LF 3x PCI-E running at 16x on a MB

GodsFlaw

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Aug 7, 2007
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The best I have found is 16X+16X+8X.

Both the

MSI P6N Diamond nForce 680i SLI Chipset
Asus Striker Extreme nForce® 680i SLI Chipset

Can only offer me another 8x slot after the dual 16x.



I am looking to buy 3 Nivida GeForce 8800GTS 320MB cards and run one 30" monitor max rez with 2 and my other 24" at max rez with the other.


My questions since I
1) does a card with 3x 16x exist?
2) What do I lose with running my 24" at 8x?
3) (somewhat unrealated) the core clock on the 8800GTS 640MB card is 500mhz vs 576 on the 320mb card. What is better the mem or the clock speed? Do I have to worry about the clock speed being a multiple of my computer processor or bus speed?
4) What kind of PSU do I need to suport the cards and the dule 3ghz proc?
 

keeleysam

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Feb 8, 2005
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1. Not at this time.
2. 1-2%. Tops.
3. No.
4. I'd go for a 1KW PSU, you'll be running a lot of stuff.

What do you need this much GPU for?