drchoi21
Nice! One question though, is Crossfire Supported?

Many thanks drchoi21
 
CFX isn't supported as I know of, but HYper SLI is, which goes via AMD's Hyper-V Technology, Hyper SLI is a project a friend of mine from 2CPU.com has been programming for about two years now, he tested it with 2-way & 3-Way SLI with GTX 260 C216's and Quad SLI is working with two ASUS GTX 590's.
 
Here his topic about Hyper-SLI @ TechPowerUp:
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/hypersli-enabling-sli-on-non-sli-motherboards.153046/#post-2414995
 
Here is how he got Hyper SLI working:
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?p=798270#post798270
 

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Next on the test sheet is quad SLI: 2x2, with a total of 3 sli bridges to cross, of which two are real  :P

And here the most recent updates as Hyper SLI go:
http://forums.2cpu.com/sh...hp?p=801524#post801524

aryan;801524the certificate is for the motherboard, not for the card. it enables SLI in the nv driver because it indicates the mobo is SLi capable.

more recent info
http://forums.2cpu.com/showpost.php?p=801516&postcount=168

older with hypersli
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?p=798270#post798270

and yes, I used the PCIe lanes numbers as mentioned in the SuperMicro manual
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?p=801318#post801318

 
Here is how he got Quad SLI working:
http://forums.2cpu.com/showthread.php?p=801516#post801516
 

aryan;801516sup all,

With my rig currently under construction for an upgrade it took me some time to get near a PC, so here I am @work typing the reply :)

The thing is, back in the day when GL bought the mobo ( that I bought from him at a later stage, SRY for that RLY )  HyperSLI was a way to get SLI going on non-SLI certified board by injecting an ASUS SLI certificate. With that out off the way there are nowadays several ways to enable SLI on the AMD board.

HyperSLI is one, but also modified drivers with the SLI certificate in it are avaliable at the same site. With that in mind you do need to enable the test driver mode in windows from http://www.ngohq.com/?page=dseo

Keep in mind that SLi likes or rather in surround mode needs PCIe broadcasts and with 2 PCIe bridges in our board it is important to understand that SLI needs to be done on the same bridge preferably, but since the newer all-in-one drivers I found not mandatory in single screen SLI mode.

In other words: I got quad SLI going with one 590 installed on a PCIe lane connected with one bridge and the other with the other 590 installed. But then only in single screen SLI, enabling surround SLI with 3 screens caused a BSOD.

Having said that I use the newest BIOS from the SuperMicro site, different BIOSes in the GTX590 ( that definately a todo )

Having installed 2 590s on the board causes wayyy to much heat, so right now I'm working on an extra case that will have both boards, and at a later stage when possible, 3 GTX590s. the 260 are planned to be placed inside the board without extenders.

Hope it helped ya'll a bit.

aryan

Here his GTX 295 setup, it looks rather awkward, but we hope to change this so you can use the PCI-E slots the motherboard gives :)
http://forums.2cpu.com/sh...hp?p=801562#post801562

aryan;801562congrats GL ! small teaser for the progress so far here @hq:

 
But still this project needs lots of support, Aryan has the same exact motherboard as me and we want Hyper SLI working without the need of PCI-E Extenders from Supermicro, so I plan to help beta test this Hyper SLI and make it even better for everyone, I can test Quad SLI with my EVGA GeForce GTX 295 Red Editions and 2-Way SLI with my upcoming EVGA GeForce GTX Titan SuperClocked Editions
 
But since this will be my render workstation SLI is not really of a must, the Titans will be used more like Quadro's than GeForce cards, the Dual Six-Core AMD OpteronDP 2435 D0 is my main gaming setup, as it has native SLI support, thanks to it's NVIDIA NForce 3600 pro Chipset 
 
On November 25 I will order two of these coolers:

Noctua NH-U9DO A3
http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=productview&products_id=39&lng=en



These should keep my OpteronMP 6140 D0's cool at every workload

After getting those I can then orientate them so I can determine the correct airflow direction.
During or after my birthday which is December 08, I will try and find out what ram sets I should use for this beauty, I hope to find 8x 8GB PC3-12800 ECC Reg Server ram from either Kingston or HP/Micron

Then when the ram has arrived the build will be completed and ready for first bootup, the OS of choice is Microsoft Windows 7 Professional x64 UK + Service Pack 01

Okay here's the system at this moment, as it is waiting for the Ram and the CPU Coolers, everything else is all connected!!! 

Here the front angled view of Valkyrie SMP 2013  8)


Here a side view, it just looks stunning, every time I see it there on my dining table


And here a closeup on what's in it:


It seems every time I build something, I do seem to make every new builder neater than the previous, so yeah so far so good
So stay tuned for the final results!

 
Awesome.         

Yesterday the Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X PCI-E 4096MB 512Bit GDDR5 arrived, so here some nice pics

All meet:
Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X PCI-E 4096MB 512Bit GDDR5 Rev.A12 1312

Top:


Rear:

Also note the ATI Technologies sticker It seemed that some people didn't make up their mind yet and sticked with ATI Technologies over AMD instead haha xDDD  Also showing the PCB Date of 1312 Year 2013, Week 12, as I can't find the PCB date anywhere else, so I took that as PCB Year/Week date reference

Headshot:


Backplate aka Retention Bracket:


R9 290X Bios Switch but no CFX Connectors:

Also note the gap which was made for the CrossFireX Connectors, which actually aren't present on this card  That gap actually gives room for the CrossFireX Ribbon Cable to connect to the CrossFireX connectors to that part of the Radeon, the R9 280X for example does have the CrossFireX Connectors in place and also that gap

Top angled:


Power Connectors:


Extra Ventilation Shafts:


Sapphire R9 290X & Box front:


Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X Box front:


Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X Box rear:

Also note that there is no AMD CGN Mantle API Logo on the box

Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X Box headshot:


Sapphiretech logo:


R9 290X system requirements:



And here the Sapphire R9 290X in Valkyrie SMP 2014 

Valkyrie SMP 2014 front side:

The EVGA Logo is for the EVGA GTX 480, but due to I am using that in my current main system, this is the reason why it's not in this system yet, as it's still waiting on a few parts

Valkyrie SMP 2014 side:


Here a close up of the Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 290X PCI-E 4GB Installed!

*drools*
 

 
I'm glad it's finally up and running! You've been working on this project for so long!
 
I hope it will serve you well for many years :)

Impressive final work!

Excellent job, congrats!

Here a pic of the boot info

 
It really works !!!!!

Looks amazin!

Very very nice!

great job, around the same time, I was able to get my X8DTT-IBX working. coincidence?

I see that you have Hynix RAM, Are those DDR3 ECC H series RAM?
because that is what I use in my own Supermicro System.
http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?m=2108103

I got this from ebay in this spec, 2x X5550, X8DTT-IBX, 4x4GB HYnix all for 180 dollars

Well, here's my upgrade!!!
4x 8GB PC3-12800 ECC Reg HP-Hynix Server Ram upgrade, 48GB total! Wheee xDD


Here the top view


Rear view, nice heat spreaders, never a bad thing! Matches the 4GB sticks Aryan got me as well!


And here the first boot as you can see Total Server Ram count = 49152MB which is 48GB yaays!


And here Valkyrie SMP 2014 during a 26 player Primal Carnage Server


It's runs sooooo much nicer than Dual Channel, Really when I can host lag free 32 player to 40 player Primal Carnage Servers!
I am only getting very positive replies from players the pings are far more stable and the server is dead stable I did test runs of 4 hours with 22 to32 players and Yeah this is finally a step in the right direction :)

So there you are my EVGA Buddies xD HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGS
Yesh, Goldieez Izz Happehz xD

Hey thanks drchoi21
 
Well the Xeon X5550 is a 4 Core CPU with 8 Threads, so in total with two of these you have 8 cores, even having 16 threads due to Hyper Threading, this does not mean you have 16 valid cores
I have 16 cores / 16 Threads, my CPU's do not have Hyper Threading as they are 8 Core CPU's.
 
Anyway, once you have 2CPU blood in your vanes, you never want to go single ever again, I envy AMD Server hardware as you do with Intel all in all our systems are two beauties indeed.
Btw remember them 2CPU.com mugs, I still have mine xD

 

 
This is what the mug reads: