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I was wondering if it is possible to run a rig with triple SLI on a 1150 intel i7 4770K ? I know that my motherboard cant run handle it but I was wondering if there is a motherboard that can. I have a third GTX 780 that I would like to use but I need to know what kind of motherboard that I would need if its possible. 

 

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Nope, the maximus VI formula does not have a PLX bridge so you are limited to 16 lanes and since SLI demands a minimum of 8x it's not possible

 

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http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z87ws This is a board that has a PLX bridge needed for 4-way SLI.

http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-z97ws Another one

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Linus's video on Quad SLI results for 980s can help you here, he explains the PCI-E lanes and the graphics card for everything.

 

A Z87 cpu can run 2 GPUs in 16x and 16x, or 3 GPUs in 16x, 8x, 8x However nvidia cards don't exactly play to well with 8x. you could Tri-XFire though.

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However nvidia cards don't exactly play to well with 8x

where do you get that from?

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lol its like what a 1-2 FPS difference from 16 to 8 x?

 

From already not-too-good SLI Scaling it's still quite a bit.

 

And I thought it was worse, sorry. It's 2:30am after an all nighter of maths assignment.

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going through a PLX chip also adds latency... do you have a real reason to go triple SLI or is it just cause you have a 3rd card sitting around?  going through a PLX chip might degrade your gaming experience even if you get better average and min fps...  

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Is there any problems with the MSI Z87 xpower motherboard for triple sli?

 

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130689&cm_re=msi_z87_xpower-_-13-130-689-_-Product

nope that will work just fine too. i think the gigabyte z87 soc force has 4 way sli support as well

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I was wondering if it is possible to run a rig with triple SLI on a 1150 intel i7 4770K ? I know that my motherboard cant run handle it but I was wondering if there is a motherboard that can. I have a third GTX 780 that I would like to use but I need to know what kind of motherboard that I would need if its possible.

My rig:

Intel i7 4770k

2x EVGA 780 superclocked

16 gb Corsair vengence

ASUS Maximus VI Formula

EVGA supernova 1000w

This is a priey mobo, might not be now but used to be but the gigabyte sniper 5 I am 99% sure it goes up to quad, someone correct me if I am wrong. But triple sli is a lot of hassle even if you get it to work, unless you have surround 1440p and even then triple sli seems kinda to much hassle I would personally try to stay away, but check out sniper 5 it should nonetheless

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Well I play in NVIDIA surround I have 3 27inch monitors and I have a thrird card laying around thats why I wanted to see if there is a 1150 motherboard that can run triple sli. I plan on building a custom loop to cool them if I can run all three.

 

How much more latency would the PLX chip bring would I really notice a difference in game performance?

 

Should I just save my money for a while and do an X99 upgrade instead?

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Well I play in NVIDIA surround I have 3 27inch monitors and I have a thrird card laying around thats why I wanted to see if there is a 1150 motherboard that can run triple sli. I plan on building a custom loop to cool them if I can run all three.

 

How much more latency would the PLX chip bring would I really notice a difference in game performance?

 

Should I just save my money for a while and do an X99 upgrade instead?

Do you get enough frames with the two or no?

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