UnOfficial Asus Rampage II Extreme Thread

[Papagaj]

Just a question for anyone running 2 x GTX285's on this board.

Since the cards sit right up against each other when using pcie slots 1 & 2, how hot is the top card running under load (Crysis etc)?

Secondly, from what I've read it seems pcie slots 1 & 3 cant be used together both running at 16x, is this true?

Secondly, if you had the choice of running 2 x GTX285's given the lack of space between the cards, or 1 x GTX295, what would you do? Anyone got any comparison benches of 2 x 285's vs 1 x 295?

Hi there

1

The difference between those two cards are always 2-10 degrees, depends on situation. In Crysis upper card is running 86 and lower 82. fan = AUTO

In furmark extreme burning mode 1920:1200 + 16xAA upper card 92 lower 90 degrees.

But you need good air-flow.... here is mine:

http://img38.imageshack.us/i/fotografia0179.jpg/

2

That's correct. Only 16x16x1 or 16x8x8 can be used.

3

I had the choice and i went with two 285's since it brings the most performance to todays gaming. Some might not like it but that's my personal opinion. If the price is not a problem, go for it. It brings about 20% more performance compared to single 295GTX

2 x 295 GTX's = 4 GPUs = load of microshuttering but good for benchies
Some older games can't take advantage of SLI so they are basically running on a single 275 GTX.