Best X58 Mobo for tri sli

[Ricickle]

Ok ive got 2 gtx 260s sitting here and i was thinking about buying another for when i change to i7 this week and was wondering whats the best x58 mobo for tri sli

do any of them support all 3 lanes at x16?

 

[SimonMaltby]

Ok ive got 2 gtx 260s sitting here and i was thinking about buying another for when i change to i7 this week and was wondering whats the best x58 mobo for tri sli

do any of them support all 3 lanes at x16?

i have been looking into this as i am on the verge of moving to i7
It seems that very few boards have 3 x 16 pci-e the Asus P6T6 WS revolution being one of those. My research has told me that despite most boards not having 3 x 16 that there is no performance gain against say 16x8x8 in TRI SLI.

 

[Ricickle]

Yeah thats kinda what i thought as with gen 2 pcie x8 or x16 dosent make much diffrence

im currently thinking about the top of the range dfi board which runs at x16 x8 x16

 

[jrwagh333]

The only one I know of that has 3 lanes at x16 when all populated is the EVGA-Classified
It can support UP-TO 4 PCIe 2.0 x16 cards. They will all run at x16

 

[Ricickle]

I would only need 3 lanes at x16 though
although i think im going to just go for the dfi and run it at x16 x8 x16

 

[kylew]

Have you checked out the gains you'll get from adding a third card?

It's pretty pointless really, even more so if you're going to run the third at PCI-E 8X.

 

[J1nxy]

I would only need 3 lanes at x16 though
although i think im going to just go for the dfi and run it at x16 x8 x16

I think you'll find its 16x 16x with 2 cards and 16x 8x 8x with 3.

I've done Tri-SLI on EVGA, the XFX is near as damnit the same board and so is the DFI (all based on the Nvidia design)

Tri-SLI works and scales pretty well on the X58/i7 but for me it was overkill as I don't run a 30" screen. 2 cards scale very well and do 1920x1200 really nicely.

 

[DeathTyrant]

Here is a picture of the Asus WS Revolution Pro:



I love the board, but those that wish to go tri-sli should know that unless you have single slot cards, you will have no free slots. You will have to use onboard sound. There are 6 slots, all PCI-Express, which is great, but no extra slots at all, be they PCI or PCI-E 1x.

 

[Ben M]

I'd seriously look into how big your gains are going to be, as you're looking at £170 for a card, and however much extra for your mobo over any other X58.

 

[DeathTyrant]

Gains for Crysis and Stalker Clear Sky? Decent gains.
Gains for other games? Your already at such high fps with 2 cards, that it is mostly for bragging rights.

Of course, if you run 2560x1600 or a 5040x1050 TripleHead2Go setup, it is definitely worth it.

 

[Ricickle]

Got most of the i7 setup coming this week.
got 2 xfx 260s already and with my bonus i wouldnt mind blowing a bit more on the third
although ive got myself thinking about just running 2 260s just now and spending the rest on a Raid 0 ssd setup

 

[Ben M]

Got most of the i7 setup coming this week.
got 2 xfx 260s already and with my bonus i wouldnt mind blowing a bit more on the third
although ive got myself thinking about just running 2 260s just now and spending the rest on a Raid 0 ssd setup

What res do you run?

The smarter money would be in a SSD setup or a nice monitor.

 

[Ricickle]

Just got a 22" just now running at 1680x1050 but im also currently looking at 24" main monitor and run the 22" as a second monitor

 

[J1nxy]

Honest answer from somebody who has run SLI, TRI-SLI with both 260 216s and 280s is I'd stick with just 2 and get the monitor.

In terms of SSD personal view is its a complete and utter waste for the loads that a single PC will place on the disk system of a machine.