MB supermicro X7DAL-E+

[Daniel79]

Is possible have multi gpu whit this motherboard?

1. Quad & Dual Core Intel® 64-bit Xeon®
Support, 667 / 1066 / 1333MHz FSB
2. Intel® 5000X (Greencreek) Chipset
3. Up to 24GB 667/533MHz DDR2 ECC
FB-DIMM (Fully Buffered DIMM)
4. Intel® (ESB2/Gilgal) 82563 Dual-port
Gigabit Ethernet Controller
5. 6x 3Gb/s SATA Ports via ESB2
Controller
6. 1 (x16) & 1 (x4 in x16) PCI-Express,
2x 64-bit 133/100MHz PCI-X,
2x 32-bit PCI 33MHz
1x UIO Slot

My intention are:
One VGA for render (gtx 260) and one for video navigation while rendering (i need to buy:D)

Thanks

[Proupin]

I'd say yes! you have the pciExpressx16 for the cuda card, the second slot for the display

[radiance]

Hi,

It's possible but i would'nt recommend it.
the 2nd PCI-E port is 4x slower, it's a 4x.

you should try to find a motherboard with 2 PCI-E slots that are both x16 speed, not one x16 and one x4...

Radiance

[Daniel79]

Ok but one slot is x16 and the other is x4..what is the difference between the two??

"1 (x16) & 1 (x4 in x16) PCI-Express"

[Daniel79]

There's not a vga for 4x slot?

[radiance]

this motherboard as 2 PCI-E slots, a fast one and a slow one. (x16 and x4)
i'd recommend to buy a motherboard with 2 fast slots, eg two x16 slots.

Radiance

[Daniel79]

You know a model of motherboardthat support 2 xeon quad core 5420 and whit 2 PCI-e x16??
Thanks

[radiance]

sorry but i don't know any, maybe try to call your hardware dealer and ask him to find an appropriate one ?

Radiance

[Proupin]

radiance, wouldn't the 4x interface suffice for vga display?

[Daniel79]

Thank a lot...think i found mb (supermicro X7DWA-N) but i don't found price and where to buy in italy or other europe state

But this is not important..

Great..