Is 5-Way CrossfireX/SLI even possible?

[jaywaka2713]

As the above title suggests, are there any motherboards that support/can be modded to accept 5-Way CrossfireX/SLI? Is it even possible?

[ssateneth]

No. 4 GPU cores max for crossfire/SLI for the purpose of gaming You can physically install more, but they can't be combined for cfire/sli. You can do other things on it though

[jaywaka2713]

I know that you can have 5 GPUs on a motherboard for mining, though I know absolutely nothing technical about how that works. Is it possible to run 4 cards in CrossfireX/SLI mode for gaming with the 5th one idle, and then leave the 4 Cards in CFX/SLI with the 5th one separate for mining?

[notaek]

I know that you can have 5 GPUs on a motherboard for mining, though I know absolutely nothing technical about how that works. Is it possible to run 4 cards in CrossfireX/SLI mode for gaming with the 5th one idle, and then leave the 4 Cards in CFX/SLI with the 5th one separate for mining?

Yes you can do this.  4 cards is just the maximum for gaming, you can have as many as you want for compute purposes.  If you dedicate any amount of cards to a xfire setup you can use the rest for whatever you want, in this case mining.

[jaywaka2713]

I know that you can have 5 GPUs on a motherboard for mining, though I know absolutely nothing technical about how that works. Is it possible to run 4 cards in CrossfireX/SLI mode for gaming with the 5th one idle, and then leave the 4 Cards in CFX/SLI with the 5th one separate for mining?

Yes you can do this.  4 cards is just the maximum for gaming, you can have as many as you want for compute purposes.  If you dedicate any amount of cards to a xfire setup you can use the rest for whatever you want, in this case mining.

OK. Thank you. Once I have the rig setup, i'll probably have just one card running the mining code 24/7. Can the 4 other cards run something like CGMiner while in the Crossfire setup?