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GTX460 Hawk 3 way SLI?

RoBoT

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Can the GTX460 be linked up in 3 way SLI?

2 = SLI
1 = Dedicated PhysX

Just a query really for a possible future mod
 
You can only dual sli 460's, but in theory that's all you are doing.
The third 460 is going to be used as a dedicated physx and will not use a sli bridge.
It's similair to having two 580's and a 460 for physx. They won't tri sli either. The physx card acts independantly.
 
sweet thanks flash, it will be awsome with my new motherboard that is making its way to me, only problem is i would need a better psu, as i have a OCZ Modxtreme 700 at the moment, an i7 with 3 460's woul need? what size psu?
 
Well An i7 clocked at 4ghz with 460 sli drew 470 watts at full load according to Tom's hardware.
That 460 you'll be using for physx won't operate anywhere near full load I guess, but I'd still probably get an 850 watt minimum. XFX do a good one. Or a Corsair Enthusiast Series TX 850W V2.
Just check out the plugs.
You could probably get away with something smaller than a 460 though, just for physx
 
What is the best card to use as a dedicated PhysX card?
That will cope with anything and everything?
 
Been looking and I would want a modular supply with 6x pci-e connectors as well as be of the new eco compliance when on standby, the new 900w LEPA gold looks good :cool:

Ideally I would want something that will cope with any future GFX card upgrades, would 900w cope with say a future upgrade to 2x GTX580's ?
 
Got to ask the question (as I thought about SLI with this card myself). But with what looks like only one socket gap between the PCie sockets on the mobo that you are running... How is the temp of the top card? as there can't be much room between them!
 
RoBoT said:
What is the best card to use as a dedicated PhysX card?
That will cope with anything and everything?
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Depending on resolution, I wouldn't bother. The three games that have PhysX in them (slight exaggeration) will play fine on GTX460 SLI. If you have an old 8600GT or something knocking around, then that would be fine, but I wouldn't go out and actually buy a card for PhysX. It's just not worth it. Rather than spending £350 on 3x GTX460s, spend a tiny bit more and get 2x 6950 2GB cards. Much faster, and with extra VRAM to handle any resolution increases.
 
^^ There are only about 3 games tho where you actually need a dedicated card for PhysX so its not that much of an exaggeration.
 
Ok so don't need a physx card, my temps on the top card are not so good but i have the asrock x58 extreme6 motherboard on the way :) so lots of space between cards once fitted along with all the extra niceties
 
RoBoT said:
but i have the asrock x58 extreme6 motherboard on the way :) so lots of space between cards once fitted along with all the extra niceties
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Your new board looks to have similar spacing between the PCie slots as my MSI board. So I'll be VERY interested to hear what difference this makes. :)
 
Ok new board fitted last night, not had time to proper overclock it yet and test load temps etc, will try to do this tonight, I do how ever have some pics on my mobile of the internals all fitted, looking good me thinks.

If only i could easily post the pics here from my mobile, got an android, anyone know where I could upload to, to enable me to share?

I will now be merging this post with my other in the case's section, for any updates please go to.....

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18293052
 
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