Author: audiologies
Subject: PCIE Lane Sharing on an X99 Extreme4
Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 3:32am
Hi, I am considering an X99 Extreme4 with a 5820K i7 (28 lane) cpu. I have read the motherboard manual and searched here but cannot find the details I am looking for.
I would like to know if PCIE slot 2 (PCIE 2.0 x16) is still available after populating slots 1,3, and 5. The only explicitly listed exclusion is slot 5 being disabled if using a M.2 PCIE SSD.
The reason I am asking is I would like to run 4 gpu cards, BUT NOT SLI. 1 card in slot 2 would actually run the monitor, while 3 other cards will be used for general processing. My software allows any combination of GPUS so I do not need SLI or identical GPUS. Furthermore, the cards do not need 16 or even 8 lanes for max performance.
Thank you!
Subject: PCIE Lane Sharing on an X99 Extreme4
Posted: 08 Mar 2016 at 3:32am
Hi, I am considering an X99 Extreme4 with a 5820K i7 (28 lane) cpu. I have read the motherboard manual and searched here but cannot find the details I am looking for.
I would like to know if PCIE slot 2 (PCIE 2.0 x16) is still available after populating slots 1,3, and 5. The only explicitly listed exclusion is slot 5 being disabled if using a M.2 PCIE SSD.
The reason I am asking is I would like to run 4 gpu cards, BUT NOT SLI. 1 card in slot 2 would actually run the monitor, while 3 other cards will be used for general processing. My software allows any combination of GPUS so I do not need SLI or identical GPUS. Furthermore, the cards do not need 16 or even 8 lanes for max performance.
Thank you!