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Hi, I'm just about to build my first system and was thinking about getting two gpus and running them in sli or cf. I've noticed that on some motherboards, there are 2 PCI-E 2.0 slots, but one is at 16x and the other is at 8x.

I plan on getting either 2X 4770's, 4850's, or 9800 GTX+'s.
Does that mean that the second card will be limited by the 8x speed?
Would it be worth getting a second gpu for the 8x slot, or should I get cough up some extra money and get a 16x/16x motherboard?

Message edited by hayab250 on 05-23-2009 at 07:37:46 AM

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You have to read the fine print but to answer your question, yes. Get a board that has 2 16x slots. Example: See Ops link.

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/ [...] otherboard

Message edited by starams5 on 05-23-2009 at 04:04:14 PM

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