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PCI-E question
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Wed Dec 13, 2006 1:13 amby Kzz5
i got a new motherboard, its a sli motherboard and it says in sli mode each card runs at 8x, then it says single card runs at 8x, is that right? i thought they ran at 16x or something, is this motherboard going to make my new graphics card (8800gts) run slower?
or is it called 16x because sli is 8 and 8
Posted:
Wed Dec 13, 2006 6:57 pmby Gecko
It's my understanding that with SLI mode both northbridge and the southbridge are used.
Thus enabling the use of all16 connectors on a SLI PCI express 16 card.
is a good article on pci-express, it's a little old but should answer any question about SLI in pci-e.
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Thu Dec 14, 2006 4:44 amby Kzz5
Posted:
Thu Dec 14, 2006 1:27 pmby Gecko
You will have to do a repair install/upgrade once the new motherboard is installed.
That way you will keep all of your installed programs and data.