EVGA Experiments With 4-Way Fermi GTX 480 SLI

[calmstateofmind]

*Only available in Alaska.

 

[rhino13]

Just thinking that they could wait until there were actually 4 480 boards on the market so the owners could bring them together to run on one system.

Of course why would you do this when you could just do 5970s in crossfire.

Why not work on a dual GPU single card first!

 

[porksmuggler]

[citation][nom]werfu[/nom]I guess your really don't need to run these full load, so the temps should not raise too much if the case has enough positive air flow.[/citation]

you're kidding, right? Does anyone make a forced induction kit for PCs?

 

[Guest]

forget the LHC causing the world to end im more worried about this setup

 

[derek2006]

I have a space heater thats top power output is less than the power output of 4 of these. And that things job is to actually provide heat.

 

[Guest]

the fear of being incinerated would be my guess as to why they didn't show us the benchmarks....it would like "ok the setup looks fine, lets boot the machine....click...."

 

[saint19]

Great!!!, I want 4 in the same configuration. Do you accept PayPal?

 

[koji_kabuto]

doesnt evga only make nvidia cards? i guess its a way to make feel people that they wont catch on fire... outside the case

 

[miloo]

2.4G for those 4 card, it hurts ~

 

[Humans think]

Recommended case by nVidia is this http://successfulsoftware.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/igloo.jpg and you should be working inside a meat fridge 😛

BTW double GPU solutions on one PCB are not possible inside the current power envelope at least without sacrifices on speed clock...

 

[yyk71200]

requirements: minimum 2000w power supply

 

[eddieroolz]

My God, this wil destroy Folding@Home!

 

[phatboe]

Can someone tell me what mobo they are using?

 

[Guest]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813188059 I think

 

[cinergy]

Thanks, but my apartment already has a heating system.

 

[vaughn2k]

Now it can play Crysis, fry eggs and roast marshmallows

😀

 

[andrewbt]

i've noticed that they don't even have an LCD monitor with a DVI link,using analog so sad...

 

[andrewbt]

and is the X58 chipset bandwidth large enought to support 4 GTX480? probably all running at x8 which i don't think is enought for a GTX480

 

[Silluete]

The world most expensive BBQ now can run your game too -_-'

 

[shadow187]

In all honesty I'm wondering HOW THE HELL they have a 1200W PSU running that. Each card uses 275Watts, 4 of them use 1100Watts (Or 110A on the 12-v Rail (The Corsair 1,000Watt provides 83), an overclocked CPU (You will need one!) uses 150Watts, and 15A. So you need AT LEAST 125A on the 12-v rail.

Now now, I know adding cards in SLI doesn't double the wattage. But it'll come close. Reeeal close.

 

[Guest]

The fans don't appear to be turning

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]shadow187[/nom]In all honesty I'm wondering HOW THE HELL they have a 1200W PSU running that. Each card uses 275Watts, 4 of them use 1100Watts (Or 110A on the 12-v Rail (The Corsair 1,000Watt provides 83), an overclocked CPU (You will need one!) uses 150Watts, and 15A. So you need AT LEAST 125A on the 12-v rail.Now now, I know adding cards in SLI doesn't double the wattage. But it'll come close. Reeeal close.[/citation]

They proably connected two 1200Wattage psu's together (we just cant see the second one) like these guys did for there ssd raid 0.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96dWOEa4Djs

 

[warmon6]

[citation][nom]andrewuwe[/nom]The fans don't appear to be turning[/citation]

hmmmm...... i could never guess why.......... *sarcasm*

 

[idisarmu]

[citation][nom]derek2006[/nom]I have a space heater thats top power output is less than the power output of 4 of these. And that things job is to actually provide heat.[/citation]

Ya but it's not like these cards are wasting electricity... eventually, all energy makes its way into being transformed into heat.

 

[Luscious]

Waste of money, waste of power, waste of heat and waste of noise.

X58 doesn't have the lanes to run x16 by four - the cards will choke on x8 each. This is kind of like putting a 750HP Mustang crate engine inside a Fiesta with a twin-screw and expecting the rear tires to grip when you slam the gas...

Best advice with X58 I'd say is to stick with 2 cards max and enjoy x16 bandwidth on each. SLI a pair of these, watercool them with your 6-core Gulftown, and cut down temps and noise.