2 GTX 690s... just for fun of course

[cyrustheviruz1]

So i bought a gtx 690 from ebay for 100 bucks and i was thinking about buying another (the seller has like 5 of them) just for the fun of playing with. I have an Asus Z97a board with a core i7 4770k, currently im running 2 780tis on it and my question is will this same board run 2 690s? I don't have any experience with any dual gpu cards so before i pick this up i want to make sure my board will have the pci-e lanes for it. Can a gtx 690 run off of x8 bandwidth like a 780ti, 1070, etc, etc, etc? I understand this is old technology, im doing this purely for the fun of it and so i can play games from 2010 to 2013 as i would of on a pc that was top of the line back then. I love my 780ti SLI setup, honestly i probably could play most games from this year on it in some capacity, but i want to try doing some quad sli because i never have before. Thoughts, opinions, knowledge please, thank you!

 

[R4DIO4CT1VE]

I probably dont know more than you do regarding these GPU's, but you should be fine to SLI the 690s with your current setup.

You can sell your heater and just run the SLI 690s

 

[cyrustheviruz1]

Nice lol I live in Ohio in the Cincinnati area and last week I needed all the extra heat I could get! You're right though it will get hot hot hot. I have a 1000 watt supply which im positive will be enough.The first card arrives tomorrow so I'll run it and see what's up. I know it will pack some horsepower, it's just a bummer it's limited by the 2 GB of vram. 2 of these puppies is like 4 GTX 680s which is just plain nuts!