Dual SLI and Motherbord

[nityking1]

So my motherboard supports dual SLI but when there are two cards in the PCI-e x16 slots they both run at x8 speed. Will I still be able to see the benefits of using a dual SLI because of the speed being reduced or will it be the same as running one card? Thanks in advance!

The Cards are both EVGA Nvidia 560ti OC : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130651
And the Mobo is a Gigabyte Z81A-DH3-B3 with and Intel i5 2500k OC'd to 4.0Gh/z

 

[claysm]

No, running the cards in a x8 x8 configuration will work fine. The only thing you really need to be wary of is trying to run a high performance card in a x4 slot.

And I think that you may have the model number incorrect for your motherboard. A quick search revealed nothing for what you have posted.

 

[stickg1]

Oh you have the Gigabyte Z81 eh?

 

[nityking1]

Lol, my bad its a Z68A-D3H-B3 I was reading in a hurry trying to get back to Minecraft XD

 

[stickg1]

Lol, my bad its a Z68A-D3H-B3 I was reading in a hurry trying to get back to Minecraft XD

Okay, well x8/x8 is fine, depending on the cards it operates at about 95% of x16/x16. These numbers are all subjective to the card, drivers, system specs, game/benchmark/program being used. But if I had to take a wild guess it would be between 88%-96%. You just want to avoid putting a card in an x4 slot because that WILL kill performance.

 

[nityking1]

Okay, well x8/x8 is fine, depending on the cards it operates at about 95% of x16/x16. These numbers are all subjective to the card, drivers, system specs, game/benchmark/program being used. But if I had to take a wild guess it would be between 88%-96%. You just want to avoid putting a card in an x4 slot because that WILL kill performance.

Thanks, thats what I was pretty sure of I just always like to make sure before I fork out another $250!

 

[nityking1]

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