• Welcome to TechPowerUp Forums, Guest! Please check out our forum guidelines for info related to our community.

GeForce GTX 480 Supports 4-way SLI?

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,202 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
Soon after EVGA laid its hands on stocks of GeForce GTX 480 graphics cards, it claims from an internal test that 4-way SLI is possible on the reference design GTX 480 graphics cards. The GTX 480 was advertised to work with up to two more of its kind in 3-way SLI, in NVIDIA's presentations to the press. EVGA's feat of running four GTX 480 cards was possible on its X58 Classified 4-way SLI motherboard, which has room for four graphics cards, and a special SLI bridge that connects to four NVIDIA graphics cards with two SLI interconnect bridges each. EVGA released a special-edition GeForce GTX 285 4-way SLI ready graphics card to go with the motherboard.

The EVGA X58 Classified 4-way SLI isn't the only motherboard to support 4-way SLI, the recently released EVGA Classified SR2 also ships with the special SLI bridge. No other motherboard vendor released a 4-way bridge, yet. EVGA demonstrated the 4-way SLI setup with a run of Unigine Heaven, although it did not give away any performance numbers. 4-way SLI is not to be confused with Quad-SLI, which is also a four-GPU SLI configuration, but involves a 2-way SLI connection between two dual-GPU graphics cards (such as GeForce 9800 GX2, GTX 295, MARS). Any SLI-supportive motherboard supports Quad-SLI.



View at TechPowerUp Main Site
 
Joined
Sep 25, 2007
Messages
5,965 (0.99/day)
Location
New York
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 5950x, Ryzen 9 5980HX
Motherboard MSI X570 Tomahawk
Cooling Be Quiet Dark Rock Pro 4(With Noctua Fans)
Memory 32Gb Crucial 3600 Ballistix
Video Card(s) Gigabyte RTX 3080, Asus 6800M
Storage Adata SX8200 1TB NVME/WD Black 1TB NVME
Display(s) Dell 27 Inch 165Hz
Case Phanteks P500A
Audio Device(s) IFI Zen Dac/JDS Labs Atom+/SMSL Amp+Rivers Audio
Power Supply Corsair RM850x
Mouse Logitech G502 SE Hero
Keyboard Corsair K70 RGB Mk.2
VR HMD Samsung Odyssey Plus
Software Windows 10
I was looking for info on this, what PSU did they use to power this system.
 
Joined
Nov 2, 2009
Messages
284 (0.05/day)
Location
London
System Name Hector v1.0
Processor Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz @ 4.209GHz
Motherboard Rampage II Extreme
Cooling Corsair H100
Memory 12GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz
Video Card(s) EVGA GTX 580 Vanilla under an Arctic Cooling Xtreme Plus
Storage 2x 1TB Samsung 7200 RPM RAID0 + 2x 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 RAID0
Display(s) Acer GD245HQ
Case HAF932
Audio Device(s) Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Power Supply Coolermaster 1000W Real Power M Active PSU
Software Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Benchmark Scores 3DMark11 P6115 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/525931
BENCHMARKS PLEASE!! ROFL :respect:
 

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,202 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
I was looking for info on this, what PSU did they use to power this system.

Probably EVGA's own Classified SR2. 1200W continuous, 1500W peak.
 
Joined
Feb 21, 2008
Messages
4,985 (0.85/day)
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA
System Name Cosmos F1000
Processor i9-9900k
Motherboard Gigabyte Z370XP SLI, BIOS 15a
Cooling Corsair H100i, Panaflo's on case
Memory XPG GAMMIX D30 2x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Video Card(s) EVGA RTX 2080 ti
Storage 1TB 960 Pro, 2TB Samsung 850 Pro, 4TB WD Hard Drive
Display(s) ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"
Case CM Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s) logitech 5.1 system (midrange quality)
Power Supply CORSAIR HXi HX1000i 1000watt
Mouse G400s Logitech
Keyboard K65 RGB Corsair Tenkeyless Cherry Red MX
Software Win10 Pro, Win7 x64 Professional
It makes since for folding but if you would spend that kind of money I would say why not watercool them. Also 4 way SLI would not scale well. Just like 4 way Crossfire sucks for everything but E-peen. Folding doesn't need an SLI bridge and it would do fine with the standard tri-SLI bridge when you want to fire it up for gaming.
 

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,202 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
I doubt for its target buyer scaling matters. If adding the fourth card results in 5 more frames per second in a performance competition, it will be bought.
 
Joined
Feb 21, 2008
Messages
4,985 (0.85/day)
Location
Greensboro, NC, USA
System Name Cosmos F1000
Processor i9-9900k
Motherboard Gigabyte Z370XP SLI, BIOS 15a
Cooling Corsair H100i, Panaflo's on case
Memory XPG GAMMIX D30 2x16GB DDR4 3200 CL16
Video Card(s) EVGA RTX 2080 ti
Storage 1TB 960 Pro, 2TB Samsung 850 Pro, 4TB WD Hard Drive
Display(s) ASUS ROG SWIFT PG278Q 27"
Case CM Cosmos 1000
Audio Device(s) logitech 5.1 system (midrange quality)
Power Supply CORSAIR HXi HX1000i 1000watt
Mouse G400s Logitech
Keyboard K65 RGB Corsair Tenkeyless Cherry Red MX
Software Win10 Pro, Win7 x64 Professional
I doubt for its target buyer scaling matters. If adding the fourth card results in 5 more frames per second in a performance competition, it will be bought.

That is rather pessimistic. Watercooling and overclocking three cards would yield much higher frames and higher benches. Four has no relevance unless you are folding. People that like to spend large sums of money care about performance too. There are always the ignorant too. Like those who buy a 5970 to run one 1680x1050 LCD.
 
Joined
Sep 24, 2008
Messages
2,665 (0.47/day)
System Name Dire Wolf IV
Processor Intel Core i9 14900K
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX Z790-I GAMING WIFI
Cooling Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory 2x24GB Corsair DDR5 6667
Video Card(s) NVIDIA RTX4080 FE
Storage AORUS Gen4 7300 1TB + Western Digital SN750 500GB
Display(s) Alienware AW3423DWF (QD-OLED, 3440x1440, 165hz)
Case Corsair Airflow 2000D
Power Supply Corsair SF1000L
Mouse Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard Chuangquan CQ84
Software Windows 11 Professional
That is rather pessimistic. Watercooling and overclocking three cards would yield much higher frames and higher benches. Four has no relevance unless you are folding. People that like to spend large sums of money care about performance too. There are always the ignorant too. Like those who buy a 5970 to run one 1680x1050 LCD.

And yet, watercooling and overclocking four of them will yield even higher benches, which I suspect was btarunr's point.
 
Joined
Mar 11, 2008
Messages
675 (0.12/day)
Location
Hungary / Budapest
System Name Kincsem
Processor AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
Motherboard GIGABYTE X570S AERO G
Cooling Be Quiet Black Rock 4 Pro
Memory HyperX 128GB Fury 4Ă—32GB 3200MHz HX432C16FB3K4/128
Video Card(s) Sapphire AMD RX 7900 XT Pulse
Storage Samsung 970PRO 500GB + Samsung 980PRO 2TB + Adata SX8200 2TB + WD Ultrastar HC550 16TB
Display(s) Acer QHD 27"@144Hz 1ms + UHD 27"@60Hz
Case Cooler Master CM 690 III
Power Supply Seasonic PRIME GOLD 850W
Mouse Logitech G502 Hero
Keyboard HyperX Alloy Elite RGB
Software Windows 10-64
Benchmark Scores https://valid.x86.fr/4d8n02 https://www.techpowerup.com/gpuz/g46uc
This is sick :D
 

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,202 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
That is rather pessimistic. Watercooling and overclocking three cards would yield much higher frames and higher benches.

I'm talking about after one has water-cooled and overclocked three cards to their max, and adding a fourth card (and water-cooling and overclocking) is going to give him that slight boost that makes him top a leaderboard. There will be takers for it.
 
Joined
Apr 29, 2008
Messages
742 (0.13/day)
Location
Auckland
System Name PBD
Processor Core i5 760 @ 4.0GHz
Motherboard Asus Maximus III Gene
Cooling Corsair H-50-1
Memory 4 x 4096mb G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 Cas7
Video Card(s) ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU TOP
Storage Crucial 256GB SSD (system) + 2x Samsung F3 1TB (storage) + 2x 2TB Raid-1 NAS (backup)
Display(s) Dell SP2309w 23" 2048x1152
Case Antec Max Fusion Remote
Power Supply Corsair AX750W
Software Win 7 Pro x64
First pic is a different setup to the other two. Different cooler for the CPU and different power cables to the 480s. Just pointing it out. EDIT: Also different ram and different power connectors to CPU. All this means, though, is that they set the system up at least twice with slightly different gear; it doesn't mean they didn't do it.

Man I would love to hear that thing running. Those fans cooling the middle two GPUs will be earning their keep.
 
Last edited:
Joined
Sep 24, 2008
Messages
2,665 (0.47/day)
System Name Dire Wolf IV
Processor Intel Core i9 14900K
Motherboard Asus ROG STRIX Z790-I GAMING WIFI
Cooling Arctic Liquid Freezer II 280
Memory 2x24GB Corsair DDR5 6667
Video Card(s) NVIDIA RTX4080 FE
Storage AORUS Gen4 7300 1TB + Western Digital SN750 500GB
Display(s) Alienware AW3423DWF (QD-OLED, 3440x1440, 165hz)
Case Corsair Airflow 2000D
Power Supply Corsair SF1000L
Mouse Razer Deathadder Essential
Keyboard Chuangquan CQ84
Software Windows 11 Professional

btarunr

Editor & Senior Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Oct 9, 2007
Messages
46,202 (7.69/day)
Location
Hyderabad, India
System Name RBMK-1000
Processor AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory 2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s) Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s) BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s) ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard Gamdias Hermes E2
Software Windows 11 Pro
I SMELL BULLSHIT and coming from techpowerup im a little disappointed...im pretty sure Nvidia would release this not some noob running heaven benchie

At first I was just as skeptical but seeing these pictures come from Jacob at EVGA, I'm taking them at face value. It is plausible.
 

brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
Joined
Sep 6, 2009
Messages
19,542 (3.68/day)
why would you pull a stunt like this and not show a gpu-z saying there linked? (proof)

why not sub a 3Dmark (proof)
why not showing precision (proof)


I SMELL BULLSHIT and coming from techpowerup im a little disappointed...im pretty sure Nvidia would release this not some noob running heaven benchie

if you are going to troll, i suggest doing it on another forum. BTA works hard to bring the news and does a very good job at it. Please keep comments like the one above to yourself or ask in a different manner
 

InnocentCriminal

Resident Grammar Amender
Joined
Feb 21, 2005
Messages
6,477 (0.93/day)
System Name BeeR 6
Processor Intel Core i7 3770K*
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Gene (1155/Z77)
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 16GB Samsung Green 1600MHz DDR3**
Video Card(s) 4GB MSI Gaming X RX480
Storage 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Display(s) 27" Samsung C27F591FDU
Case Fractal Design Arc Mini
Power Supply Corsair HX750W
Software 64bit Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores *@ 4.6GHz **@ 2133MHz
why would you pull a stunt like this and not show a gpu-z saying there linked? (proof)

why not sub a 3Dmark (proof)
why not showing precision (proof)


I SMELL BULLSHIT and coming from techpowerup im a little disappointed...im pretty sure Nvidia would release this not some noob running heaven benchie

Easy now.

:D
 

HammerON

The Watchful Moderator
Staff member
Joined
Mar 2, 2009
Messages
8,397 (1.53/day)
Location
Up North
System Name Threadripper
Processor 3960X
Motherboard ASUS ROG Strix TRX40-XE
Cooling XSPC Raystorm Neo (sTR4) Water Block
Memory G. Skill Trident Z Neo 64 GB 3600
Video Card(s) PNY RTX 4090
Storage Samsung 960 Pro 512 GB + WD Black SN850 1TB
Display(s) Dell 32" Curved Gaming Monitor (S3220DGF)
Case Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s) On-board
Power Supply EVGA SuperNOVA 1000 G5
Mouse Roccat Kone Pure
Keyboard Corsair K70
Software Win 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores Always changing~
why would you pull a stunt like this and not show a gpu-z saying there linked? (proof)

why not sub a 3Dmark (proof)
why not showing precision (proof)


I SMELL BULLSHIT and coming from techpowerup im a little disappointed...im pretty sure Nvidia would release this not some noob running heaven benchie

Aren't thee quick to judge?
:shadedshu:shadedshu:shadedshu
 
Joined
Sep 1, 2009
Messages
11 (0.00/day)
Location
NZ
System Name GIR
Processor 2950X
Motherboard Asus Zenith x399
Cooling Asus Ryujin 360
Memory 128gb Corsair 3200mhz ddr4
Video Card(s) 4x Titan X
Storage 3x NVMe riad 0 and a few 2.5 ss'd
Display(s) 3x Asus R)G PG278Q in 7680x1440 144hz gsync Nvid Span
Case Corsair 600T
Audio Device(s) 6x Microlab 9c & Asus centurion 7.1 headphones
Power Supply Evga 1600 P2
Mouse Aus sspatha
Keyboard Logitech G19s
Software the pc type
Benchmark Scores https://www.3dmark.com/fs/6910868 On previous x99 setup. learning threadripper oc, awaiting zen2
Need to see more proof imo. They said the same with standard gtx285 being capable of going 4 way. Also being told its only drivers prohibiting us from using such config and that nvidia/ evga want to pull another poor marketing act by releasing 4 way specific variations.

Capable or not, are we (the general consumer) going to be able to take advantage of this without having to fork out hundreds more just to have this capability legitimately available?
 

brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
Joined
Sep 6, 2009
Messages
19,542 (3.68/day)
Need to see more proof imo. They said the same with standard gtx285 being capable of going 4 way. Also being told its only drivers prohibiting us from using such config and that nvidia/ evga want to pull another poor marketing act by releasing 4 way specific variations.

Capable or not, are we (the general consumer) going to be able to take advantage of this without having to fork out hundreds more just to have this capability legitimately available?

you make a good point. if you are going to pay the big money for these cards then they should work in 4-way SLI BUT are you ever going to need it? The heat would be horrible and you would need a VERY power PSU to use all 4.
 
Joined
Apr 29, 2008
Messages
742 (0.13/day)
Location
Auckland
System Name PBD
Processor Core i5 760 @ 4.0GHz
Motherboard Asus Maximus III Gene
Cooling Corsair H-50-1
Memory 4 x 4096mb G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 Cas7
Video Card(s) ASUS GTX 670 DirectCU TOP
Storage Crucial 256GB SSD (system) + 2x Samsung F3 1TB (storage) + 2x 2TB Raid-1 NAS (backup)
Display(s) Dell SP2309w 23" 2048x1152
Case Antec Max Fusion Remote
Power Supply Corsair AX750W
Software Win 7 Pro x64
Capable or not, are we (the general consumer) going to be able to take advantage of this without having to fork out hundreds more just to have this capability legitimately available?

If someone is going to pay for 4-way SLI at ever-decreasing returns then I doubt they'd be too worried about paying a few hundred more for gear that'll definitely work.
 
Joined
Sep 1, 2009
Messages
11 (0.00/day)
Location
NZ
System Name GIR
Processor 2950X
Motherboard Asus Zenith x399
Cooling Asus Ryujin 360
Memory 128gb Corsair 3200mhz ddr4
Video Card(s) 4x Titan X
Storage 3x NVMe riad 0 and a few 2.5 ss'd
Display(s) 3x Asus R)G PG278Q in 7680x1440 144hz gsync Nvid Span
Case Corsair 600T
Audio Device(s) 6x Microlab 9c & Asus centurion 7.1 headphones
Power Supply Evga 1600 P2
Mouse Aus sspatha
Keyboard Logitech G19s
Software the pc type
Benchmark Scores https://www.3dmark.com/fs/6910868 On previous x99 setup. learning threadripper oc, awaiting zen2
Im currently running 4x 5870 off one psu (1500 strider). Very much considering the 4x gtx480, but it has to be for substantial performance gain, as that i haven't yet seen. To add a second psu would just be a nightmare imo. Would prefer a 2kw psu lol, i dont see me getting one of those too soon. Personally i would be more likely to look at their cards if they got the power and heat down a tad.....
 

InnocentCriminal

Resident Grammar Amender
Joined
Feb 21, 2005
Messages
6,477 (0.93/day)
System Name BeeR 6
Processor Intel Core i7 3770K*
Motherboard ASUS Maximus V Gene (1155/Z77)
Cooling Corsair H100i
Memory 16GB Samsung Green 1600MHz DDR3**
Video Card(s) 4GB MSI Gaming X RX480
Storage 256GB Samsung 840 Pro SSD
Display(s) 27" Samsung C27F591FDU
Case Fractal Design Arc Mini
Power Supply Corsair HX750W
Software 64bit Microsoft Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores *@ 4.6GHz **@ 2133MHz
... BUT are you ever going to need it? The heat would be horrible and you would need a VERY power PSU to use all 4.

If you're a huge folder. If I had the money to fold, I'd definitely go out of my way to get the best, plus I could save money on heating my house.

;) ;)
 
D

Deleted member 24505

Guest
My god imagine the heat from the back of the cards,toast anyone.Looks impressive but the heat and noise must be amazing.
 

Bo$$

Lab Extraordinaire
Joined
May 7, 2009
Messages
5,656 (1.04/day)
Location
London, UK
System Name Desktop | Server
Processor Intel i7 2700k @ 4.6GHZ | AMD 5350 @ 2500MHZ
Motherboard Asus P7Z77-V Pro | Asus AM1I-A
Cooling Corsair H60v2 | Stock Air
Memory Crucial Ballistix 2x8GB CL8 1600MHZ | Corsair Vengence 2x4GB CL9 1600MHZ
Video Card(s) EVGA GTX 1060 6GB | PNY GTX 750Ti
Storage Samsung 840 EVO 250GB + 4TB WD Red | 2x Seagate Barracuda 2TB
Display(s) Samsung S27D390H + Asus VE276Q | Headless
Case Fractal Design R5 | CM Elite 110
Audio Device(s) Asus Xonar D1 w/Otone Stilo 5.1 and Creative Fatal1ty headset
Power Supply EVGA Supernova 850 G2| Corsair CX430M
Mouse Razer Imperator 2012
Keyboard Corsair K90
Software Windows 7 SP1 X64 | Ubuntu 16.04LTS
soo much heat expect atleast 90% of these cards to come back on RMA aleast 2-3 times
 

brandonwh64

Addicted to Bacon and StarCrunches!!!
Joined
Sep 6, 2009
Messages
19,542 (3.68/day)
If you're a huge folder. If I had the money to fold, I'd definitely go out of my way to get the best, plus I could save money on heating my house.

;) ;)

LOL!! yea this could be a good space heater buy yes i understand it would probly fold like no other!

Im currently running 4x 5870 off one psu (1500 strider). Very much considering the 4x gtx480, but it has to be for substantial performance gain, as that i haven't yet seen. To add a second psu would just be a nightmare imo. Would prefer a 2kw psu lol, i dont see me getting one of those too soon. Personally i would be more likely to look at their cards if they got the power and heat down a tad.....

If i was you, i would just stick to the 5870s due to heat and power consumption. i dont think you would get any better performance but only benches will tell
 
Top