I Need A Motherboard That Can Hold 3xGTX275 Graphics Cards

[Mpyra]

I can't tell if these motherboards with 3 PCI-e are big enough to actually have 3 of these cards on board.

Looking at the GTX:

http://hothardware.com/articleimages/Item1296/gtx-275.jpg

http://www.geeks3d.com/public/jegx/200904/zotac_geforce-gtx-275-ac-xtreme-cooler.jpg


It looks to be about twice as thick as a standard size card, taking up the space of a standard PCI slot.

Are there boards with their PCI-e slots spaced further apart?

Are regular PCI's even used on boards these days?

Thanks.

 

[saint19]

Hi. What CPU do you have?

 

[Mpyra]

Q6600, but am considering replacing, i need a cost comparison of 775 vs whatever alternative and to consider the performance/cost ratio of switching to a different socket set.

As things are i could get a 775, then if i want more performance overclock or switch to another 775 CPU and overclock.

 

[saint19]

Well, the only mobos that I know that support 3-Way SLI with enough space are EVGA, and their cost is around $300, BUT with socket 1366.

 

[Mpyra]

Looks like I'll be making the switch to I7 then...

Do i understand correctly that there are 775 socket PCI-e boards out there but they are not 16x which is needed for SLI?

 

[Mpyra]

I found a 775 one:

http://www.amazon.com/EVGA-132-CK-NF78-A1-3xPCI-Express-PCI-Express-Motherboard/dp/B00118FM58

Not in stock though, will keep looking....

 

[saint19]

Looks like I'll be making the switch to I7 then...

Do i understand correctly that there are 775 socket PCI-e boards out there but they are not 16x which is needed for SLI?

With a chipset intel also is possible do the SLI. Take a look of THIS mobo.

 

[Mpyra]

Costs about £120 which is about $180 i think.

 

[Mpyra]

With a chipset intel also is possible do the SLI. Take a look of THIS mobo.

Lol, i think it's a bit overkill for me, i'm building this PC based on price/performance ratio for a single game, the 4 sli slots are not needed as 3 will run crysis at 1980x1200 at past 60fps average and my tv's refresh rate is 60, resolution 1980x1080.

Also that Mobo would not fit in the case i just ordered.

At the moment the Evga board i found is the top contender, if there's a tri sli i7 board you know of i would be interested to see that.

Thanks

 

[saint19]

Like a personal advice, if you want price/performance:

1- Build an AMD rig
2- One 5970 or 5870 is better that 3 GTX275 in SLI

 

[Mpyra]

Like a personal advice, if you want price/performance:

1- Build an AMD rig
2- One 5970 or 5870 is better that 3 GTX275 in SLI

The thing is, i am only really interested in Crysis Warhead and in Crysis Warhead not even TriXfired 5870's beat TriSLIed GTX285's (basically no different to GTX275's and quite a bit worse to 275's when they are OCed):

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/283394-15-gtx275-trisli-5870-crossfire-building-system#t2095561

As for performance differences in other games, that's tit for tat, i only need 60fps at 1980x1080 on any game i play, it's the most my TV puts out, i don't really think I'll play many if any other games, so the 275's match my needs and perform better than any other cards out there meeting them.

 

[saint19]

60FPS? you can get this mark with a GTX260 in GRID at 1920x1080 in a Samsung 2333 SW Plus (I have this monitor) If you are only interested in Crysis, you can get one only GPU, a GTX285, or an ATI 5850 or 5870, even, with my GTX260 I can play Crysis with a very good details.

 

[Mpyra]

60FPS? you can get this mark with a GTX260 in GRID at 1920x1080 in a Samsung 2333 SW Plus (I have this monitor) If you are only interested in Crysis, you can get one only GPU, a GTX285, or an ATI 5850 or 5870, even, with my GTX260 I can play Crysis with a very good details.

Benchmarks don't reflect that opinion, can you back up what your saying?

A lot of people are reporting poor performance on Crysis with even a 5870.

Great if you can I'd be very interested if not, i am totally done discussing it, the thread i link makes it clear why i have my opinion.

 

[saint19]

Ok, right now I'm in my work. After this I go to the University, so, give me few hours 'till arrive to my home and run GRID and Crysis with fraps activated, and after that I post the pictures of the results Ok?

My rig is:

CPU: Phenom II X4 955
GPU: GTX260 896
RAM: 4GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer
HDD: 2x500GB Itachi

P.D. Obviously, all this after that doing my homework

 

[Unworldlyfriend]

Do you have the cards now? because fermi is comming out on 26th march and that will destroy a gtx 275.

 

[saint19]

Currently I only have the GTX260, I'm waiting the nVidia's Fermi and see the performance against the ATI's Eyefinity. After that benchmarks, I will upgrade my GPU, mobo and RAM.