My new Quad Core gaming build is in the mail from Newegg. I have ordered 50% of the build thus far.
Order Number two is going to be dual HD4870 ATI graphics cards.
Order Number three is going to be several smaller odds and ends. These odds and ends include two expansion cards. I'd like some advise on how I should fill my expansion slots.
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After I Crossfire my dual HD 4870's, I will have one open PCI-E 1.0 slot and one regular old PCI slot.
My motherboard comes with a SupremeFX PCI-E sound board that supposedly supports Dolby Digital 7.1.
After I use this card, I will decide if I want to replace it or not.
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The other slot open on my motherboard will most likely end up with an Ageia PhysX card in it. And this leads me to my question.
Should I get a PCI PhysX card and a PCI-E soundboard? or visa versa? I have read that placing a PhysX card into a PCI-E slot can screw up clock speeds on your bus, while a PCI PhysX card is Isolated from your GPU(s).
On the other hand, PCI is slow as dirt so this seems counter intuitive.
Additionally, placing a sound board into a PCI-E slot seems like a waste of a fast slot. Even the best sound cards are perfectly capable of running fine in a regular PCI slot, yes?
Please Advise...
- Witt
Order Number two is going to be dual HD4870 ATI graphics cards.
Order Number three is going to be several smaller odds and ends. These odds and ends include two expansion cards. I'd like some advise on how I should fill my expansion slots.
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After I Crossfire my dual HD 4870's, I will have one open PCI-E 1.0 slot and one regular old PCI slot.
My motherboard comes with a SupremeFX PCI-E sound board that supposedly supports Dolby Digital 7.1.
After I use this card, I will decide if I want to replace it or not.
----------------
The other slot open on my motherboard will most likely end up with an Ageia PhysX card in it. And this leads me to my question.
Should I get a PCI PhysX card and a PCI-E soundboard? or visa versa? I have read that placing a PhysX card into a PCI-E slot can screw up clock speeds on your bus, while a PCI PhysX card is Isolated from your GPU(s).
On the other hand, PCI is slow as dirt so this seems counter intuitive.
Additionally, placing a sound board into a PCI-E slot seems like a waste of a fast slot. Even the best sound cards are perfectly capable of running fine in a regular PCI slot, yes?
Please Advise...
- Witt