mihapiha
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I was looking at the ASUS Z87 Maximus VI Extreme as an alternative to X79. Like I said: 3 to 4 GPUs in that setup will be primarily for looks not gaming experience. I think I will turn off SLI/Crossfire 99% of the time and use the other cards for Folding@Home or something like that.
That's why I personally do favor the AMD solution a little bit more. The reason I would favor the nVidia setup is due to the SLI-Bridge, which esthetically looks more pleasing than these yellow crossfire bridges.
But without new motherboards I don't think that there are that many alternatives. The Gigabyte Z87 boards have fans and what's even worse water cooling fittings mounted on them. I don't understand why GigaByte insists on putting fittings on them and not just G1/4.
And the X79 series motherboards have been released since ages - or at least it feels that way.
Keep in mind though, that every GPU running Folding@Home will take away one thread (or if I am unlucky a core). That's why initially thought it would be better to go with Ivy-Bridge-E.
That's why I personally do favor the AMD solution a little bit more. The reason I would favor the nVidia setup is due to the SLI-Bridge, which esthetically looks more pleasing than these yellow crossfire bridges.
But without new motherboards I don't think that there are that many alternatives. The Gigabyte Z87 boards have fans and what's even worse water cooling fittings mounted on them. I don't understand why GigaByte insists on putting fittings on them and not just G1/4.
And the X79 series motherboards have been released since ages - or at least it feels that way.
Keep in mind though, that every GPU running Folding@Home will take away one thread (or if I am unlucky a core). That's why initially thought it would be better to go with Ivy-Bridge-E.
