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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

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

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

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"

There's not a vga for 4x slot?

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

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

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

Radiance

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

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..