ATI Graphics in a Intel Machine?

[insavannah]

Can I run 2 ATI Graphics cards in a Intel i5 machine using a GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard ?

Thanks

 

[shadow187]

I know all x58 motherboards are SLI/CF, but I don't know about P55. I would say yes, you should though.

 

[hallowed_dragon]

Can I run 2 ATI Graphics cards in a Intel i5 machine using a GIGABYTE GA-P55-UD4P LGA 1156 Intel P55 ATX Intel Motherboard ?

Thanks

Yes.

 

[KidHorn]

Generally speaking, P55 isn't as good as x58 for running more than one card. I think just about all x58 boards have 2 x16 slots while most P55 have one x16 and have a x8 or x4 in another. You may not notice much of a difference between the two though.

 

[KidHorn]

Actually, I just read that Asus has a P55 board that has 2 x16 slots (And USB 3 and 6GB Sata). I read somewhere that P55 didn't support this. I guess what I read was wrong.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/asus-usb-3.0-p55-superspeed,8963.html

 

[1ce]

P55 doesn't support two full bandwidth x16 slots with the on-die PCIe controller. However if you add an external PCIe controller you can add extra lanes. This is how it was done in the past, before PCIe on-die was available.