MSI Big Bang-Marshal (B3) OC Guide - Manual (Page 5)

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MULTI-GRAPHICS CARDS GAMING DESIGN
With BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3)’s eight PCI-E x16 slots and Intel P67 PCH chip,
it can support 2-way Nvidia SLI as well as 4-way ATI CrossFireX. Aside from
SLI and CrossFireX, the embedded Lucid chip also allows for more lanes to
be allocated for PCI-E, raising the number of possible Nvidia GPUs that can
be run in parallel to three. These features give users the most flexibility in
customizing their machine.
BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3) PCI-E x16 Slots Configuration
Slot 2 way 3 way 4 way
PCI_E1 x16 x8 x8
PCI_E2 x1 x1 x1
PCI_E3 x0 x8 x8
PCI_E4 x1 x1 x1
PCI_E5 x16 x16 x8
PCI_E6 x1 x1 x1
PCI_E7 x0 x0 x8
PCI_E8 x1 x1 x1
3D Performance Comparison
Multi-VGA cards system configuration
Mainboard BIG BANG MARSHAL (B3)
CPU Core i7 2600K D2 / Core i5 2500K D2
RAM Kingston KHX2000C9AD3T1K3/6GX
OS Windows 7 64-bit
ATI driver Version 10.12
NVIDIA driver Version 260.99
Graphics Card
Nvidia GeForce GTX470/ ATI Radeon HD6950/
Nvidia GeForce GTX480/ ATI Radeon HD6870
HDD Crucial RealSSD C300 128GB
PSU ANTEC TPQ-1200 1200W
Lucid driver Version 1.7.104a
NVIDIA SLI & Lucid N-mode(HydraLogix) Benchmark Comparison
1-way N470GTX
2-way SLI (N470GTX)
3-way N-mode (N470GTX)
GPU Score
7415
14653
20325
3D Mark Vantage Extreme(w/PhysX)
X7753
X15220
X21000
ATI CrossFireX (4-way ATI graphic cards) Benchmark Comparison
1-way HD6890
2-way HD6890
GPU Score 3D Mark Vantage Extreme
3-way HD6890
4-way HD6890
8735
16513
22977
26605
X8960
X16561
X22617
X25915
Lucid X-Mode (2-way hybrid graphic cards) Benchmark Comparison
1-way N480GTX
1-way HD6870
X-Mode(N480GTX+HD6870)
3D Mark11
X1628
X1422
X2546
3D Mark Vantage
Extreme
X9805
X7674
X11729
GPU Score
9393
7453
11557