Seven PCI-Express Slot X58 ASUS Motherboard Shown at CeBIT

[Solaris17]

i've done it.

not going to go into detail on how though.

i doubt it. their is no way that can happen. even though you have ;proved that ATI and nvidia drivers can run at the same time. no game benchmark or anything else that uses 3d will use xfire and sli at the same time. the programs would not know what to do with themselves. they probably wouldnt even take advantage of either probably just 1 card...and thats of course assuming it doesnt crash on the spot when it reads the driver and maps the cards.

 

[crazy pyro]

He ran vantage using 3 GTX260s and 2 4870X2s, I'm pretty sure it's somewhere before page thirty of his ever changing machine thread.

 

[Solaris17]

He ran vantage using 3 GTX260s and 2 4870X2s, I'm pretty sure it's somewhere before page thirty of his ever changing machine thread.

yup and i call him out. no way. unless he got like 60,000pts i call BS i know alot of people give him credit and im not bashing i think he's a good guy and very intelligent. But im surprised you guys have stopped asking so many questions simply because he's been here. Id expect the same if i did something or w1zzard...basically if i dont get.

Score (that makes sense)

a monitor program that says crossfire and sli are anabled (and i dont mean the glitchy CP's)

a render or benchmark program that says their enabled.

a picture of the machne

a ss of thosemonitor programs.

i call total BS iv worked on the drivers. Iv even attempted o help fit with them and i will tell you it cant happen. not right now. easily in the future. but even if you can enable it in win 7 no 3d intensive application will work. i can tell you right now. that 3dmark furmark etc any program that uses 3d will not do it....they wint handle it.....why? because the drivers tell it what to do.....and to my knowledge and feel free to correct me. since the tech does not yet exist for a program to read off of 2 diffirent drivers. then how can 3dmark and other 3d programs read and use the drivers for 2 diffirent types of cards? not to mention that during the hardware probe the program will probably just freak out. and utilize one GPU if any.

 

[crazy pyro]

Ah right, I've learnt most of what I know tech wise on here so I didn't know that, I just remembered seeing a post detailing how to use the GTX 260s for physics and 4870X2s for graphics.

 

[Solaris17]

Ah right, I've learnt most of what I know tech wise on here so I didn't know that, I just remembered seeing a post detailing how to use the GTX 260s for physics and 4870X2s for graphics.

theirs no doubt in my mind he's gotten physx to work.....i just dont buy sli and xfire on the same machine enabled unless i get proof and a score because iv decompiled and have tried modding the drivers. no way.

 

[Fitseries3]

if i had a pair of ati's i'd gladly show you.

you are partly correct sol... you cannot get both sets to accomplish a single goal... like a bench or single monitor game.

however you can run sli for one lcd and crossfire for another.

like i said.......

i'd gladly show you... i'd even make a youtube vid for a how to and further proof... but i lack 2 ati card at the moment.

 

[EarlZ]

This would be a perfect rendering machine at the office, filling those slots with 285 / 295's and have custom coded cuda to allow it to take over the rendering at 3dmax!!

 

[Solaris17]

if i had a pair of ati's i'd gladly show you.

you are partly correct sol... you cannot get both sets to accomplish a single goal... like a bench or single monitor game.

however you can run sli for one lcd and crossfire for another.

like i said.......

i'd gladly show you... i'd even make a youtube vid for a how to and further proof... but i lack 2 ati card at the moment.

thank you for taking it so well im glad that you understand i had to question. Its what ppl like us do. thanks for the info.....sli on one xfire on the other...that makes alot more sense thanks for clarifying fit.

 

[EarlZ]

i dont think that is possible at all.

I've read something about having 2 different videocard drivers i forgot if it was XP or Vista capable only though.

 

[Solaris17]

I've read something about having 2 different videocard drivers i forgot if it was XP or Vista capable only though.

XP can and win 7 can but not for 1 app.

 

[thebeephaha]

Good god I want that motherboard.

Why? Yea it has the name supercomputer in it.

 

[Methious]

I am so having one of the P6T7 boards. Been looking for a better alternative than the P6T6 and I think I just found it.

Triple SLI 280's with a dedicated PhysX card should be interesting.

I was kinda disappointed in Quad SLI with 295's though lot of negative scaling on my rig.

 

[alexp999]

Only 7?

7 slots ain't not enough slots for no man! Show me 8 slots .... then I might be impressed!

Dont forget, following the ATX form factor, there can only be seven expansion slots.

 

[crazy pyro]

Why, is there not enough space on the mobo or something?

 

[Slyr7.62]

Nothing but Black and Blue, I like it. Also, so easy to have aftermarket Thermalright, Noctua, or Xigmatek HS's on the NB, SB and NV chips(?), while not blocking RAM slots, GPU access, or Sata ports. (Edge 45 degree sata ports ftw, I want them.)

Edit: I didn't know TPU does it's own thing to have double posts not happen(as much), cool.

 

[Hayder_Master]

it is can handle 7 pcie cards but with one solt , no problem with 7x9800gt , OMG

 

[hat]

I approve of this. This does away with all those crappy x1 and x4 almost nobody uses. x1 devices will run in x16 slots without a hitch but not vice-versa mostly due to power problems.

 

[alexp999]

Why, is there not enough space on the mobo or something?

If you look on the back of an ATX case there are only seven expansion slots.

 

[crazy pyro]

Oh right, that's why. I don't like looking behind my case as the cable management back there's a mess so I hadn't noticed.

 

[MasonStorm@TechPower]

Yes - tri-SLI GTX 280s and a 4th GPU for PhysX!

I am so having one of the P6T7 boards. Been looking for a better alternative than the P6T6 and I think I just found it.

Triple SLI 280's with a dedicated PhysX card should be interesting.

I was kinda disappointed in Quad SLI with 295's though lot of negative scaling on my rig.

I agree w/you, Methious. I'm trying out such a rig right now on an ASRock X58 SuperComputer. No luck as yet, but at least ASRock Tech Support was quick to reply to my request for help. We'll see how this all turns out. Note the interesting review (on the Legit Reviews site) of the Cryostasis benchmarking demo...in which they found that SLI + a separate PhysX card performed better than tri-SLI! Let's hope that tri-SLI plus a 4th GPU for PhysX can finally pwn Crysis, all maxed out on a 30" monitor! (Shamefully, and w/a most adolescent sense of value, I admit that I will pony up good $$$ for such a solution, if it really works.)

 

[DrPepper]

I agree w/you, Methious. I'm trying out such a rig right now on an ASRock X58 SuperComputer. No luck as yet, but at least ASRock Tech Support was quick to reply to my request for help. We'll see how this all turns out. Note the interesting review (on the Legit Reviews site) of the Cryostasis benchmarking demo...in which they found that SLI + a separate PhysX card performed better than tri-SLI! Let's hope that tri-SLI plus a 4th GPU for PhysX can finally pwn Crysis, all maxed out on a 30" monitor! (Shamefully, and w/a most adolescent sense of value, I admit that I will pony up good $$$ for such a solution, if it really works.)

Crysis doesn't use physX. They use proprietary physics in the cryengine 2. 2 GTX285's could max crysis out on thier own.

 

[PP Mguire]

I can max Crysis and i only have 4870 Crossfire

Its not to hard anymore.

 

[mythnick]

Would this do it?

COOLMAX CUQ-1350B 1350W

that is a shityyyyyyyyyyyyyy PSU DDDDDDD


Koolance 1300/1700W Liquid-Cooled Power Supply

this is better gringo!!!

 

[DrPepper]

that is a shityyyyyyyyyyyyyy PSU DDDDDDD


Koolance 1300/1700W Liquid-Cooled Power Supply

this is better gringo!!!

mmm tasty

 

[icon1]

if the price is right i'll definitely get this board (no less than $400 i guess ), 2x nf200 chips feels kinda hot though.. should be a kickass board... wonder how it performs in tri-sli+ physX setup