I'm kind of curious about how those expander would effect the speed of PCI-E bus. Basically just merge 2 cards and signal through 1 PCI-E slot right? So wouldn't that mean running a X16 slot with 2 cards equates to X8 for each card? And still... a $1200+ price tag isn't really friendly since the whole point of GPU render is fast and cheap.
Compared to the price of
purchasing a new PC with adequate power supply, cooling capacity, full-sized PCIe slots, migrating 64-bit apps, etc., Xpander for Octane Render is a bargain.
Xpander for Octane Render
with 2 x GTX 480 cards = $1993 after applied discount code from your Octane Render beta purchase (until discount code is activated, just send a request with order info to receive $95 credit).
Open the shipping box, plug the cards in, make sure your GeForce drivers are loaded on your current PC or Mac, power on. (Yes, I know Mac users are still relegated to GTX 285 for Mac or Quadro FX 4800 for Mac
, but we have those upgrade options available for them as well).
You can also connect multiple Xpander for Octane Render units to your current PC. If you're weighing the options of build it yourself vs Xpander for OR, look at Xpander as a way of adding fault-tolerance to your PC; external 750W power supply per Xpander (when upgrades applied).
EricNV