Will Many graphic card on one mother board work?

[PRCman]

Mother board like this:

P6T6 WS Revolution
http://compare.ebay.com/like/300551783132?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar&_lwgsi=y

P6T7 WS SuperComputer
http://www.algogo.com/store/products/ASUS-P6T7-WS-X58-ICH10R-nForce200-SUPERCOMPUTER-i7-DDR3-MOTHERBOARD.html

If install 6 -7 graphic card like 5870 / 5830 on 1 mother board ( with big fan cooling system )

Will it work?

Thanks

[bcpokey]

You could do 6 cards by using PCI-E extenders. Just a warning though you run the risk of exploding the motherboard if you run 6 5870s, as the PCI-E bus still delivers power to cards despite having external power connectors. I don't know the exact numbers, the spec calls for 75W max, so say 40 * 6 = 240W running through the PCIE Bus.

Of note, a $200 motherboard that requires a $200+ CPU isn't necessarily that money saving. You can find cheap AMD AM3 boards with 5 PCI-slots (x1 works fine) for ~$120 with a $40 sempron that saves you > $250.

In fact you could get 2x $120 mobos + 2x $40 CPUs, have 10 slots for cards and still have spent less than you would have on LGA1366.

[PRCman]

You could do 6 cards by using PCI-E extenders. Just a warning though you run the risk of exploding the motherboard if you run 6 5870s, as the PCI-E bus still delivers power to cards despite having external power connectors. I don't know the exact numbers, the spec calls for 75W max, so say 40 * 6 = 240W running through the PCIE Bus.

Of note, a $200 motherboard that requires a $200+ CPU isn't necessarily that money saving. You can find cheap AMD AM3 boards with 5 PCI-slots (x1 works fine) for ~$120 with a $40 sempron that saves you > $250.

In fact you could get 2x $120 mobos + 2x $40 CPUs, have 10 slots for cards and still have spent less than you would have on LGA1366.

what kind of AMD AM3 boards have 5 PCI-E slots which could install a graphic card?

[SchizophrenicX]

Gigabyte GD70. get extender cable for 1 or 2 of the PCIe. and theres still PCI-E to spare if u have adapter.

[PRCman]

Gigabyte GD70. get extender cable for 1 or 2 of the PCIe. and theres still PCI-E to spare if u have adapter.

something like this?  how many graphic card does it support?

And what is extender cable or adapter?


http://b201.photo.store.qq.com/http_imgload.cgi?/rurl4_b=eb54bf65e56cd3c07ab508cbfe65ea93842f67768a2e0eb175ebd2c76690dd393a08ec5428432b010181e0f83e94354458ea2f7e6b07c3d2b4c7a49cd48a2e8596d1ae2e963d26322365db07caff5c90dcba9edb&a=205&b=201

[darvil]

I assume you don't put these setup in an actual case?

[SchizophrenicX]

I list some of the resources that you may be interested in while planning your mining rig in my Building "guide" including this.

Also, I think it isn't that difficult to find specification on the GD-70, take heed that,as darvil, I also assume you're not putting them in a case, and you probably have to solve the PSU problem (as I had to initially which I didn't and gave up) if you put so many GPU on on MOBO. (Max PSU prolly around 1500 W, you'll need more than that)

[burtyb]

I tried running with 6 HD5870 on a single MB but I could only get 4 out of the 6 to work properly, XFX couldn't see any reason why but figured it was down to resource problems with the MB - I've since changed to use 3xHD5870 per MB.

ChrisB.

[bcpokey]

Were you crossfiring the cards? Or in Windows XP 32bit (I think). Crossfire is forced to 4 GPUs max. One version of windows is reported to also have that limitation.


As for PSU problem, 6 5870s can run comfortably on a 1200W with no worries. The biggest worry is still as I said frying the motherboard by running so much power through it.

[Reckman]

If you have more than 4 GPUS you need to run linux, windows cant use more than 4

also by the time you buy one of those motherboards and a 1366 processor, your probably wasting money over buying two smaller rigs

[PRCman]

I tried running with 6 HD5870 on a single MB but I could only get 4 out of the 6 to work properly, XFX couldn't see any reason why but figured it was down to resource problems with the MB - I've since changed to use 3xHD5870 per MB.

ChrisB.

What motherboard are you using?

[burtyb]

What motherboard are you using?

Whatever POS that came with the an Dell SC440.

Were you crossfiring the cards? Or in Windows XP 32bit (I think). Crossfire is forced to 4 GPUs max. One version of windows is reported to also have that limitation.

No crossfire, running under Ubuntu.

As for PSU problem, 6 5870s can run comfortably on a 1200W with no worries. The biggest worry is still as I said frying the motherboard by running so much power through it.

I'd also advise thinking about how you're going to get power to the 6pins.

ChrisB.

[SchizophrenicX]

Theres another issue that is the PCIe slots actually powers the card like up to 70+ watts maybe the MOBO couldn't handle that much power request or something (similar to what was mention)

[mlouca]

If you have more than 4 GPUS you need to run linux, windows cant use more than 4

also by the time you buy one of those motherboards and a 1366 processor, your probably wasting money over buying two smaller rigs

windows limits you to 4 gpus per motherboard?