Will SLi work with this board?

kingjc10

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Simple question really would this motherboard be capable of sli for 670 or 680 (haven't decided yet one which of those 2), it didn't come with a bridge which makes me think it only supports crossfire, which in that case, it doesn't have a bridge for that either (if crossfire needs one).
So i would kind of like to find out before I spend alot on a 2 GPUs just to find out it doesn't support 2 of them
Board->ASUS P8B75-V LGA 1155 Intel B75 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
link on newegg to said board -> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131835

and if all i need to do is get a sli bridge, does anyone have a link to one, or crossfire bridge, or whatever AMD calls their bridge thing for crossfire.

Also i guess you might as well help me decide what card to get that is between the power of the 670 and 680, im using a intel cpu, and im partial to Nvidia, since i have used them alot more then AMD, i feel more comfortable with them. But it it only supports crossfire then ill be ok with AMD
 

Lisan al-Gaib

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Looks like it doesn't support either SLI or X Fire (the Crossfire Bridge comes with the card). It only has one x16 PCI-E lane, you wan't at least another x8 lane, which this mobo doesn't have.
 

kingjc10

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it has 2 PCI-E x16 slots, one is coloured black which seems to make it hard to see from most of the pictures, but my current card worked in it, so i don't see why another wouldn't

Crossfire bridges come with the card though? So it's completely backwards from Nvidia, seems weird.
 

Lisan al-Gaib

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The black PCI-E only works at x4 speed. Crossfire may work but performance will be impacted from the reduced bandwidth, so your mileage may vary. SLI will not work.
 

kingjc10

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Ok, i think ill go ahead and try to save up a bit more for a dual card then, technically only need to manage to obtain $100 for a 690 since the 680s are $448 a piece and the 690 at $1000, so a bit more then i wanted to spend, but eh, at least dual cards work on non-sli boards, just going to have to settle for 2x underclocked 680's spliced together, which is what i wanted to avoid, but seeing as i can't find a 7990 in stock, a 690 will do.
thanks for the help.