Hello, so I have this motherboard GA-970A-DS3P and I am thinking about going SLI. Now I have GTX 660 Ti and its cheaper to get second one than buying new like R9 280x. So I don't are my PCIE slot going to handle this?
I'd recommend against SLI.
A Gen 2 X4 lane will be really pushing it when it comes to bandwidth. While it may not be a huge hit in performance it will still be there.
Plus you may need a new PSU as well and SLI setups are inherently problematic. You will not see double the performance.
Plus the 660Ti is a bit of an old/odd card and are quite expensive unless you buy used.
I'd recommend going with the single 280X.
you cannot sli on that 970 chipsetboard in the first place.
Sli does not work on 4x.
how much vram do you have? if it's just 1gb sli isnt worth it.
His mobo does not support Sli, so basicly it does not realy matter. haha
That mobo only supports CF.
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Ok, thanks guys. So thats mean I will buy new card and in future maybe new mobo. But this mobo is good or should I think about new one?
If you wanted to do an SLI setup you'd be looking at a 990X/990FX board. The Asus M5A99X Evo R2.0 would be one of the less expensive options.
i dont know what your current cpu is, but i would choose for a single 280X.
Just sell your current 660Ti.
I have AMD FX-8320, what could you recommend for me? Best for now and future.
i would go for a single 280x or if you could sell your 660Ti maybe a R9-290.
Only your motherboard with that cpu, is not the best combination, offcourse on stockspeed its fine but if you ever tempt to overclocking your cpu, that mobo is not good for it, cause it only has a 4+1 powerphase. and not the best quality vrm´s.
But still i would buy a new gpu for now, mobo can be upgraded later.
I already overclocked my cpu to 4.0Ghz, But I am thinking about new mobo like Asus this time.
- Asus crosshair V Formula Z
- Asrock 990FX extreme 9
- Asus 990FX Sabertooth R2.0
- Asus M5A99FX pro R2.0
Here is a list of decent boards, it offcourse depends abit on how much you wanne spend for a decent mobo, but those boards are decent.
I have a liquid cooled fx 8350 on the 990fx Saber tooth R2.0 and I've got that baby stable at 5.0 GHz. I would definitely recommend this board. In the end though, all of those boards listed above look good.
Agreed. The 970 chip set does NOT support SLI. Only the 990fx boards support SLI. Just upgrade to the 280x. Nvidia doesn't have a card that will touch it for the price.
If you upgrade your motherboard stay away from Gigabyte boards.
You actually can sli on a 970 board I have done it with 550ti's and it works fine. It just takes some trickery. You still run into the bandwidth problem though so go with a better single card.