02-04-2016, 12:46 PM
(02-04-2016, 08:37 AM)concedonulli Wrote:(02-04-2016, 08:05 AM)intertan Wrote: Why not wait till Nvidia pascal comes out? Suppose to be 10x faster.
Does one also need an expensive motherboard and cpu?
I'm no expert but couldn't a basic motherboard that supports 4 gpu and a basic i5 work?
This is the first I'm hearing about the Pascal. That thing sounds insane!
As far as the motherboard and processor goes, we needed a processor with enough PCIE lanes to support four GTX 980 TIs. The motherboard also had to be able to support the four cards running at 8x each since I hear that the GTX 980 TI can't run at anything lower. The motherboard also needed the PCIE slots to be spaced out enough to fit four double-wide cards.
Thanks for giving everything a look! Please keep it coming. I want to make sure we've considered everything before we drop all this money on it.
You don't need the full x16. Don't quote me but even x1 speeds work