Titan X Question

[treddie]

Hi all.

I have a question about the install for the Titan X. I have a GTX 560 that I want to use as my Windows video card. I want the Titan X to be used solely as a renderer. According to the instructions, Nvidia says that the Titan X should be placed on PCI-1. The problem with that is that that means I also have to hook up my monitor to it, or Windows will not see my monitor. But if I put the Titan on a different PCI slot, Windows does not see it. So my question is, is there a way to get Windows to see the Titan on a slot other than #1, or is there a way to get Windows to see my monitor hooked up to the GTX 560 on a slot OTHER than number 1?

[smicha]

Hi all.

I have a question about the install for the Titan X. I have a GTX 560 that I want to use as my Windows video card. I want the Titan X to be used solely as a renderer. According to the instructions, Nvidia says that the Titan X should be placed on PCI-1. The problem with that is that that means I also have to hook up my monitor to it, or Windows will not see my monitor. But if I put the Titan on a different PCI slot, Windows does not see it. So my question is, is there a way to get Windows to see the Titan on a slot other than #1, or is there a way to get Windows to see my monitor hooked up to the GTX 560 on a slot OTHER than number 1?

What is your motherboard? Keep 560 in the first slot. It's good for handling a monitor. But do consider that 560 scores only 30 in octanebench and you'll lose not that much in terms of performance and rendering speed. Actually when you'll have only one titan X in your case it will be cooler and may run faster due to better airflow. So it may appear that overall performance on one titan X is same or better than with 560.

[treddie]

Hi smicha. Thanks for replying.

It is a new Rampage-V mobo.

[treddie]

As per my OP, the Titan X does not get recognized on any PCI slot other than #1. Therefore it must go in slot 1. Unfortunately, that means that my 560 (which I want to use for Windows functions) must be moved to some other PCI slot, which means it will not accept a monitor. Something seems very wrong with that since I have heard of systems that have multiple GPUs running many monitors.

[smicha]

As per my OP, the Titan X does not get recognized on any PCI slot other than #1. Therefore it must go in slot 1. Unfortunately, that means that my 560 (which I want to use for Windows functions) must be moved to some other PCI slot, which means it will not accept a monitor. Something seems very wrong with that since I have heard of systems that have multiple GPUs running many monitors.

Make sure you have newest bios on your mobo installed, 1401. Put 560 into the first red pcie slot (closest to a cpu), titan X into third red slot. Run clean install of nvidia 353.06 driver.

[treddie]

Running clean driver install (updated) for Titan on slot other than #1 did not work earlier, since system does not see the GPU other than as a generic VGA device. However, I did get the problem solved...

Before I got the new mobo, I had had a Gigabyte board that I could never get monitors to work on unless the GPU I wanted to use for Windows functions was placed in slot 1. Now, with the Titan, I needed a new mobo and thought it would behave the same way. In fact it didn't. The Titan documentation says it must be in slot #1, and my experience with it says, yes. Otherwise, the system simply does not see it. So I put it back in slot #1 (which is closer to the CPU than I would have liked) and it is seen just fine, AND I found out that my 560 in slot #3 works just fine with the monitor hooked up to it.

[smicha]

Running clean driver install (updated) for Titan on slot other than #1 did not work earlier, since system does not see the GPU other than as a generic VGA device. However, I did get the problem solved...

Before I got the new mobo, I had had a Gigabyte board that I could never get monitors to work on unless the GPU I wanted to use for Windows functions was placed in slot 1. Now, with the Titan, I needed a new mobo and thought it would behave the same way. In fact it didn't. The Titan documentation says it must be in slot #1, and my experience with it says, yes. Otherwise, the system simply does not see it. So I put it back in slot #1 (which is closer to the CPU than I would have liked) and it is seen just fine, AND I found out that my 560 in slot #3 works just fine with the monitor hooked up to it.

Great. BTW do you use DVI or DP cable?

[treddie]

I'm still using DVI.

[itsallgoode9]

is this something specific to Titan X cards for some weird reason? I have a quadro 4000k hooked up in my first slot for my monitors and 780's in two of the other slots for rendering and all the cards are correctly found. I have a Rampage IV black mobo, so I wouldn't expect yours to work that much differently than what I have, unless it's a special case for a Titan X.

[treddie]

Don't know. A bit annoying though, since I REALLY wanted the Titan away from the CPU for cooling reasons.