SLI?

Alright so i am building a computer for ebay. i was wondering since the board has 3 pci express slots can i use the bottom two pci-e slots so that i can use the pci express x1 for a xfi sound card?

What motherboard is it?

Sorry for not supplying you guys with the mobo, i thought it would be a constant for all sli boards. Its the 790i evga board. Anyone know of a better board? Keep in mind i hate asus. The strikers have soooo many problems i hear

Oh and iam thinking ill just get them the xfi elite instead of the titanium. Its better anyways. They seriously need to just banish the pci slot. Or even better come up with a better secondary expansion idea. Oh and i have another question. 2 9800x2 are better than 2 gtx 280's right? also way cheaper

yes because thats 4 gpu's running. but its overkill if not gaming an really high resolutions.

yea I'd agree, I'm getting a new monitor soon, I game at 1280x1024 LMAO. So all my frames stay above 30 fps (actually well above, more like 60) Except crysis which doesn't drop lower than 25

The 9800 GX2s are only better than the 280's in games that scale with sli. There are a few titles that they do poorly in as a single (2x1) card, and worse in quad sli.

2x 260's will handle even Crysis at 1920x1200 on high. Need a C2D at 3.4 or a quad at 3.2 to give the gpu enough headroom to GO!

2 different reviews, one with QX6850, and another with a phenom, over 15 frames difference at the same res with the same cards.

I have the 790i, and it is 1st and 3rd for sli, I have an x-fi card between the two.

well 4 9800gx2's will sell better than 2 gtx 280's on ebay because people are stupid. haha. SHHHH! i didnt say that

LOL thats how it works for any sli configuration, even the 2 xs 260s The GX2 will show smack down for games 1920x1200 and that use sli (or Nvidia created an sli profile/update for the game). Most games will support SLI/CF since its being more and more used in every day situations.

2 9800 GXs will take on 280 GTXs in sli and 260s mostly in games that love sli, COD4, Crysis, Enemy territory, Stalker etc.

While the other games, Assasin's UT3 and I can go on won't do the GX2 much.

I've got a 790i Ultra board, and I've got twin GTX280's in SLI.

I'm using the first PCIE-1 slot for PCIE TV tuner card. It fits so unless the audio card you're planning on using is very wide, it should fit in the first PCIE-1 slot. There's not a lot of room between the TV tuner card and the chipset fan, but if you can't fit the fan, you sould be able to fit some other fan that will cool it.

You can see my system at:

http://www.evga.com/community/Mods [...] 02#system1

^maybe we should become... business partners!

what ideas? lets here them? I am thinking about going down to the local pc shop where my best friends relative owns and ask him if i pay him 50 dollars/month he will give me wholesale prices. That would totally be awesome.

SLI "IF" its supported well and its usually nothing but a headach technicly and support on apps wise is only going to help you reach a higher rez tbh. Avoide it and buy a single gpu for the job. There are options. The 280 and the x2 are insane. You will get better performance per $ out of your rig with single gpu atm.