Asus Rampage Extreme III and 2 Nvidia 295 GTX will they work ?

[dirtbag]

Hi all as above. I have read that my board does not support quad sli unless I buy some daughter board ?
I have 2 Nvidia 295 GTX graphics cards that have 2 pcb's per card. I will be using PCI-E slots 1 and 3.

Will this rig work please, or should I sell and go for another card ?

Thanks in advance

 

[VistaKing]

Dirtbag

Looking at the link below . It does say you could use either SLI or Crossfire

:ar: ASUS - RAMPAGE III EXTREME

 

[dirtbag]

Hi many thanks for the link and the evidence is apparent, but I have read on forums that that baord does not support quad sli. The fact that my Gcards have 2 Gpu's each = 4, I am thinking it wont support them ?

 

[sygnus21]

Hi all as above. I have read that my board does not support quad sli unless I buy some daughter board ?
I have 2 Nvidia 295 GTX graphics cards that have 2 pcb's per card.

I believe they're talking about one of these, which should have come with your board....



Also some cards (video) may also card with one.

And it would also help if you specifically told us what board you have since you say the link provided is what your board does.

The board linked clearly says....

Multi-GPU Support
Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ Technology
Supports AMD CrossFireX™ Technology

Look under specifications. Perhaps you're getting confused with something else?

 

[VistaKing]

It won't support 4 separate Graphic Cards without the Extreme 4-way SLI Xpander board .

 

[Britton30]

Yes, they will work, you just need the connector sygnus posted.

 

[dirtbag]

Thanks for the replies and sorry guys I am not too great at this.
I have the sli link bridge, 2 in fact, but I do not have that expander thingy.

Here is more detail

I have the Asus Rampage Extreme III Republic of gamers LGA 1366
I7 920 OC to 3.8ghz with Noctua DH14
16 GB Corsair Ram
BFG TECH 295 GTX X2 , each card which takes up one Pci-e slot each has 2 GPU's = 2 Physical slots taken up, but 4 GPU's.
Coolermaster Real Power M1000W PSU

I am getting confused as I see this link

Quad SLI on ASUS Rampage III Extreme is not possible

 

[sygnus21]

Yes, they will work, you just need the connector sygnus posted.

Thanks Britton, for a minute I thought I was going crazy

 

[sygnus21]

Thanks for the replies and sorry guys I am not too great at this.
I have the sli link bridge, 2 in fact, but I do not have that expander thingy.

Here is more detail

I have the Asus Rampage Extreme III Republic of gamers LGA 1366
I7 920 OC to 3.8ghz with Noctua DH14
16 GB Corsair Ram
BFG TECH 295 GTX X2 , each card which takes up one Pci-e slot each has 2 GPU's = 2 Physical slots taken up, but 4 GPU's.
Coolermaster Real Power M1000W PSU

I am getting confused as I see this link

Quad SLI on ASUS Rampage III Extreme is not possible

OK, as pointed out - dual (2 cards) SLI is doable with your board. Quad (4 cards) is not.

So, since you have two cards, you're good to go. Four cards won't work. You also need the connector I showed earlier, which either your card or motherboard should have supplied.

Hope this helps.

 

[dirtbag]

Thanks for the replies and sorry guys I am not too great at this.
I have the sli link bridge, 2 in fact, but I do not have that expander thingy.

Here is more detail

I have the Asus Rampage Extreme III Republic of gamers LGA 1366
I7 920 OC to 3.8ghz with Noctua DH14
16 GB Corsair Ram
BFG TECH 295 GTX X2 , each card which takes up one Pci-e slot each has 2 GPU's = 2 Physical slots taken up, but 4 GPU's.
Coolermaster Real Power M1000W PSU

I am getting confused as I see this link

Quad SLI on ASUS Rampage III Extreme is not possible

OK, as pointed out - dual (2 cards) SLI is doable with your board. Quad (4 cards) is not.

So, since you have two cards, you're good to go. Four cards won't work. You also need the connector I showed earlier, which either your card or motherboard should have supplied.

Hope this helps.

Thanks it certainly does and thanks very much. Well I will try it out tomorrow and hope it enhances my rig abit !

 

[Britton30]

Quad SLI mean 4 physical cards, not the number of GPU chips.

 

[smarteyeball]

Will this rig work please, or should I sell and go for another card ?

Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ Technology

Sell your cards mate. Quad won't work and it's far easier to upgrade.

Quad SLI mean 4 physical cards, not the number of GPU chips.

Actually mate, SLI is based on number of GPU Chips, not physical cards. A Single x2 card is two GPU's and is considered SLI.

2 physical GTX 295 cards = 4 GPU's = quad sli

 

[Britton30]

OK, thanks Patrick for the good input. With your experience you know how it works. I knew the 2GPU card was a SLI config, but I didn't know if that's how boards saw it or not.

 

[sygnus21]

I have 2 Nvidia 295 GTX graphics cards that have 2 pcb's per card. I will be using PCI-E slots 1 and 3.

Actually mate, SLI is based on number of GPU Chips, not physical cards. A Single x2 card is two GPU's and is considered SLI.

2 physical GTX 295 cards = 4 GPU's = quad sli

OK, thanks Patrick for the good input. With your experience you know how it works. I knew the 2GPU card was a SLI config, but I didn't know if that's how boards saw it or not.

Ugh.... are those GTX 295 dual GPU cards???


If that's the case, we (I) gave the OP wrong advice

 

[dirtbag]

Will this rig work please, or should I sell and go for another card ?

Supports NVIDIA® 3-Way SLI™ Technology

Sell your cards mate. Quad won't work and it's far easier to upgrade.

Quad SLI mean 4 physical cards, not the number of GPU chips.

Actually mate, SLI is based on number of GPU Chips, not physical cards. A Single x2 card is two GPU's and is considered SLI.

2 physical GTX 295 cards = 4 GPU's = quad sli

Thanks very much, as I thought !

 

[sygnus21]

Glad to see this was sorted out correctly. Sorry for the confusion.

Good luck.

 

[AddRAM]

How much were those cards when you bought them ?

 

[dirtbag]

Hi many thanks , any ideas for a good upgrade. I will sell these two and get something for the same money, i.e like a 580 ?

 

[dirtbag]

How much were those cards when you bought them ?

Around £70 each

 

[sygnus21]

Hi many thanks , any ideas for a good upgrade. I will sell these two and get something for the same money, i.e like a 580 ?

I really wouldn't know as I don't do multi-card setups. I've also never used NVidia cards. Strictly ATI/AMD.

Anyway this is my cue to bow out and let those more familiar with multi-card setups to chime in.

Good luck.