Need Help With picking parts

stulid · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:07

board doesnt do crossfire, its one good graphics card only you need.

please dont make me explain why it isnt even tho it has two pci-e slots and says it does, I get tired of it.

Jony27 · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:10

go on stu, you know you want to

stulid · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:14

oh crap, i been called out.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3503#sp - is the board, in the specs tab it says.

*1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 (PCIEX16) (Note 5) (The PCIEX16 slot conforms to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
*1 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x4 (PCIEX4) (Note 6)
2 x PCI slots

basically when two cards are inserted, the second pci-e slot runs at a maximum of 4X speed while the first plods along at 16X, this causes a great imbalance and performance issues where one card is getting strangled with data

RJC · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:15

The second slot is limited to 4x which won't give a very good performance boost if do choose for what ever reason to try.

shortie19 · 29 Oct 2010 at 22:34

Ok well mate I would just like to say to you all thanks so much for helping me out