Can the GA-K8N-SLI mother board handle 2 quad sLI video cards?

Question

ok i have 2 evga 7900gt's running now but can i upgrade to 2 quad cards in the future? here is al link to the specs...
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=1928&ModelName=GA-K8N-SLI

Answer 1

First, there is no quad GPU in the market, so it would be impossible to have that. So, i am going to assume you want quad SLI, by using two Dual GPU cards (2x 7950 GX2's).

The vast majority of sli capable motherboards support quad sli, with one major caveat. For example the geforce 7950 gx2 (which i assume you are considering because it is the only one that i heard of that can be put into quad sli) is equipped with a proprietary pci express switch, the motherboard's system bios must be programmed to recognize GPUs that are connected behind the switch. although the nvidia pci express switch is technically compliant with the pci express specification, the system bios of some motherboards may not properly recognize the geforce 7950 GX2 in quad sli mode. well, according to nvidia, this was one of teh hurdles the company needed to overcome before endorsing quad sli. with the wrong system bios the motherboard could fail to POST or may not operate reliably with the 2 X 7950 GX2's installed. hope this helps.

Answer 2

Dual, yes. Quad, I don't know. If the mobo can handle 2 PCI video cards simultaneously. The 2 PCI cards may not be able to work as a SLI unit. I also am not aware of any PCI adapter for SLI use. So, I don't think that I would push the "quad" issue too much on this mobo, it may turn out to be an expensive experiment!

Answer 3

purely because it really is able to operating is sli does no longer advise something until eventually you're favor to run dissimilar portraits card's see you later as you've a pci-e slot you are able to positioned although portraits card you want into the slot

Answer 4

Yes. make sure you get the right ones.