MSI K9A2 Platinum - Multiple Cards

[KE1HA]

Anyone runnuing this board with 3 or 4 cards on it ?

With the right configuration, this could be a very high PPD / Low Cost Folding Rig.

EDIT: If memory serves me correctly, as this obviously isnt an SLI board so running all the same cards is not a problem as long as your drivers are suited correctly, one could run any of the 8, 9 to 200 series NV on this thing yes?

... As he contimplates making a trip to the Big-Boy Toy Store for a CPU / Mobo !!!!
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[sarge78]

I think there's a couple floating around with 4 GTX280s (as cuda demo machines, hmm am I thinking of the right mobo? meh cant find the link) but it could be great with 4 8800gt cards, a Phenom quad and a good 1000w psu
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[Senture]

On a rough basis. 8800GT 256mb £60 gets 5500PPD. GTX 280 1GB £320 gets 8000PPD. May be the fastest folding single card but its bloody expensive and draws a lot of power

 

[Biffa]

1 x Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe AMD 790FX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99 (£123.36)
1 x AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9150e 1.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £99.99 (£117.49)
1 x OCZ ProXStream 1000w SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £74.99 (£88.11)
4 x PNY GeForce 8800 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £179.96 (£211.44)
1 x Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C6 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500AD2K2/4G) £44.99 (£52.86)
1 x Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £39.99 (£46.99)
1 x Maxtor Diamondmax 20 160GB SATA-II 2MB Cache - OEM (STM3160215AS) £23.99 (£28.19)
Sub Total : £568.90
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £101.82
Total : £683.67

If you could cool it and keep it stable, at least 20K PPD

 

[KE1HA]

1 x Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe AMD 790FX (Socket AM2) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99 (£123.36)
1 x AMD Phenom X4 Quad Core 9150e 1.80GHz (Socket AM2+) - Retail £99.99 (£117.49)
1 x OCZ ProXStream 1000w SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply £74.99 (£88.11)
4 x PNY GeForce 8800 GT 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - £179.96 (£211.44)
1 x Kingston HyperX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C6 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit (KHX8500AD2K2/4G) £44.99 (£52.86)
1 x Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £39.99 (£46.99)
1 x Maxtor Diamondmax 20 160GB SATA-II 2MB Cache - OEM (STM3160215AS) £23.99 (£28.19)
Sub Total : £568.90
Shipping : £12.95
VAT : £101.82
Total : £683.67

If you could cool it and keep it stable, at least 20K PPD

That's what i was thinking Mr. Biffa. Yep, you can get 8000 PPD from a 280 for more than half the system cost. If your in a cool enviroment, no need for a case (does make it handy), go to a moderate GPU card (I'm waiting on 2 single slot 9800 evga's right now), are willing to take 4500/5000 PPD per card.. LMAO ... you could do this real cheap, and add to them as the card prices come down !!

I've been logging CPU usage on my Quad with an 8800 GTS running full tilt, and it's less thaan 3% on one core with affinity set. So do we really need a Quad ? RAM, unless your on Vista, no need for 4 GB is there? Not sure just asking?

The PSU is an area where going cheap would hurt ya, but, if you pick cards carefully, you can keep the wattage down too and still nab a boat load of points.

Two of those sets cost less than what I paid for the processor I have in my Rampage right now, and do 2x/3x the PPD
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[Biffa]

You want to stick with AM+ so a phenom Tri-core might do the trick and save you a boatload. Memory useage I haven't been checking really on the FAH client but with 4GB so cheap these days its a no brainer and sets you up for other stuff. Still if you want to cut to the wire some no-name 2GB 6400 would do the trick I'm also thinking vista, but only use the 64bit version so not really played 32bit but it doesn't cost any more so why not go 64bit. Vista is a must for low cpu overhead on the client.

If you could get 512MB cards for good prices then I'd go for those, only picked the 256MB because of cost of the full rig.