Quick mobo question

P3N9U1N · 20 Jul 2011 at 17:51

hi all

got my GTX 590 a few weeks ago and was just wondering if my ASUS Rampage III Gene mobo will support a second GTX 590. I know 2 is technically quad SLI, and I know my mobo will support up to 3 way SLI but im not sure. Any help is appreciated

Thanks

Surveyor · 20 Jul 2011 at 19:08

The scaling with 4 GPU's (2 GTX 590's) is pretty rubbish.

I'd give it a miss whatever.

GeForce GTX 590 SLI review

You'd also be looking at a 1000W+ PSU.

P3N9U1N · 20 Jul 2011 at 20:42

already got a 1250w PSU so no problems there, read the review, very useful review indeed, thanks, but doesnt really answer my question. Just want to know if my particualr motherboard will support 2 GTX 590's in SLI, thanks.

RJC · 20 Jul 2011 at 20:58

Your motherboard does run SLI so should run the two 590 gpu's.

Surveyor · 20 Jul 2011 at 21:07

This would suggest yes:

RAMPAGE III GENE: OVERCLOCKING

At the heart of the Rampage III Gene is the X58 chip set capable of Quad SLI, and Quadfire X the 1366 socket board is capable of Triple Channel DDR 3 and up 24GB of memory capacity.

And look at the specification of the PC in the first post of this thread:

Asus Rampage III Gene

A waste of £650 though.