Question about GPU placement for SLI

[trinityhigh]

Hey all,

I'm wondering if anyone knows if I could run 2way SLI in slot 1 & 3 on the EVGA Classified motherboard rather than 1 & 4. Asking this because a 2way SLI water cooled setup looks odd because of the large gap in between the cards when placed in 1 & 4.

Thanks

[exercutor5]

https://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/151-HE-E999_Part1_v2.pdf

Looking at this manual, I think you can, so long you don't have a 5820K.

[trinityhigh]

2 minutes ago, exercutor5 said:

https://www.evga.com/support/manuals/files/151-HE-E999_Part1_v2.pdf

Looking at this manual, I think you can, so long you don't have a 5820K.

Thanks for the link to the manual. I plan on getting the 5960X. So for the 40 lane CPU, it says slot 1 & 4 runs at x16 each but if I used slot 1 & 3 it would run at x16 and x8 respectively. Would it be a noticeable performance drop running dual 980Ti's in 1 & 3? 

[exercutor5]

Just now, TrinityHigh said:

So for the 40 lane CPU, it says slot 1 & 4 runs at x16 each but if I used slot 1 & 3 it would run at x16 and x8 respectively. Would it be a noticeable performance drop running dual 980Ti's in 1 & 3?

I doubt that you will notice the difference.

[Leonius]

13 minutes ago, TrinityHigh said:

Thanks for the link to the manual. I plan on getting the 5960X. So for the 40 lane CPU, it says slot 1 & 4 runs at x16 each but if I used slot 1 & 3 it would run at x16 and x8 respectively. Would it be a noticeable performance drop running dual 980Ti's in 1 & 3? 

just run int in slot 1 and 3 there will be literally no difference for modern gpus when running in 8x or 16x especially if its in a sli conifg and only one of them is in 8x.