RaffieKol
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So just wondering if I can use the new 970 or 980 GTX PCI 3.0 video card with my x58 PCI 2.0 with no problems.
I read alot of forums that people say no and some say you may run into a bottleneck? So im just wondering if anyone would know forsure before I purchase.
I plan on upgrading to a x99 or the next DDR4 Motherboard but just want something to hold me off until the price drops and to be honest my x58 is still running perfect just need to upgade my graphics so I can play the newer games.
Any help will be great thanks...
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/21 14:35:41
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Hi RaffieKol,
I can confirm that you do want to have the latest BIOS loaded, but yes the EVGA GeForce GTX 980 and 970 cards will work on the EVGA X58 SLI3 board. I can also confirm that the card should run well, but that it is possible that it can offer more performance on a newer system configuration.
I however would recommend against the use of SLI on this setup.
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RaffieKol
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/21 15:05:12
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Thanks ChrisB time to start looking for a new card 
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/21 17:51:01
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I can confirm that a gtx 980 will run just fine on a x58 platform. I have a x58 ftw with a x5650 cpu and gtx 980 running together. Here's a link to a firestrike run I did a while ago. Have another one thats a little higher but getting some odd error. Link. If there is a bottleneck its minor at best. Also, the x5650's have been selling on ebay for $70-80. Not a bad deal for a nice hexcore, runs cooler then my i7 920 and overclocks better to.
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/21 18:48:38
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yes it will work but I recommend you get the 970 not the 980, cause the money you save from not buying the 980 can go torward a new board/cpu down the road. You want to try to balance all computer components in my opinion, putting the highest end card on a older platfiorm is just asking for a bottleneck to happen (especially in CPU intensive games)
post edited by _Nite_ - 2014/10/21 18:52:33
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/22 10:17:33
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_Nite_
yes it will work but I recommend you get the 970 not the 980, cause the money you save from not buying the 980 can go torward a new board/cpu down the road.
You want to try to balance all computer components in my opinion, putting the highest end card on a older platfiorm is just asking for a bottleneck to happen (especially in CPU intensive games)
+1 to that. Also consider an overclocked 970 card....
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/23 07:32:59
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I am running MSI Gaming 970s in SLI..
Works flawless.. night and day from my HD5870s in Crossfire.
This week I will be upgrading to a 980X also.
System: Killing Fields CPU 980X @ 4.3 Motherboard EVGA X58 3x Classified Memory 12GB CorsairDominator 1600Mhz Graphics Card (2) MSI GAMING GTX 970 SLI Hard Drive Hard Drive # 1  Corsair Force Series 3 CSSD-F480GB3-BK 2.5" 480GB SATA IIIHard Drive # 2 Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 ST3000DM001 3TB Sound Card Onboard for now Power Supply Cooler Master Silent Pro M850 Case COOLER MASTER HAF 932 CPU cooling Corsair Hydro H50 GPU cooling Stock OS Win 7 x64 Monitor Ben
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/23 12:59:51
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killer01ws6
This week I will be upgrading to a 980X also.
Just want to mention, the x5650 is nearly identical to the 980x. Only big differences is depending on your motherboard you *might* have to perform a mod, also the 980x has an unlocked multiplier. But you can also pick up x5650 for under $100, haven't seen 980x for anywhere near that low.
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/24 03:58:28
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Thanks Dave,
I got a steal on it VS retail, but no it was more than that on Ebay.
picking it up from shipping tonight.
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/27 12:57:40
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I have the EVGA x58 FTW3 and my two shiny new MSI Gaming 970 GTXs do not work. So it seems they do on the Classified, but not on the FTW3? Lame. One works fine, two causes it to fail and reboot after post. Any ideas I could try to get this to work?
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/27 13:02:16
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MeHoo
I have the EVGA x58 FTW3 and my two shiny new MSI Gaming 970 GTXs do not work. So it seems they do on the Classified, but not on the FTW3? Lame. One works fine, two causes it to fail and reboot after post. Any ideas I could try to get this to work?
Do you have the latest bios installed on the mobo?
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/29 12:05:42
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I however would recommend against the use of SLI on this setup.
Any particular reason? I have an x58 sli le and just ordered 2 970 sc's. Will I run into any issues?
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/30 22:12:14
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vitanksi
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I however would recommend against the use of SLI on this setup.
Any particular reason? I have an x58 sli le and just ordered 2 970 sc's. Will I run into any issues?
Yes you will run into issues, CPU intensive games will hold back the 970's performance
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/10/31 08:36:03
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vitanksi
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I however would recommend against the use of SLI on this setup.
Any particular reason? I have an x58 sli le and just ordered 2 970 sc's. Will I run into any issues?
Yes you will run into issues, CPU intensive games will hold back the 970's performance
I have my D0 920 up to 4 ghz. I haven't noticed any issues so far - and the x99/z97 offerings haven't compelled me enough to splurge on an upgrade.
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/11/03 15:52:13
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vitanksi
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vitanksi
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I however would recommend against the use of SLI on this setup.
Any particular reason? I have an x58 sli le and just ordered 2 970 sc's. Will I run into any issues?
Yes you will run into issues, CPU intensive games will hold back the 970's performance
I have my D0 920 up to 4 ghz. I haven't noticed any issues so far - and the x99/z97 offerings haven't compelled me enough to splurge on an upgrade.
it all depends on the games you play, if you had better platform you will notice the difference, I did when I wen't from my i7 920 to a 2600K
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/11/13 01:59:53
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Will the 970 run on a p55 SLI motherboard? Does it need a bios update. I see the newest Bios is still the 74 Bios so i assume it runs fine without a new one?
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
2014/11/13 08:50:15
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In case anyone was wondering i got confirmation p55 sli mobo a74 Bios will run gtx 970
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Re: Can I use a 970GTX or 980GTX on my Evga x58 SLi3 ?
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Old thread but have a computer with the latest Bios (2011ish). Couldn't get the gtx 970 to work initially as it would give a BSOD with some color pixels at an edge. The other ancient video card was having issues. I was updating from a gtx 580. It is just a very old computer and bought some cheap video cards! Not playing games but use just for storage at times!
I had to modify the BIOS in order to get it to fire up. Enter bios via delete key.
PnP/PCI Configuration Screen:
Resources Controlled by [Manual]
PCI/VGA Pallette Snop [Enabled]
no other changes required to make it work.
Not computer savvy enough to know or look into why it didn't work in auto - but glad to figure it out!
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