3 Way SLI On Z97 ?

[Dicehunter]

So I have a 3rd 980 laying here doing nothing and was wondering if anyone has had experience with Z97 and 3 Way SLI ?

 

[stulid]

You know you need a Z97 board with a PLX chip to do 3way or 4way SLI right?

 

[Tonester0011]

Of course Dice knows that

 

[Dicehunter]

You know you need a Z97 board with a PLX chip to do 3way or 4way SLI right?

I know but did they not release such a board yet ? I know Z87 had a mobo with a PLX chip, The Maximus Extreme I think it was.

EDIT - Nevermind, Found one, The MSI Z97 XPower AC.

Of course Dice knows that

+1

 

[Tonester0011]

The Xpower was released shortly after Z97 came out, was a couple weeks iirc. As PGI got it.

 

[stulid]

A couple of the Gigabyte Gaming boards do it such as the Gaming GT or Gaming G1 or the G1 Black edition.

 

[Dicehunter]

The Xpower was released shortly after Z97 came out, was a couple weeks iirc. As PGI got it.

Hmm I might just stick with 2 way then seeing as I'm on the Z97 Sabertooth and love the look of it and I'm not too fond of beaming canary yellow, Not even a 3rd GPU could sway me

A couple of the Gigabyte Gaming boards do it such as the Gaming GT or Gaming G1 or the G1 Black edition.

Nice one thanks Stulid

 

[pgi947]

I do and it is plx enabled to support 3 & 4 way sli. By all rights a beast of a board and probably the highest end board released on z97.

Runs my 780's at 16/16 3.0

 

[stulid]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-631-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2811

That does it I think, most ASUS "WS" boards have PLX chips for extra slots.

 

[Dicehunter]

I do and it is plx enabled to support 3 & 4 way sli. By all rights a beast of a board and probably the highest end board released on z97.

Runs my 780's at 16/16 3.0

Very nice, I wish Asus released a board on Z97 with a PLX chip that didn't have ROG branding and colour scheme, Like the Sabertooth but with PLX would be nice

 

[pastymuncher]

I believe the Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming G1 can do quad SLI at 8x/8x/8x/8x. Going by the manual it appears to have a PLX chip.

 

[Dicehunter]

Nevermind it turns out I'm in luck, The Z97 Sabertooth supports quad SLI

 

[Tonester0011]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-631-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2811

That does it I think, most ASUS "WS" boards have PLX chips for extra slots.

Just look at the heatsink, PLX needs cooling.

 

[Tonester0011]

Nevermind it turns out I'm in luck, The Z97 Sabertooth supports quad SLI

It does, using two dual GPU cards
Not with 4 cards as it doesn't have enough lanes.

 

[stulid]

Nevermind it turns out I'm in luck, The Z97 Sabertooth supports quad SLI

No.

That will be Quad SLI using dual GPU GFX cards (so 2 x GTX690/TitanZ etc) so technically the board is doing just 2 way SLI.

Not 3 x GTX970 or 4 X GTX980 etc.

 

[Dicehunter]

It does, using two dual GPU cards
Not with 4 cards as it doesn't have enough lanes.

No.

That will be Quad SLI using dual GPU GFX cards (so 2 x GTX690/TitanZ etc) so technically the board is doing just 2 way SLI.

Not 3 x GTX970 or 4 X GTX980 etc.

I might stick with 2 way then, I love the looks of the Sabertooth so I guess I'll just donate the 3rd 980 to a family member, Thanks for the insight all it's much appreciated