|
|
|||||||
|
 Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
|
|
|
|
Hiya, Basically, i would like to know whats going on with this.
If i buy a graphics card, a pci-e one, will it be ok in my pci-e slot which runs at 8x?
Is there any noticeable difference? Will it work?
What happens to my cards performance? Will its fillrate ...
|
 |
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
#1
4th Aug 2007, 04:38
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Hiya, Basically, i would like to know whats going on with this.
If i buy a graphics card, a pci-e one, will it be ok in my pci-e slot which runs at 8x? Is there any noticeable difference? Will it work? What happens to my cards performance? Will its fillrate be halved or what? Is it effectively an AGP with a different interface and thats all? Whats going on with it? Ant... |
|
#2
4th Aug 2007, 05:31
|
||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Hi Antony.
Put your mind at rest fella. I've yet to see a gpu fill the bandwidth provided by a 8x socket, whether AGP or PCI-E. PCI-E was touted as all singing all dancing upon it's release because motherboard manufacturers wanted to do away with AGP. That's it, pure and simply.
__________________
__________________
heard wow is a better contraceptive then the pill, no joke i played rs for 2-3 years and 2 weeks after i stopped i lost my virginity. -Kanoakavirus
My System: Zoomy
|
|
#3
4th Aug 2007, 13:07
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Hi Alex correct me if I'm wrong but if you get a card designed for 16x PCI=E it won't physically fit a 8x slot.Not 100% on this but thats what I understand. If it's an 8x card it will be ok in a 16x slot just using 8 lanes of the available 16.
|
|
#4
4th Aug 2007, 15:02
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Its a 16x card and its a 16x slot, but apparently the slot runs at 8x. Ant...
|
|
#5
4th Aug 2007, 15:50
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Hi guys, sorry was looking at it purely from a bandwidth point of view from my initial read of the post.
Whats the mobo make/model Antony?
__________________
heard wow is a better contraceptive then the pill, no joke i played rs for 2-3 years and 2 weeks after i stopped i lost my virginity. -Kanoakavirus
|
|
#6
4th Aug 2007, 16:01
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Hiya, Ive got a Gigabyte M61PM-S2 (rev 2). and ive bought a sparkle 256mb nVidia 6600GT. Ant...
|
|
#7
4th Aug 2007, 16:51
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Quote:
The card is a bog standard 16x pci-e card. It'll work.
__________________
heard wow is a better contraceptive then the pill, no joke i played rs for 2-3 years and 2 weeks after i stopped i lost my virginity. -Kanoakavirus
|
|
#8
5th Aug 2007, 03:25
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
Quote:
My mobo has a 16x slot, right? However, it runs at 8x so even though a 16x card will fit, it will only run at max of 8x. The card ive bought is a 16x. Do you know what i mean? |
|
#9
5th Aug 2007, 03:31
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
|
|
#10
5th Aug 2007, 06:59
|
|||
|
|||
|
Mobo's PCI-E (16x) running at 8x, compatibility and performance issues?
[quote=sirantonycartwright;23623]
However, it runs at 8x so even though a 16x card will fit, it will only run at max of 8x. quote] Where did you obtain this info from Antony? Have you checked the bios just to confirm the pci-e is set at 16x ?
__________________
heard wow is a better contraceptive then the pill, no joke i played rs for 2-3 years and 2 weeks after i stopped i lost my virginity. -Kanoakavirus
|
|
|
|
| Bookmarks |
Similar Threads
|
||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| How Good is Windows 7? Will It Have Any Compatibility Issues from Vista or Xp? | Theresonly1 | Windows Operating Systems | 4 | 22nd Apr 2009 01:03 |
| CD Drive issues on Dell Optiplex SX260, running Windows 2K Professional... | use_me | General Hardware Chat | 12 | 13th Oct 2008 00:49 |
| Old MoBo's - RAM compatibility | dmdougie | CPUs, Motherboards & RAM | 5 | 19th Jun 2008 03:37 |
| Compatibility | addict | General Hardware Chat | 1 | 5th Jan 2008 15:16 |
| Compatibility? | williamson123456 | CPUs, Motherboards & RAM | 2 | 17th Sep 2007 12:27 |
| Thread Tools | |
|
|
