Dual GTX 760 OC with Z87-Pro Question

tdslash

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With this motherboard and 2 760's, which slots would be more efficient or better for the cards? Also, I am new to dual cards, so obviously i need an SLI bridge, correct?
 
Solution
The bottom PCIe x16 slot is the PCIe 2.0 4x speed slot. You don't want to place the second 760 GTX in that slot. Use the top and middle PCIe x16 slots. The 4x speed slot will slow the second GPU down hurting the SLI performance.

Yes you need a SLI bridge. Did it not come with the motherboard?
The bottom PCIe x16 slot is the PCIe 2.0 4x speed slot. You don't want to place the second 760 GTX in that slot. Use the top and middle PCIe x16 slots. The 4x speed slot will slow the second GPU down hurting the SLI performance.

Yes you need a SLI bridge. Did it not come with the motherboard?
 
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I'm ordering the motherboard. Will that SLI bridge reach the distance of the 2 far away slots? Thanks
 


Oh gotacha. The motherboard comes with a SLI bridge. Which one it contains I don't know. I would think it would be a bridge just to link the two PCIe 3.0 slots.
 


Thank you.