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[Vecna6667]

A 1000 watt PSU might be borderline if not a bit underpowered for 4-way SLI 470s. Those are massive power draw cards, though not as bad as the 480s. The newegg power supply calculator is giving me 1402 watts using a high-end desktop LGA1155 (Sandy Bridge because it uses less power than AMD's top CPUs.) Also four GTX 470s will get very hot and very loud unless you use a custom water cooling solution for the cards.

[blove]

That image is not a Twelve Hundred, maybe a Nine Hundred Two.

[Vecna6667]

I'd just remembered that the Sabertooth 990FX doesn't support four way SLI/CrossfireX(4 GPUs on 4 Graphics Cards.) To get a 4 GPU with that motherboard setup you would have to have a Quad SLI/CrossfireX setup(4 GPUs on 2 dual GPU graphics cards.)

[Thor.]

But you can go Tri sli like the person stated in the Vidoe right, unless he has no idea whats he talking about (:. Its nice i have options though.

[Vecna6667]

Yes, you can go three way SLI/CrossfireX(3 GPUs on 3 graphics cards.) You could use a Radeon HD 6990 with a Radeon HD 6970 but you can't use a GeForce GTX 590 with a GTX 580 for a 3 GPU setup (I personally don't recommend using this feature of AMD CrossfireX for the purpose of Micro-Stuttering.)

Edit: Just to clear things up, I use Tri and Quad for SLI/CrossfireX when dual GPU graphics cards are involved in the setup as my definition. JJ and the Newegg Tech in that video may have a different definition for Tri/Quad SLI/CrossfireX. For three/four single GPU graphics card setups, I use Three Way/Four Way SLI/CrossfireX.

Edited by Vecna6667, 03 December 2011 - 09:58 PM.

[Beriallord]

The 6990s are about the same as Nvidia 590s, give or take a few bucks. Benchmarks are close to even, for around the same price, for similar performance, I'd honestly go with Nvidia, and this is coming from someone who is running crossfire ATI cards. Because the 6950s are just the best performance for that price range. With 2 590s, you basically got quad SLI 580s. EVGA is a good brand for Nvidia cards, because they offer a lifetime warranty. I think you can get 590s for about $750 or so. That would be $1500 just for the GPUs. And you better get a CPU with a decent overclock or you might risk a bottleneck. I'd be looking at running at least 4.5 - 5.0 GHZ if I was going to try quad-SLI. I'm not sure any AMD CPU currently on the market can reach 5ghz.

Edited by Beriallord, 03 December 2011 - 11:51 PM.

[Thor.]

Nah don't have a problem with the cpu part, i have a 1100T 6x Phenom at 3.30ghz so i am safe there

Edited by Thor., 04 December 2011 - 12:02 AM.

[Illuna]

i got 2x 590 coming in mail in few days for my pc build so i seggest 590, you will get quad sli and should work real nice. tho get ready to remove that heat from pc cos they produce a lot of it.

[BareFootScholar]

i got 2x 590 coming in mail in few days for my pc build so i seggest 590, you will get quad sli and should work real nice. tho get ready to remove that heat from pc cos they produce a lot of it.

That's an understatement. With the current issues with GTX590, it is crucial that you put a couple of reliable waterblocks on those GPU's.
Exactly where the flaw lies is uncertain, Nvidia claims it to be carelessness on the consumers behalf, but many weeping owners of fried 590's claim to have not even overclocked or used their card for very long. Te majority believe that there is a bug in the driver, or a loose thread. In any case, lets hope the updates will smooth things out.

Thor, if you plan on getting QUAD Core GPU technology, I would say you need a new motherboard. Im not saying there is any direct conflicts with QUAD GPU and your Motherboard, but the motherboard you are using only has a CPU socket capable of taking limited performance CPU:GPU ratio. You will get bottlenecked. And you can't upgrade your CPU without also upgrading your motherboard. So unless you are willing to overhaul your specs, I would suggest staying away from QUAD SLI and QUAD Crossfire.

[hoofhearted4]

hes posting for the motherboard int he OP i do believe