Crossfire Possible with a soundcard?

[ICEx21]

Afternoon folks,

As per the title I'm wondering if the above is possible as people have told me you can have either one or the other due to something to do with the pci express lanes being x16.

I'm not really sure what the reasoning is for the above but I thought the only thing I needed to look out for was if I would have enough space on the motherboard due to the fans, or the space in the actual case.

Could anyone please confirm if the above is correct as I've only read about it from a few google searches and the threads were all about a year old.

Thanks

 

[iTek]

It sure is possible. You can have multiple GPU (xfire or SLi) and still use a pci or pci-e soundcard. Only issue may be spacing as you mentioned but normally not a problem.

 

[itchy]

Sound cards do not need PCI-express x16 x1 will do, so yes it is very possible providing you have the slots.

 

[8 Pack]

Whats the board man!!! How can anyone answer this without knowing the platform your on??

 

[shankly1985]

Using a sound card here and crossfire My board Asus p8z77 ws supports 4x pcie 16x gives lots off options when installing cards.

 

[ICEx21]

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-562-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=2574

This is the motherboard I was looking at and the MSI GE 290 is the card that I want to crossfire, the soundcard I'm installing is the creative ZXR.
I was searching google to see if that motherboard would give me enough space to have all 3 components installed and that's when I came across the above statement.
Can I ask if anyone has the above setup in a Corsair Carbide 540 case or would I need a bigger case?

 

[iTek]

Will fit in at very top in black slot.