? about MSI x58 and SLI

Struck · February 26th, 2009, 09:33 PM

ok I am building a new gaming system and the problem I am having is.

This MB has 3 PCI-e16 slots however there is only one bridge to bridge the cards? I currently have 3x Geforce 1gig 280 cards I want to run in this but the MB comes with only one SLI bridge? is this by design or is it only meant to run 2 vid cards?

Thanks for any help in advance.

KarmaKiller · February 26th, 2009, 09:42 PM

MSI -- MICRO-STAR INT'L CO., LTD.

Depends on which version of the board you have.

Struck · February 26th, 2009, 09:57 PM

model MS7520, i looked online and cant seem to find any info on my problem thats why i asked here

KarmaKiller · February 26th, 2009, 10:13 PM

Looks like you got the platinum version, which does not support SLI at all. It supports crossfire though.
To run dual nvidia cards in SLI, your gonna need a new motherboard.

Struck · February 26th, 2009, 10:45 PM

ell the box says SLI and it comes with an SLI bridge, and 2 crossfire bridges

KarmaKiller · February 26th, 2009, 10:46 PM

Hmm.. this is hard to do with not knowing which board you have.
If your just looking for a Tri-SLI bridge, then this should do you.
Newegg.com - EVGA 3 Way SLI Connector Model 401-MB-0023-01 - Video Card Accessories

Struck · February 26th, 2009, 10:49 PM

here is a direct link to the MB, says right int he name MSI SLI

MSI Eclipse SLI Motherboard - Intel X58, LGA 1366, ATX, Audio, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFire Ready, SLI Ready, Dual Gigabit LAN, SPDIF, Firewire, USB 2.0, HyperThreading ECLIPSESLI at TigerDirect.com

Struck · February 26th, 2009, 10:53 PM

ya I have an old tri bridge from a bad Asus mb but on the MSI board the 3 pci 16 slots are not equadistance apart

cksboy15 · February 26th, 2009, 10:54 PM

I'm still stuck trying to figure out what sli and crossfire is.

Struck · February 26th, 2009, 10:57 PM

they are both for running multiple video cards Sli for nvida cards and crossfire for ati cards.

Im trying to run 3x 1 gig nvidia cards in this sytem