Does any Z68 Support Virtu I-mode in SLI?

[rolodomo]

Is anyone aware of a Z68 board that supports Virtu i-mode for SLI? I would really like to power down my GTX 480(s) as much as possible when browsing the net, word processing, transcoding, etc.

I would normally research this myself, but I want to jump on the MC deal if there is a board out there that does it. Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[heymrdj]

i-mode does not support SLI. Only d-mode supports SLI/CF setups. Which of course negates what you want because then the dgpus are primary. You'll have to stay with one 480 if you want power savings.

 

[rolodomo]

i-mode does not support SLI. Only d-mode supports SLI/CF setups. Which of course negates what you want because then the dgpus are primary. You'll have to stay with one 480 if you want power savings.

Thanks man. Would not have been cost effective anyway in terms of savings, but it would have been cool to experiment with. Oh well, I guess I'll hold off. Starting to get antsy sitting on my i7-920/x58 setup for so long.

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I chose the Virtu solution (with iGPU enabled) to avoid a power draw from an SLI rig. How much that helps, I can't say. I'm running a 570 GTX dGPU.

Main point, though, is that my Asus P8Z68-V-Pro board features three video ports at the I/O plate: a mini-HDMI, a DVI single-link, and your ubiquitous VGA-15-pin.

I want HTPC capability, so I must run two monitors. And the "across-the-room" DVI-HDMI cable I bought is dual-link. So it seems to me that I can't configure the monitors (including one LG HDTV) in i-mode, unless I can find the right cable.

So I'm still not at an optimum with power-usage. . .