Possible to get 4 GTX 690 squized into one rig?

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grimsonfart

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Hey

Iv actually been trying to see if a can find someone with 4 GTX 690 in their systems, but even though i search for "GTX 690 Quad SLI" It allways comes up with only 2 of em. I guess thats because 1 of those cards are almost as powerfull as 2 other high-end cards?

Anyways, the question is the title :p
 

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Yes its possible, people have benchmarked it but the performance is nowhere near good enough to justify the cost.
 

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well the lga 2011 motherboards seem to have 4 pcie slots 16/16/8/8 with 1 normal pci slot always in between, but it would just burn up, as there would be no space for air to flow. also 2 690 would be waste of money as second 690 would not even be utilized by current games. i dont have such systems but 3rd and 4th core simply would not be used that much by system.
 
its sad that this is what TOMs GPU section is becoming, to answer the OPs question....... :non:

in 3 way sli the third gpu acts like the performance increase of a nipple, the 4th would be even more severely diminishing increases in performance if at all....

bottom line youd be better off with 3 680s
 
Quad SLi is the most performance you can get. That would be two gtx690s. Two GPUs are on one board. The most you can use is two. That's why all the worlds highest benchmarks are 4 gtx680s or 4 HD7970s. 4 gtx680s performs slightly better than 2 gtx690s. You can't use 8 GPUs, 4 x gtx690 doesn't work like you would want it to.
 

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Right but to answer the question it is possible, nobody would recommend it but it is possible.
 


Show me proof that you can SLi 8 GPU's together....

It is not possible, there are no drivers for it.

A gtx690 is two gtx680s in one card. There for, 4 gtx690s = 8 GPUs. Show me that you can SLi 8 GPUs. No one has done it, it is not possible, there are no drivers for it.
 

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it is not possible to sli more then 4 cards. 4 690s is 8 cards



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wrong wrong wrong. 4 is the max this situation would be 8



 

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I could be wrong, but the biggest advantage of a Tri-GPU system is that due to the way AFR works, 3 GTX 680's would actually be smoother and more enjoyable then 2 GTX 690s, right? 3 Cards = less microstuttering?

 

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Now im confused as to what the op was originally asking, it is possible to quad sli 690's i know that i didnt know he meant 4 physical 690 cards.
 


IDK, I honestly couldn't tell you. I don't see why you would need more than 2 gtx680s period. If it's your goal to have the highest benchmark scores, that's all well and good. I think it's best to just run one strong GPU as long as you can until you need that 2nd one to keep up with the new titles coming out. I'm not hating on any SLi or CF-X guys out there. I've CF-X'd 6870s and 6950s before.

But to reiterate the answer to the OPs question. The max is 2 gtx690s or 4 gtx680s. Quad SLi is the best you can do right now.
 

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GTX690 is already SLI between 2 GTX680 crammed in the same PCB

So to put 4 GTX690 you need a mobo that supports octo-sli
 

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Which as previously stated doesn't exist. There aren't motherboards for it, there aren't drivers for it, none, nada, zip. Do a little research before posting.
 

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A gtx 690 is a dual graphics card, meaning having 2 of them is like having 4 cards (gtx 680s). You don't need to be Einstein to figure this out and it's sad that the first 4 replies have no clue what they are talking about *facepalm*.
 

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hey mine was the 4th reply, and i wrote that such setup is waste of money, so i am now waiting for your apology xD
well the lga 2011 motherboards seem to have 4 pcie slots 16/16/8/8 with 1 normal pci slot always in between, but it would just burn up, as there would be no space for air to flow. also 2 690 would be waste of money as second 690 would not even be utilized by current games. i dont have such systems but 3rd and 4th core simply would not be used that much by system.
 

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This is a forum right? Thats where all the questions go, and if that is a problem for you, maybe you shoud go to another forum
 

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YE? Quad means 4...
 

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And so i did. Read my whole post. I did NOT find anything related to 4 690's. I then wanted to ask a question to the forums, and it seems like alot of people dont like it... WHY? >:|
 

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Wow i didnt know quad meant 4...Seriously.

The fact that iamcacoa comes in here and basically points out whats already been said is a little funny though, as i said when you said can you do quad sli on 690 i correctly answered yes you can but i didnt realise you meant 4 physical 690 cards rather than 2 cards witch obviously have 2 gpus each. Thats where the confusion was.
 
It's possible to have them in the rig but it's not possible to SLI them all together. There was a guy that had 8 GTX 680 in his GPGPU rig a few weeks, he had 7 working but could not get 8th to work. In the end I think he made them all work.
 
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