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Overclocking Surrealism
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System Name | Molly |
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Processor | i5 3570K |
Motherboard | Z77 ASRock |
Cooling | CooliT Eco |
Memory | 2x4GB Mushkin Redline Ridgebacks |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte GTX 680 |
Case | Coolermaster CM690 II Advanced |
Power Supply | Corsair HX-1000 |
Ive never heard of a bottleneck occurring from a slot limited to 8x. GTX295s reach full potential on 8x. The point is that we havent come anywhere near the full bandwidth of pci-e.
Put it this way:
if a GTX295 is running 2 GTX260s on 1 slot, it would be like running each at 8x, and the GTX260 is at or above the performance of a 3870x2, yet it is not bottlenecked.
talking about the bandwidth of the 3870x2, not the GTX cards. Also, i guarantee you the next dual gpu solution from NV at 8x will outperform the GTX295 at 16x.
I dont believe it is an issue with bandwidth.
Really you were talking about the bandwidth from the 3870x2? I could have sworn you were talking about "GTX295s reach full potential on 8x". That's a bold statement when there are facts to prove otherwise.
4830 cross or tri-fire would not be a bad choice, like the two above suggested.