When two graphics cards are plugged into each of the two PCIe x16 slots, how many SATA ports are still accessible? Would a big GPU block them?
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I've only got one graphics card, it's a big one, but none of the ports are blocked. If you used the bottom one as well, it looks to me like you will still be able to use the botton two SATA ports.
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The second sata ports are covered with larger cards in the second pcie port but still accessible if you plug them In first, or if you have small hands :)
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If you use SATA cables with a right angle connector and plug them in before you mount the video cards you should have no problems regardless of the size of the GPU.
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I wouldn't think it would be a problem, but I don't have two stuck in there. The ports ride the edge of the board.
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It depends on the gpu used. I have Xfire 7970 and I managed to only use the lowest two ports. Short answer u can mcguiver and use all ports with the right sata cables. Hope this helps.
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As others have said, using angled cables would definitely solve the problem if the ports were to be covered. However, I have an EVGA 670FTW on the first one, and it sticks over the edge of the motherboard by about 1.25 inches.
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I don't know exactly what it is, but it's low. It has no additional power connector, so it gets all it needs from the PCIE slot. The theoretical maximum for a graphics card in an x16 PCIE slot is 75W.If you're asking what kind of power supply you'll need for it, I have it on a 450W power supply (with an AMD Phenom 2 quad core processor, an optical drive, and an SSD) and I haven't had a problem with it.
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I haven't opened it up, but it looks like there are three (maybe four) expansion slot cut-outs in the back. Another site (Tiger Direct) lists it as having 2 - PCI Express X1 Slots, 1 - PCI Express X16 Slot, and 1 - PCI Slot.
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I believe all 4 ports work at once. The reason I say that is: My card always tries to enumerate all 4, and, because only the 2 eSATA are in use, I get a 30 second delay every boot.
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I wish I knew. I couldn't afford more than one. I do know that I was NOT able to put a 2nd card in to move the number of monitors to 8 total. My mother board would allow me to put more than 1 card in if the second card was not this vision tek card. My point being it wasn't a limitation of the motherboard.
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it won't work. you need connect PCIE slot to Video card, 1x adapter to motherboard 1x,4x,8x or 16x PCIE slots (the 1x adapter fits all PCIE slots), then use USB cable to connect PCIE slot and 1x adapter. In the end, connect SATA power. Hope helpful
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Yes. The graphics card is wide and even though it takes only 1 PCIe slot, it will probably cover a second slot depending on the positioning of other elements in the computer.
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From what I can see the D915GAG mother board has a External Graphics PCI Express x16 slot. You need a PCI Express 2x 16 slot for this to work.
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I mean, it would run with two 780's... but the secondary PCIe slot is not a full speed slot, plus this board is from the GTX 600 series / AMD HD7000 series era so I'm inclined to say no. It would work, but your second 780 wouldn't see its full potential on only an 8X/4X slot. If you're going to spend that much money for two 780's, I'd get a board that is specifially designed for crossfiring high-end cards, where both PCIe bays can reach full 16X speed. This isn't what I'd call a high-end board.
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I am running a single video card system. But the space between the video cards must be ample to support 2 dual cards. Doesn't look like enough room to me but the motherboard does support it !!!!!!
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Yup, actually has 3 - 2.0 x16 PCI Express Slots which will run at dual x16 (this is where your dual gtx 970 would be) or x16, x8, x8 (if you add a third card)!
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I'm not quite sure what you mean by two entries, but I can tell you that it is intended to be used in a single pci slot and that it only has one VGA connection.
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Hi, This card will support two monitors simultaneously, as stated in the manual. Given that, I don't really see why you would want to drive one monitor from the card and one from the motherboard - using system RAM rather than dedicated graphics RAM. However, if the latter is what you wanted to do, I can't think why that would not work. But, it's a great card at a bargain price so why not drive two monitors from it?
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This card can easily support two monitors using any two of its outputs. With DisplayPort cabling you can run up to 6 I believe.
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Good Day Ricardo, we run with 2 active display port only, so far haven't try 6 into with 1 card
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According to Intel (http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/network-adapters/converged-network-adapters/ethernet-x540.html) it's PCIe 2.1. It's well-provisioned (2x the requisite bandwidth in fact) to support dual 10Gbit ports, even if both ports are fully saturated. At least from the PCIe bus perspective. Whether or not the host machine and/or the controller on this card can maintain that kind of rate is another matter.
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I put a ASUS AMD A85X SATA 6.0 Gb-s 240-Pin DDR3 2400 Motherboards F2A85-M PRO in and it takes both size cards. Looks good too. Using it as a xbmc media box.