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09-11-2007, 03:35 AM
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Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3
|  EVGA 680i Motherboard
hello all,
just bought this sweet piece of gaming heaven but i have a question it has all these pictures of 3 pci-e graphics cards why three ? i know SLI splits the screen between 2 gcard's but why the third ??
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09-11-2007, 06:17 AM
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Ultra Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK Posts: 501
| Re: EVGA 680i Motherboard
So you can have 2xGPU in SLI, and have a physics card or some other expansion.
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09-11-2007, 08:30 AM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,723
| Re: EVGA 680i Motherboard
the first to are PCI x16, the third is a x8.
ps. physics card run of PCI  | |
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09-11-2007, 05:28 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,693
| Re: EVGA 680i Motherboard
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Originally Posted by mgcook  the first to are PCI x16, the third is a x8.
ps. physics card run of PCI | You are thinking of an Ageia Physx card, not a Physics card. There have been examples of certain boards that can use three cards: 2 in Crossfire, and a third, but being used to calculate physics, not graphics. | |
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09-11-2007, 06:22 PM
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MetalHead Techie Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,889
| Re: EVGA 680i Motherboard
it is the so-called "future of gaming" but right now its a waste of $$$
and i wouldn't consider the 680i "gaming heaven" unless your going to SLI 2 high-end gfx cards
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09-11-2007, 06:43 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 19,822
| Re: EVGA 680i Motherboard
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Originally Posted by Invisible it is the so-called "future of gaming" but right now its a waste of $$$
and i wouldn't consider the 680i "gaming heaven" unless your going to SLI 2 high-end gfx cards | both SLi and Ageia Physx is not worth it.. SLi because you can either overclock the first card for free... or just get 1 good card instead of two cheapo ones, Ageia because.. A. Its price B. is that 8 series Nvidia cards have Quantum Physics technology built in... | |
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09-11-2007, 09:46 PM
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Monster Techie Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: North Carolina Posts: 1,723
| Re: EVGA 680i Motherboard
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Originally Posted by Invisible it is the so-called "future of gaming" but right now its a waste of $$$
and i wouldn't consider the 680i "gaming heaven" unless your going to SLI 2 high-end gfx cards | the 680i isnt a bad board. you just gotta learn how to use it. | |
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