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Godhatesusall   05-26-2009 at 11:03:35 AM

I have an k9n platinum (NOT k9n platinum SLI) and the specs at the site are here:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product [...] N_Platinum

on the special features tab it says:

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• 2 PCI-E 16X (2nd PCI-E 16X slot runs 1X speed);



and some lines below

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• Two PCI Express X16 slot (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• 2nd PCI Express X16 is compatible with PCI Express x 1 (MSI PCI-Express Lite Slot)




And because im very confused,does the above mean i have only 1 x16 PCI-E or do i have 2 PCI-E???(I need to know cuz i wanna sli,and if the 2nd pcie is 1x it will be horrible for me)

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outlw6669   05-26-2009 at 02:41:14 PM
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Your motherboard and it's nForce 570 Ultra chipset do not support SLI.
In any case, the second PCIe slot is only 16x physical.
It only has the electrical connections of a PCIe 1x slot.
This means you can plug any PCIe card into it but it will receive less power and operate with 1/16th the bandwidth (relative to your primary PCIe slot).

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