PCI-E running @ 8x???!?

I think the same topic was brought up a few months back about that particular board... If you read the specs, that's all the chipset allows. But, I seriously doubt any cards make it to PCI express 16x speeds. I mean, compare the 8x AGP cards with the same PCI Express cards.
 
well... i have the X8 slot because i have a SLI mobo. the NForce 4 SLI X16 chipset has two X16 slots...
running in an X8 slot though, look at my 3dmark06 score :D
besides, it doesnt matter if its X8 because it needs to communicate through the slot with the system memory, and system memory is even slower than the GPU's memory...
 
yep no prob... it shouldnt effect your score by much if any at all. btw what card did you buy? :D
btw i wouldnt buy a 7300 they'll barely play games at a respectable fps.. get a 7600.
 
7200GS I got it for 45$ and its BFG Tech.

I dont care about my "score" as long as it lets me play my games.

Right now my highest end games at Half life 2 Battleifled 2 and F.e.a.r

Ahlflife 2 i can run high settings no pob, bf2 i can get high settings with NO AA(AA kills me horriblly) at 33FPS avg. So i usslay put one or 2 options down to keep my fps obove 35 all the time. F.E.A.R it autotecects me at meduim sttings and a meduim resaultion, so i turned 1 thing off(my FPS was droping below 25)

I think going to a A64 3500+ instead of a semp 3100+ and a 7300GS instead of a 6200 256mb will be FINE for me. I will also be abel to run my 2GB of ram in dual chanelle now.

Alot of people dont belive me in mainly BF2, but what I think is dump when i look at their sigs they have a AMD63 3800+ or better, with high end video cards...then they have 1GB of ram. When i look at my RAM usage during BF2 it goes higher then 1GB, more around 1300MB, same thing when even WoW. Also I dont have ltos of other stuff running, when i first boot windwos i have 103MB of ram usage.

Also another thing seems to be they laugh when i saw 40fps, and how they "cant stand" to play only that and need 60-80fps.....If they truly thing thats truwe then its all phycological or they are one in a billoin becuase almost no one if anyone can tell the difference., as long as its steady.

I was going to get the 7600GS, but It was going to cost me more, and i dont have alot of cash. Also it was evga, and the 7300GS was BFG Tech which IMO is a much better brand. BFG comes pre OCed(only by 25mhz, but still) has a lifetime warrenty, and you can OC them further do to them actully having a fan, unlike evga.


Thank you for anwsering my questions though, I was scared I was going to want a new mobo, I thought i got a great deal for the price and getting a SLI board.
 
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The difference between PCI-E 8x and PCI-E 16x is going to be non existant, espically with the card you are going to be getting.
Arm_Pit said:
BFG comes pre OCed(only by 25mhz, but still) has a lifetime warrenty, and you can OC them further do to them actully having a fan, unlike evga.
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I hope you know BFG's "Lifetime Warranty" is only a warranty for the time that the card is still in production.
 
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