Ati 6970

[uretsai]

Any difference in using the second pcie slot? Im using the silver arrow cpu cooler and there is not a lot of space. If anything it touches the back of the card.

 

[RJC]

Depends of the motherboard being used, as may run at reduced speed which may cripple the card.

What is the specs of the motherboard your using.

 

[Orcvader]

Depends on what motherboard you have?

 

[Dicehunter]

i actually did some benchmarks for this a while ago with crysis, bfbc2 etc..., the difference is about 1fps in the vast majority of games, maybe 2 on rare occasions

 

[RJC]

Is this the motherboard your using in the link below:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68VGEN3/#specifications

If yes, then the 2nd slot will run at 8x rather than 16x, how much performance hit would I suspect will depend on the games being used.

DF1986 what board was you using and PCI-E speeds.

 

[uretsai]

Is this the motherboard your using in the link below:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68VGEN3/#specifications

If yes, then the 2nd slot will run at 8x rather than 16x, how much performance hit would I suspect will depend on the games being used.

DF1986 what board was you using and PCI-E speeds.

That is the motherboard i have yes. I only ever play battlefield. Never had it in the upper most slot. When i put it in, im sure its touching the cooler and looks to be pushed down.

Not really want to change cooler either, i like this one even though its pretty huge.

 

[uretsai]

i actually did some benchmarks for this a while ago with crysis, bfbc2 etc..., the difference is about 1fps in the vast majority of games, maybe 2 on rare occasions

I cant even bench test it, unless i change the cooler.


If i did, would the corsair h80 match the performance of the silver arrow. But then again, id have to cahnge my case.

currently im using the lian li a10. with 1 fan at the top.

 

[Dicehunter]

Is this the motherboard your using in the link below:

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Intel_Socket_1155/P8Z68VGEN3/#specifications

If yes, then the 2nd slot will run at 8x rather than 16x, how much performance hit would I suspect will depend on the games being used.

DF1986 what board was you using and PCI-E speeds.

Was testing with my current setup, but sometimes it didnt even change, stayed the same as if i had it in the x16 slot.

 

[Orcvader]

Only difference from the top and second slot for your board is x16 and x8 speeds, however it's PCI-E 2.0 so the only performance loss you'll get is pretty much 1~3%. You won't even notice that in games...

 

[uretsai]

Was testing with my current setup, but sometimes it didnt even change, stayed the same as if i had it in the x8 slot.

Ill probably leave it as it is then. changing cooler is a bit more pain than its worth i think.

 

[RJC]

Was testing with my current setup, but sometimes it didnt even change, stayed the same as if i had it in the x8 slot.

With the Asus, the board can do dual 16x or 16 / 8 / 8 so you would have needed to test in the third slot to run at 8x.

 

[Dicehunter]

meant x16 not x8 ^^

 

[KNiVES]

It makes virtually no difference, in my system one card is running off a 4xPCIe slot, and it actually hasn't affected performance at all. I'm getting the same FPS, Unigine scores, 3dmark scores, etc...