told to move gpu to different slot

[doug2507]

Hi,

After finally finishing my new build, i booted up and got a msg saying to move 2nd gpu from slot 3 to 2. I've got 2 280's and am using an evga 790i. Card sit in top 2 slots (1,3) with an asus xonar in the bottom.(2).

Any way round this cause its all plumbed in and will be a mahoosive ballache to change it all round.

Ta....

[k4p84]

Have gpu's in slots 1 and 2, in respect to having the cpu above the pci slots for orientation reference, is the correct set up for 2 card sli.

This will be due to the board having two x16 slots, 1 and 2, and one x8 slot, 3.

slot 3 should only be used for triple sli

ED

[doug2507]

Originally Posted by name='k4p84'

Have gpu's in slots 1 and 2, in respect to having the cpu above the pci slots for orientation reference, is the correct set up for 2 card sli.

This will be due to the board having two x16 slots, 1 and 2, and one x8 slot, 3.

slot 3 should only be used for triple sli

ED

Its got 3 x16 slots so didnt think it would make a difference. From what i've been told now, the gpu's need to be in the top and bottom slots (1+2) and i'll need to shift the s/c to the middle.(3). Ah well, fun and games.....

[k4p84]

So it does, just checked at Evga, i stand corrected.

It is usually not the case.

Regardless PCI slot 1 and 2 is the set up required for 2 card sli.

ED

[Diablo]

The top PCIe and bottom Pcie (the x16s) are pci 2.0, whereas the one in the middle is pci 1.0 or 1.1 (forget which) on the Striker II extreme, I assume that that isn't going to be different for other boards.