Asus x99 Deluxe PCİ-E slots?!

War_Raider · January 30, 2015

For an example; i have two EVGA GTX980 SC ACX 2.0 graphics cards and i want to use the EVGA Pro 3-Way Sli bridge so there is more space inbetween the two graphics card for better cooling. I got a Asus X99 Deluxe Motherboard. Now according to this scenario; If i plug the first GC into the first PCİ-E x16 and the second into the 4th PCİ-E slot instead into the 3rd how it suggest you to do it in the manual when going for a 2way sli;

Would i still get x16 speed off of both, the 1st and 4th PCİ-E slots if i were to plug the GC's in that order?

Note: CPU - İ7 5930K

thekeemo · January 30, 2015

Usually the order is x16 x8 x16 x8 and in this case another x8 so a 2 way bridge would work because of the spacing if you only use the x16 slots

Edit: that won't work because the 4th a lot iasnt x16 in the first place just do what the manual says

vembutech · January 30, 2015

I think you can go according to manual because it might cause damage to the card also.

dragoon20005 · January 30, 2015

For an example; i have two EVGA GTX980 SC ACX 2.0 graphics cards and i want to use the EVGA Pro 3-Way Sli bridge so there is more space inbetween the two graphics card for better cooling. I got a Asus X99 Deluxe Motherboard. Now according to this scenario; If i plug the first GC into the first PCİ-E x16 and the second into the 4th PCİ-E slot instead into the 3rd how it suggest you to do it in the manual when going for a 2way sli;

Would i still get x16 speed off of both, the 1st and 4th PCİ-E slots if i were to plug the GC's in that order?

Note: CPU - İ7 5930K

you should be able to do that in the BIOS

also the board has a switch to switch between 2x to 3x SLi/CF