How To How to installing a second GPU

[r.h._design]

hi guys....i just need to know how to add a new GPU .... I've built my pc 3 years ago..my cpu has only 28 PCI-E lanes .i recently received a new RTX-2070 Super FE and i dont know where to install it alonside with GTX-970 .the Last mobo PCIE slot is occupied with a USB 3.1 2-Port Card and i have doubt about that if i ever used it or not???!!!!
here are my pc specifications :

mottherboard : Asus X99-Deluxe 3.1
Cpu : i7-5820k @ 3.3 Ghz. but overclocked to 4.00 Ghz.
Ram :32GB ( 4x8 ) DDR4 Corsair Vengeance LPX @ 3200 MHz. but its running it @2666 MHz
GPU: Asus Geforce GTX-970 4GDDR5 OC.
PSU : Green Platinium 1200 W+80
Monior : Samsung 27inch 2560 x1440
here are the list of softwares that i use :

Autodesk 3ds max 2019
Autodesk Autocad 2019
Sketchup Pro 2019
Lumion pro 9
Adobe photoshop cc 2019
For rendering V-ray Next and corona render

 

[Metal Messiah.]

Why do you need to install the second card as well ? You cannot SLI them though....According to your motherboard's manual, these are the expansion slot specs:

3 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16, x16/x8, x8/x8/x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (max at x4 mode) *2
40-Lane CPU-
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (max at x4 mode) *2
28-Lane CPU-
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x1 mode)
5 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x16/x8, x8/x8/x16/x8, x8/x8/x8/x8/x8 mode) *1

 

[r.h._design]

Why do you need to install the second card as well ? You cannot SLI them though....According to your motherboard's manual, these are the expansion slot specs:

3 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16, x16/x8, x8/x8/x8)
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (max at x4 mode) *2
40-Lane CPU-
1 x PCIe 2.0 x4 (max at x4 mode) *2
28-Lane CPU-
2 x PCIe 2.0 x16 (x1 mode)
5 x PCIe 3.0/2.0 x16 (x16, x16/x16, x16/x16/x8, x8/x8/x16/x8, x8/x8/x8/x8/x8 mode) *1

• V-RAY
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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz x1, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB x1, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB x2

 

[r.h._design]

• V-RAY
• V-RAY GPU

SETUP
Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz x1, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8192MB x1, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB x2

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Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz x1, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB x1, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB x1