Servers, 4x PCI-E slots, Graphics cards, HELP!

Rick_Barnes · 6 Nov 2006 at 18:17

Hey everyone, was wondering if anyone had any experiance putting a full 16x graphics card into a 4x or even a 1x slot, and what sort of performance penalty i could expect.

more specifically ive been given a server if i want it, which only has a 4x PCI-E slot for graphics, or a PCI or PCI-X (NOT PCI-E).

The slot has a closed end though, i was wondering if i kind of :rolleyes:

sliced it open so i could slide a card in if it would work.

not looking for a killer rig, just it would beat my current rig and i could slide a 7600GT in or something

allllec · 6 Nov 2006 at 21:36

lol, i very much doubt it im afraid - VERY VERY much doubt it - wanted to do soemthing like that youd really need a workstation motherboard from asus or something - and those are like £300 for the good ones that your looking for

never say never however.. lol

Massive Attack · 6 Nov 2006 at 22:25

1) if u could fit it in ther would be a 10-20% performance hot in a 4x slot if it was 1x then i would say 80%

2) No

Topgun · 7 Nov 2006 at 00:20

I would be very interested to know what the performace hit is. I have an x800xl in a asrock 775 dual vsta (pci-4 only) and I only get 1750 3dmark 06 points. The cpu is an e6300 @2.1ghz.

Maybe someone who has the option to limit their PCI-E bandwidth could do some benchies for us. Obviously the disparity is going to increase with card performance and resolution.

Rick_Barnes · 7 Nov 2006 at 00:23

if someone wants to send me a PCI-E card to test to see if this cutting the slot thing works, id be happy to try.

hardly seems worth it with 512mb of pc2700 ECC.

Need to save for conroe, Arrrrrrrrrg :mad:

Tetras · 7 Nov 2006 at 13:49

I would be very interested to know what the performace hit is. I have an x800xl in a asrock 775 dual vsta (pci-4 only) and I only get 1750 3dmark 06 points. The cpu is an e6300 @2.1ghz.

Your score is about right for that card, remember that 06 scores are not comparable with previous versions!

It has been shown in reviews that the PCI-E of the 775Dual-VSTA has relatively little effect, since it has similar bandwidth to AGP 8X which itself is barely used even by top end cards.