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Dual GPU crossfire

KemoKa
By KemoKa
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Okay, so we all remember that stupid, stupid coin craze when Radeon prices went through the roof and we started seeing some really bizarre frankencomputers, some with anywhere between 4 to 8 GPUs hooked up to 2Kw in PSUs?

I was wondering, I've never seen a GPU setup where you have more than 2 of these dual GPU cards like the 295X2 or the Titan Z. With the examples of mining rigs with 8x 290xs on risers, and putting aside the thousands upon thousands of ill-spent dollars on a ridiculous idea like this and the dedicated geothermal power station you'd need to power the thing, in theory shouldn't it be possible to run 4 295 X2s in crossfire? or does the PCIe bus not support that many Crossfire links for dual-GPU cards?

Just wondering. It's not like I was planning on doing anything this stupid...

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I bet those miners could have saved on electricity if they used the heat from the graphics cards to power the house

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I bet those miners could have saved on electricity if they used the heat from the graphics cards to power the house

Heat from the GPU's to power the house... How is heat gonna power the house? if you mean heat up the house, sure, but people who mine account with that, I heard people with racks full of GPU's to ming litecoins didn't have to turn on the general heating system blablabla in the house, so yeah, that saves a bunch of money. 

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Heat from the GPU's to power the house... How is heat gonna power the house? if you mean heat up the house, sure, but people who mine account with that, I heard people with racks full of GPU's to ming litecoins didn't have to turn on the general heating system blablabla in the house, so yeah, that saves a bunch of money. 

You can generate electricity using heat. 

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You can generate electricity using heat. 

Sure, but it it enough to power the house? no.

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Because he was being completely serious about it....

I don't think he meant actually power the house though.. I think he meant heat the house, which takes power. Might be wrong though.

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I'd say that the post's comments took a turn from the OP, but that would be an understatement

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