clayton006
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Okay so this topic balances between Nvidia video cards and Intel CPU's but probably should be in this spot since I'm between CPUs.
So I've got the two systems in my sig (updating mobile computer sig line, now a 4770k and Asus Maximus Extreme z87, 2400MHz DDR3). And I'm going to go 3-way / 4-way SLI as I have in the past with my 670's. This GPU power worked well in my 3930k.
My 3930k board already uses PLX chips to add extra lanes of PCIe 3.0. I know that the 4770k system uses PLX chips to even accomplish 4-way sli.
Is there any comparison / reviews of how much these PLX chips will hurt performance on a 4-way system? How much slower will my 4770k system perform (O/C to 4.4GHz, may go higher) with 4-way SLI than my 3930k (O/C safe to 4.7GHz) with 4-way SLI (lets assume I still had all 4 of my original 670's still)?
My ultimate goal is to use either system to 4k game no matter if its at home on my big water cooled system, or my portable one. I would just pull cards from one system and put them in the other when I go out on the road. I don't plan on buying 8 video cards ;-)
So I've got the two systems in my sig (updating mobile computer sig line, now a 4770k and Asus Maximus Extreme z87, 2400MHz DDR3). And I'm going to go 3-way / 4-way SLI as I have in the past with my 670's. This GPU power worked well in my 3930k.
My 3930k board already uses PLX chips to add extra lanes of PCIe 3.0. I know that the 4770k system uses PLX chips to even accomplish 4-way sli.
Is there any comparison / reviews of how much these PLX chips will hurt performance on a 4-way system? How much slower will my 4770k system perform (O/C to 4.4GHz, may go higher) with 4-way SLI than my 3930k (O/C safe to 4.7GHz) with 4-way SLI (lets assume I still had all 4 of my original 670's still)?
My ultimate goal is to use either system to 4k game no matter if its at home on my big water cooled system, or my portable one. I would just pull cards from one system and put them in the other when I go out on the road. I don't plan on buying 8 video cards ;-)