only be able to use the ultra's or the GTX's?
M maroon1 Banned Messages 3,479 Feb 10, 2008 #6 lazykiller said: Then would I only be able to use the ultra's or the GTX's? Click to expand... Only GTX and Ultra support Tri-SLI GT and GTS don't support it
lazykiller said: Then would I only be able to use the ultra's or the GTX's? Click to expand... Only GTX and Ultra support Tri-SLI GT and GTS don't support it
mgcook Fully Optimized Messages 1,723 Location North Carolina Feb 10, 2008 #7 yeah but why would you waste so much money on an alienware when you can build the same thing for $2-3K less
yeah but why would you waste so much money on an alienware when you can build the same thing for $2-3K less
OP OP L lazykiller Solid State Member Messages 17 Feb 10, 2008 #8 mgcook said: yeah but why would you waste so much money on an alienware when you can build the same thing for $2-3K less Click to expand... Im not i was only looking there for information
mgcook said: yeah but why would you waste so much money on an alienware when you can build the same thing for $2-3K less Click to expand... Im not i was only looking there for information
mgcook Fully Optimized Messages 1,723 Location North Carolina Feb 10, 2008 #9 the new 780i supports Tri-SLI with 3, 16x PCI-e 2.0 slots
nOcLuE98 Biohazardous Messages 1,673 Feb 10, 2008 #10 yeah, if your gonna do tri-sli do 780i. You want the 16x pci.