MSI x58 Platinum SLi? and Foxconn Renaissance

[nosboost300]

i'm aware the msi x58 platinum is sli capable.. but it does not come with an sli bridge?? so how is sli supposed to be enabled on it

or does it have an SLi bridge and i'm missing it?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...escription=x58

i wanna buy it.. but only if i can be 100 percent sure i can run sli on this board


another board i looked at is the foxconn renaissance.... i see this board supports up to tri sli.. but this too has no sli bridge?! can this be run without the bridge?!

[herderien]

it cannot be run without the bridge, have you check MSU website ? it's weird they don't give the bridge with the board

[revogamer]

not all x58s support sli i dont think, im not sure the platinum is 'officially' supported, so no bridge?

dont hold me on that, but on the list released not to long ago from nvidia, the platinum wasnt on there.

[Trouffman]

If i'm right X58 platinum can run SLI but MSI don't want to sell platinum edition for SLI USE.

Eclipse have this SLI Bridge BUT don't have the Tri-SLI bridge (But can run tr-SLI)

Eclipse + will have the tri-sli bridge !

[nosboost300]

well what about the renaissance.. i see sli and tri sli support.. but 0 bridges

[roller11]

Don't worry about the no SLI bridge, the Renaissance has an obvious design error that keeps it from being SLI able anyway. See the x1 PCIE slot between the x16 slots? It's for the included add-in sound card. Problem is it's placed exactly where the SLI bridge needs to go, so you can't have SLI unless you give up sound. Also, the sound card would interfere with doing the standard zero cost mod, replacing the stock loud irritaing fan on the GTX280 with a common 120mm fan. This mod is necessary if you go the SLI route assuming 2x gtx280.
So for all practical purposes, the mobo can't do SLI due to bad component placement.

[Metroid]

If i'm right X58 platinum can run SLI but MSI don't want to sell platinum edition for SLI USE.

Eclipse have this SLI Bridge BUT don't have the Tri-SLI bridge (But can run tr-SLI)

Eclipse + have this Tri-SLI Bridge BUT don't have the Quad-SLI bridge (But can run qd-SLI)

Fixed

[fragmasterMax]

I'm 90% sure the sli version of this board is the same as the regular version.
I forgot what page it was on but in the Manuel of the x58 platinum sli, they was a picture of a little chip called TPM trusted platform module) that attached to some jumpers on the mobo. IT is probably what allows sli drivers to be installed, which can be found here:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/downloa...8+Platinum+SLI

NYWAY, I will be testing this out whithin a week, if all goes according to plan :/