That's true, indeed i wasn't thinking of a 16 GPU system, but 16 slots (= 8 GPUs max).
I've mentioned 16 slots from the magma chassis, which really meant to be 16 slots (therefore 8 GPUs), not 16 GPUs. To be honest, i haven't realized until your last post that you were then refering to a 16 GPU system. Having a 4-8 GPU setup in mind, I've compared the 16-slot/8-GPU Magma chassis with TYAN FT77B7015, which also is a 8 GPUs system. I'm not even daring to think about a 16-GPU setup in one box, too complex, too expensive. Even 8 GPUs in one system is complex enough. I'd rather combine multiple smaller systems than even think about building a 16 GPU system. ;-)
Considering the price tag, Cubix XPRM-G3-ELRLE doesn't really attract me. Why would i want to spend so much money for this box, if i can only put 4 GPUs inside? Thats $900 per GPU, so basically more than the investment per GPU (considering GTX 980 or 980ti which are kinda 500-700ish).
Unfortunately, you haven't mentioned anything about the idea with PICMG 1.3 for a 4-8 GTX 980 setup. - That's expensive too, for sure, but for me that sounds pretty good, as long as i put 7-8 GPUs inside and the price tag is comparable to the TYAN box. Have you ever tried a setup like this? If yes, what makes the tyan box better? I'm not asking this to provoke, i'm trying to understand.
I've mentioned 16 slots from the magma chassis, which really meant to be 16 slots (therefore 8 GPUs), not 16 GPUs. To be honest, i haven't realized until your last post that you were then refering to a 16 GPU system. Having a 4-8 GPU setup in mind, I've compared the 16-slot/8-GPU Magma chassis with TYAN FT77B7015, which also is a 8 GPUs system. I'm not even daring to think about a 16-GPU setup in one box, too complex, too expensive. Even 8 GPUs in one system is complex enough. I'd rather combine multiple smaller systems than even think about building a 16 GPU system. ;-)
Considering the price tag, Cubix XPRM-G3-ELRLE doesn't really attract me. Why would i want to spend so much money for this box, if i can only put 4 GPUs inside? Thats $900 per GPU, so basically more than the investment per GPU (considering GTX 980 or 980ti which are kinda 500-700ish).
Unfortunately, you haven't mentioned anything about the idea with PICMG 1.3 for a 4-8 GTX 980 setup. - That's expensive too, for sure, but for me that sounds pretty good, as long as i put 7-8 GPUs inside and the price tag is comparable to the TYAN box. Have you ever tried a setup like this? If yes, what makes the tyan box better? I'm not asking this to provoke, i'm trying to understand.