Pci Express 4x

ExtremeAlien · 07-05-2007, 12:33 AM

I have a mobo thats running a 4x pci-e which is lower than a agp (8x) When I get a new mobo that has 16x what differences will I see? I know my processor is probably a bottle neck. Video card is a 7600gt 256mb gddr3. This is what it says in PC wizard:

Bus PCI-Express :
Device : PT890 PCI to PCI Bridge
Version : 1.0
Port : 0
Physical Slot : #2
Slot Populated : Yes
Link Width : x4 (max. x4)
Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s

Bus PCI-Express :
Device : GeForce 7600 GT
Version : 1.0
Port : 0
Link Width : x4 (max. x16)
Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s

[-0MEGA-] · 07-05-2007, 04:05 AM

You wont see that big of a difference with only a 7600GT, but you will with higher end cards.

They dont show cards like the 7600GT, but you can see the differences between some of the high-end ATI and nVidia cards. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/...sis/page8.html

ExtremeAlien · 07-05-2007, 04:11 AM

Still if it boosts my fps I'm happy and how much does my cpu bottle neck?

hermeslyre · 07-05-2007, 04:49 AM

With a 7600gt? Little to none at all. It really depends on if the games you play are more CPU dependent than normal, like a RTS.

ExtremeAlien · 07-05-2007, 06:21 AM

Bf2 CSS Hl2 thats it for now until crysis

. Plan on getting a quad when it goes down

.

07-05-2007, 12:33 AM	#1 (permalink)
ExtremeAlien Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: At my pc where else? Posts: 117	Pci Express 4x - 16x I have a mobo thats running a 4x pci-e which is lower than a agp (8x) When I get a new mobo that has 16x what differences will I see? I know my processor is probably a bottle neck. Video card is a 7600gt 256mb gddr3. This is what it says in PC wizard: Bus PCI-Express : Device : PT890 PCI to PCI Bridge Version : 1.0 Port : 0 Physical Slot : #2 Slot Populated : Yes Link Width : x4 (max. x4) Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s Bus PCI-Express : Device : GeForce 7600 GT Version : 1.0 Port : 0 Link Width : x4 (max. x16) Link Speed : 2.5 GB/s __________________ Extreme's PC Cpu - Q6600 Stock Mobo - Asus P5N32-E SLI Ram - 2gb corsair 800 GFX - 8800GTX Monitor - Acer 17"+22" PSU - Silencer 750watt -----END----- 3Dmark06 score: 10617 3DMarks Last edited by ExtremeAlien; 07-05-2007 at 12:36 AM.

07-05-2007, 04:05 AM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 27,069	You wont see that big of a difference with only a 7600GT, but you will with higher end cards. They dont show cards like the 7600GT, but you can see the differences between some of the high-end ATI and nVidia cards. http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/03/...sis/page8.html __________________ Desktop // Laptop Core 2 Quad Q9550 @ 4.0GHz // Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz Asus Rampage Formula X48 // Intel PM45 ATI 4870X2 2GB GDDR5 // 512MB GDDR3 9800M GTS 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2 940 // 4GB DDR3 800 750GB SATAII w/32MB // 200GB SATAII 7200RPM Creative SB X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 21391 // 9179

07-05-2007, 04:11 AM	#3 (permalink)
ExtremeAlien Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: At my pc where else? Posts: 117	Still if it boosts my fps I'm happy and how much does my cpu bottle neck? __________________ Extreme's PC Cpu - Q6600 Stock Mobo - Asus P5N32-E SLI Ram - 2gb corsair 800 GFX - 8800GTX Monitor - Acer 17"+22" PSU - Silencer 750watt -----END----- 3Dmark06 score: 10617 3DMarks

07-05-2007, 06:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
ExtremeAlien Silver Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: At my pc where else? Posts: 117	Bf2 CSS Hl2 thats it for now until crysis . Plan on getting a quad when it goes down . __________________ Extreme's PC Cpu - Q6600 Stock Mobo - Asus P5N32-E SLI Ram - 2gb corsair 800 GFX - 8800GTX Monitor - Acer 17"+22" PSU - Silencer 750watt -----END----- 3Dmark06 score: 10617 3DMarks

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07-05-2007, 04:49 AM	#4 (permalink)
hermeslyre VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Portland, Oregon Age: 18 Posts: 4,973	With a 7600gt? Little to none at all. It really depends on if the games you play are more CPU dependent than normal, like a RTS.

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