ASRock X79 Extreme11 - Manual (Page 18)

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X79 Extreme11 Motherboard
PCIE Slot Configurations
PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIE3 PCIE4 PCIE5 PCIE6 PCIE7
Two Graphics Cards in x16 N/A N/A N/A x16 N/A N/A
CrossFireX TM or SLI TM Mode
Three Graphics Cards in
3-Way CrossFireX
TM or x16 N/A x16 N/A x16 N/A N/A
3-Way SLI TM Mode
Four Graphics Cards in
4-Way CrossFireX
TM or x16 N/A x16 N/A x16 N/A x16
4-Way SLI TM Mode
Seven Graphics Cards x16 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8 x8
2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)
There are 7 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.
PCIE slots:PCIE1 / PCIE2 / PCIE3 / PCIE4 / PCIE5 / PCIE6 / PCIE7 (PCIE 3.0 x16
slots) are used for PCI Express graphics cards.
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1. In single VGA card mode, it is recommended to install a PCI Express
x16 graphics card in the PCIE1 slot.
2. In CrossFireX TM mode or SLI TM mode, please install the PCI Express
x16 graphics cards in PCIE1 and PCIE5 slots. Both these two slots
will work at x16 bandwidth.
3. In 3-Way CrossFireX TM or 3-Way SLI TM mode, please install the PCI
Express x16 graphics cards in PCIE1, PCIE3 and PCIE5 slots.
PCIE1, PCIE3 and PCIE5 will work at x16 bandwidth.
4. In 4-Way CrossFireX TM or 4-Way SLI TM mode, please install the PCI
Express x16 graphics cards in PCIE1, PCIE3, PCIE5 and PCIE7
slots. PCIE1, PCIE3, PCIE5 and PCIE7 will work at x16 bandwidth.
5. Please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard’s chassis fan
connector (CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or CHA_FAN3) when using
multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment.
6. Currently Intel ® Socket 2011 Sandy Bridge-E Processors don’t
support PCIE 3.0, but this motherboard is already PCIE 3.0 hardware
ready. It depends on Intel’s CPU to enable PCIE 3.0. Please check
Intel’s website for information on future CPU updates and releases.