Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R Crossfire / SLI card spacing...

brad_whitwell · 1 Oct 2009 at 16:24

Hi,

Looking to get a UD3R on an upgrade I'm planning and I've heard rumors that the PCIe spacing on this board is closer together than standard? I'm concerned about GPU temps if the cards are too close together...

Anyone here have first hand experience with SLI / Crossfire on this board?

Looking to put 2 x 5850's on one. Would be kind of annoying if I find out after the fact that the thing overheats!!

pendy · 1 Oct 2009 at 23:22

The pci-e slots are closer on the ud3r, compared to my evga 750i sli ***.

I had 2x gainward gs gtx260 and they wouldnt fit as they`re a little bit bigger than the reference design. Ive changed to 1x 5870 now, which im really happy with.

I would think that 2x 5850s would fit, but it would prob be very tight. You might be better off waiting for an x2 version, if there is one.

brad_whitwell · 2 Oct 2009 at 08:58

Oh, nuts...

Looks like I'll have to wait until someone actually tries this I guess

The plan was to get one card now with the upgrade option later on...

I doubt OC would accept returns cause it wouldn't fit....

madindehead · 2 Oct 2009 at 09:14

I had a similar question, but it was about Zotac GTX 275 AMP! Edition cards on a UD5. It looks like they will fit, but I just want to be sure. Anyone know if they will fit?

PCZ · 6 Oct 2009 at 17:18

NV 200 series with the reference coolers will fit.
I have a pair of 260's in a UD3r.

brad_whitwell · 7 Oct 2009 at 12:33

Thanks for the reply

I guess the only way to know is to try...

/fingers crossed

sckam · 25 Oct 2009 at 08:33

Did you try this to see how it worked?