4-Way SLI anyone?

Marine Iguana · 1 Sep 2009 at 00:21

It seemes EVGA are releasing a new board

The EVGA Classified 4-Way SLI

Although you need 4 of their Classified GTX285's to do this.
And a case with 10 expansion slots (XL-ATX)

More info on EVGA site

EVGA is proud to announce the world’s first 4-way SLI capable setup, the EVGA GTX 285 Classified and X58 Classified 4-Way SLI, but the innovative features do not stop there. Everything on the GTX 285 Classified is designed for the extreme enthusiast, from the 8 Phase Digital PWM to the the X-Cool Switch and Dedicated Voltage readpoints! These features and more allow you to do what matters; get the most from your hardware.

In addition to this innovative graphics card, EVGA is also announcing the EVGA X58 Classified 4-Way SLI Edition, this motherboard has an impressive 7 PCIe Expansion slots allowing you to combine up to 4 EVGA GTX 285 Graphics cards for extreme performance! Important note: a case with 9 or more expansion slots is required, 10 for 4-Way SLI.

EVGA GTX 285 Classified Graphics Card

* GeForce GTX 285 GPU
* 4-Way SLI Support
* 8 Phase Digital PWM
* Low ESR/ESL Film Capacitor
* X-Cool jumper for Extreme OC
* 3 PCIe 6 pin power connectors
* Dedicated Voltage Read Points
* EVGA EVbot support

EVGA X58 SLI Classified 4-Way SLI Motherboard

* Intel® X58 Express Chipset with the ICH10R Southbridge
* 7 PCIe Slots for 2-Way, 3-Way, 4-Way SLI or CrossFireX Support
* 10 Phase Digital PWM with Switching Frequency of 1333KHz
* Low ESR/ESL Film Capacitor
* 100% Solid State Capacitors
* EVGA E-LEET Tuning Utility Software
* EVGA EVbot Support
* EVGA ECP V2 (EVGA Control Panel)

Looks nice shame it's a complete waste of money.

Board cost is $449.99

And GTX 285 $379.99

Any takers

DavyBoy · 1 Sep 2009 at 00:29

I didn't think it was possible to run 4 x GTX285's in SLi, thought nVidia only did tri Sli with the 285's, and that Quad SLi was only possible via 2 x GTX295's???

The mobo looks OTT imo...

PakJai · 1 Sep 2009 at 00:38

More card = driver, compatibility, overheat and power consumption issues.

Tweaker · 1 Sep 2009 at 00:57

The northbridge has a 80mm fan attached as standard, wow, that thing must overheat a lot

PhillyDee · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:00

That looks the business . . . .

Id buy it and fill it full of SAS cards . . . . and drives . . . .

Shame I dont have even enough cash just to buy the board really!

PwnDirect · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:01

THE MARS BAR HAS BE BEATEN! & this works out cheaper 2

BIGBC · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:12

Tweaker said:
The northbridge has a 80mm fan attached as standard, wow, that thing must overheat a lot

Thats not an 80mm, surely? doesnt look it to me anyway. Its a ruddy big heatsink anyway lol.

Quad SLI is overrated - used both dual 9800GX2 + dual GTX295 setups and nothing new how to utilise them.

pingwing · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:21

Corr Blimy! and i jsut set a mate up with my old 78000gt (last card iv owned) to play left 4 dead.... Who would want quad sli... let alone need it...

Marine Iguana · 1 Sep 2009 at 01:27

I wouldn't mind one just for folding

AMG · 1 Sep 2009 at 03:13

oooo

jezz

thats one nice looking board, but still my question will be why? :confused:

paininlife · 1 Sep 2009 at 05:02

ther is no point of putting 285gts in 4 way sli, + it wil b creating a lot of heat, which game wil utilize quad gpus?
btw is nvidia late for quad sli tech? as ati alreadi hav quad crossfire support?

icey_haj · 1 Sep 2009 at 05:43

Crazy stuff.

casw1000 · 1 Sep 2009 at 05:45

I would have one for folding. But I would rather install GTX295's. Not sure why this would *need* to have 285GTX Classified's though. I agree on the gaming front, but seeing as I dont game on my PC, it doesn't matter, I just fold.

Maybe this will be THE most expensive board to grace the UK shelves. Time will tell.

Happy · 1 Sep 2009 at 08:01

casw1000 said:
I would have one for folding. But I would rather install GTX295's. Not sure why this would *need* to have 285GTX Classified's though. I agree on the gaming front, but seeing as I dont game on my PC, it doesn't matter, I just fold.

Maybe this will be THE most expensive board to grace the UK shelves. Time will tell.

I would imagine they are desinged to enable quad SLI, with an extra SLi bridge etc.

BIGBC · 1 Sep 2009 at 11:21

paininlife said:
ther is no point of putting 285gts in 4 way sli, + it wil b creating a lot of heat, which game wil utilize quad gpus?
btw is nvidia late for quad sli tech? as ati alreadi hav quad crossfire support?

nVidia did quad SLI with the 9800GX2 and GTX295's, pretty sure they did with the 7950GX2 or whatever it was too. Granted it was only 2 units, but it was still 4 GPUs.

TheCenturion · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:09

FOR PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY THAN SENSE

AGAIN

D D Danneh · 1 Sep 2009 at 12:41

DavyBoy said:
I didn't think it was possible to run 4 x GTX285's in SLi, thought nVidia only did tri Sli with the 285's, and that Quad SLi was only possible via 2 x GTX295's???

The mobo looks OTT imo...

The limitation was simply a lack of space. This mobo has enough PCI-e slots to accomodate 4 cards. It's technically possible that it would support 4-way Crossfire as well.

Also, I'd like to see what kind of PSU you need to power that 4-way SLI. Notice each classified 285 needs 3 power connections. Are there any PSU's in existence that have 12 PCI-E connectors? Probably going to have to strap two or even three PSU's together, which means you're gonna need a huge case. Not to mention getting a case with 10 expansion slots. I can see these being custom-case or no-case jobbies.

extrememachine · 1 Sep 2009 at 13:16

excellent!

Combat Fighter · 1 Sep 2009 at 15:01

Christ you would need your own power station to run all that! :eek:

PhillyDee · 1 Sep 2009 at 15:26

anant_shah94 said:
FOR PEOPLE WITH MORE MONEY THAN SENSE

AGAIN

As is most top end stuff