CUDA with4 cards GTX 480

Does anybody have experience with Thermaltake Element V case and EVGA 170-BL-E762-A1 Motherboard, as far as quad-Fermi configurations are concerned?

Case: [url=“http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1321&ID=1900”]http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx...321&ID=1900[/url]
Motherboard: [url=“http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=170-BL-E762-A1”]http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=170-BL-E762-A1[/url]

Allegedly, the case has been designed for 4 GPUs (even though the case has 7 PCI slots):

[url=“Thermaltake Reveals Nvidia-Branded Chassis | Tom's Hardware”]http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Element-C...eATX,10797.html[/url]

"There’s also an exclusive “air duct” system engineered to provide added cooling for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480 and 470 GPUs running in advanced 3-way or Quad SLI configurations. This system sucks in fresh air from outside the chassis and sends it straight into the graphic cards’ intake to “increase heat dissipation and achieve optimal cooling efficiency.”

Besides the air duct feature, I like the case due to the power supply being placed at the bottom. The latter might be important given how heavy 1200W power supplies are. Also the case is fairly inexpensive at $155 with free shipping from Amazon.

Thanks!

Does anybody have experience with Thermaltake Element V case and EVGA 170-BL-E762-A1 Motherboard, as far as quad-Fermi configurations are concerned?

Case: [url=“http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx?S=1321&ID=1900”]http://www.thermaltakeusa.com/Product.aspx...321&ID=1900[/url]
Motherboard: [url=“http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=170-BL-E762-A1”]http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?pn=170-BL-E762-A1[/url]

Allegedly, the case has been designed for 4 GPUs (even though the case has 7 PCI slots):

[url=“Thermaltake Reveals Nvidia-Branded Chassis | Tom's Hardware”]http://www.tomshardware.com/news/Element-C...eATX,10797.html[/url]

"There’s also an exclusive “air duct” system engineered to provide added cooling for Nvidia’s GeForce GTX 480 and 470 GPUs running in advanced 3-way or Quad SLI configurations. This system sucks in fresh air from outside the chassis and sends it straight into the graphic cards’ intake to “increase heat dissipation and achieve optimal cooling efficiency.”

Besides the air duct feature, I like the case due to the power supply being placed at the bottom. The latter might be important given how heavy 1200W power supplies are. Also the case is fairly inexpensive at $155 with free shipping from Amazon.

Thanks!

Huh… it might be possible to build your own 8GPU box now, using the Tyan motherboard and 4U rack.
You need to add CPUs and memory and drives, but that still would only be $5000, without GPUs.

I wonder if there are BIOS issues with 8 GPUs… I know the Fastra guys had big problems (custom Linux kernel hacking required!) but maybe that’s settled now… or Tyan’s bios handles it.

Huh… it might be possible to build your own 8GPU box now, using the Tyan motherboard and 4U rack.
You need to add CPUs and memory and drives, but that still would only be $5000, without GPUs.

I wonder if there are BIOS issues with 8 GPUs… I know the Fastra guys had big problems (custom Linux kernel hacking required!) but maybe that’s settled now… or Tyan’s bios handles it.

Hi,

Thank you for your answer. Can this card support realy 4 gtx 480 for cuda development ?

On the notice it’s stated you must have 1 quadro + 3 gtx 480 …

Thank

Hi,

Thank you for your answer. Can this card support realy 4 gtx 480 for cuda development ?

On the notice it’s stated you must have 1 quadro + 3 gtx 480 …

Thank