crossfire

[terminator2k2]

hi there , just wandering if theres any real difference in having 2 cards in crossfire utilising 2 x pci e 16 slots, rather than 1 in the 16 slot and the other in the 8........

reason im asking is i have a gigabyte z68ud7 and this board has 2 x 16 pcie slots......i have crossfired 2 6950s 1 in the x16 slot and the other in the x8 slot as i didnt notice it actualy has 2 x 16 pcie slots....

the main reason i did this was for sufficient cooling for each card.......

so would i be better off having both cards in the x16 slots but would be right next to each other....

or leaving as is with sufficient space for cooling......

cheers chris

 

[Masterdeadly]

Well you will have a 4 percent lose of each card currently so you're running at 96 percent from each card which isn't a significant lost. What are the temps of the cards while being apart ? if it's quite reasonable I wouldn't see any problem for putting both the cards in X16 slot.

 

[terminator2k2]

would have to recheck but im sure they were around 80c playing bfbc2 for an hour or so......

 

[Masterdeadly]

I'd keep them apart then Anything over 85 could be a problem.