Motherboard supports Crossfire but can only run 1 GPU?

[futurefields]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-pla-_-NA-_-NA

I already bought this thing and am puzzled why it says it supports Crossfire if it only can have 1 GPU? That's a bit of a contradiction innit?

 

[T_Yamamoto]

There's a pci 2.0 which can handle another gpu

 

[Meghan54]

There's a pci 2.0 which can handle another gpu

Exactly. Don't know why the OP thinks gpu's now can only run on a PCIe 3.0 slot.

 

[futurefields]

I think it does something when you try to connect two GPU's though

Like the slots switch from x16 to x4 or something, i need to read more into it

somebody said "dont buy that board if you want to use multiple gpu's" and at the time I didnt care much because I wasnt planning on running multiple gpu's

 

[Rifter]

I think it does something when you try to connect two GPU's though

Like the slots switch from x16 to x4 or something, i need to read more into it

somebody said "dont buy that board if you want to use multiple gpu's" and at the time I didnt care much because I wasnt planning on running multiple gpu's

By the looks of it the second slot will indeed be 4x only, which for a mid range GPU will not be a huge deal. I wouldnt put two 680's or 7970's in it though.

 

[futurefields]

what else could i use that slot for besides gpu? i mean what other periphs would use pci-e 4x?

 

[Puppies04]

what else could i use that slot for besides gpu? i mean what other periphs would use pci-e 4x?

PCIE based SSD, maybe a raid controller.

 

[Ferzerp]

Any PCIe device at all because any PCIe device at all works in a full length slot?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

Any PCIe device at all because any PCIe device at all works in a full length slot?

This.

Although in the days of integrated everything, and legacy PCI slots still a staple, mostly it comes down to RAID cards and I/O nuts who want a separate usb controller for every device.