3 way SLI X99

Mageta Lion

New member
Hey everyone,

I have a question about 3 way SLI on the new X99 platform.
Some motherboard support 3 way SLI with a slot configurations of
slot 1 , slot 4 and slot 6 , so there is a spacing between the first and second card.
normally you would have 1 -2 -3 so they all have same spacing.
My question is, does anyone here have experience with it, and a pictures of it.
Kinda wonder how it looks. My last build had 3 way SLI but the had the normal configuration. Now I have a MSI X99S Xpower AC board and I might go 3 way SLI again.

Thanks in advance :)
 
Youll have to look at the instructions for your specific mobo - but you really need watercooling for tripple SLI or to not care about noise and temps
 
yea, I'm going to watercool them in a TJ-07 build. I checked the manual, but was just curious if anyone has SLI like this and might have a image of it.
I checked online , but did not really find any image of a setup like this.
Anyways, thanks for the reply :)
 
That all depends on the motherboard manufacturer. As far as I know they have free reign over the placement of PCI-E slots.
 
Not sure if you still need it, however here is a photo of mine. This is on Asus's Deluxe X99 board with 3 GTX 980's installed. The temps are definitely not great, even if I bench at 100% fan speed it is only going to be so long before the temps rise to the 80s region and throttling occurs.

mJDbwQb.jpg


There is practically no gap between them, removing the risen part of the backplate on the 980 does help the airflow a bit.
 
Last edited:
well thanks for your post , but what I was looking for was a 3 way SLI setup with extra spacing between cards 1 and 2 , and between 2 and 3 normal space. I think its callled 3.5 way SLI atleast thats how they call the SLI bridge.
 
Let me make it easier :) According to MSI, if I want to use 3 way SLI with a 40 lanes CPU ( my 5930k ) I should use slot 1 , 4 and 6 that would result in a this SLI bridge as seen on the picture. Now I wonder does anyone here have experence with this and maybe have a picture of it. Thnx in advance and sorry if I was not to the point :)
 

Attachments

  • 9070-99-A00601_XL_12.jpg
    9070-99-A00601_XL_12.jpg
    65 KB · Views: 206
it also depends on which card you'll be buying to go triple SLI, there are 2 slot cards and 3 slot cards, you might want to consider it too

this took me one sec to look for but i think this is what you mean right?

cards.jpg
 
If I was going to use 3 cards then water-cooling would have to be a big consideration in the component choice. Seeing as SLI bridges are all dual spaced 1, 4, 6 wouldn't work out. If it was 1, 4, 7 you could use pipes to link them and if it was 1, 3, 7 you could use a Quad parrallel link with one slot blanked although it would look much neater if the cards were evenly spaced.

In short I would only go for dual spaced or triple spaced configs, not two then three. Not many motherboards support triple slot spacing for 3 cards with decent PCIe bandwidth.

JR
 
Hey everyone,

I have a question about 3 way SLI on the new X99 platform.
Some motherboard support 3 way SLI with a slot configurations of
slot 1 , slot 4 and slot 6 , so there is a spacing between the first and second card.
normally you would have 1 -2 -3 so they all have same spacing.
My question is, does anyone here have experience with it, and a pictures of it.
Kinda wonder how it looks. My last build had 3 way SLI but the had the normal configuration. Now I have a MSI X99S Xpower AC board and I might go 3 way SLI again.

Thanks in advance :)

Is there any specific reason for 3 cards because two cards will look much better IMO
 
Dsnv8Jf.jpg


kqlltgM.jpg


Be care with temps these cards although they have a low TDP can run hotter than 4 way 290Xs on air.

For long term use watercooling is a must.
 
thanks all for the replies , I decided to go with 2 GTX 980's, already bought them today, 2x EVGA GTX 980 4GB Superclocked AC 2.0 , will watercool them.
Build log will start on 5 december :)
 
If you remove the panel on the back of the cards temps will drop....

It worked really well with the cards dropping between 10c and 15c.

The top card showed the best improvement, it was running at over 60c just browsing forums now it is down in the low 40s.

Thanks.
 
It worked really well with the cards dropping between 10c and 15c.

The top card showed the best improvement, it was running at over 60c just browsing forums now it is down in the low 40s.

Thanks.

that sounds like a big drop in temp
 
I've been looking at building that exact setup. What kind of GPU temps are you seeing in that sli config? Have you tried it without backplates as well?
 
Back
Top