Hi folks..
Can any one advise me on how much performance loss I will incurr when using a Sapphire HD5870 Vapour X on the PCIe x8 slot in a Gigabyte P55-UD6 motherboard?
I have just been building a Gaming Rig from scratch an i5 750 based PC from scratch (thanks to Bilbat for his SATA advice) but have no available PCIe slot to fit the Soundblaster X-FI Titanium card and keep my HD5870 in the PCIe x16 video slot.
The HD5870 covers the PCIe slot below it (double height card) and the only other PCIe slot available is next to the X55 chipset cooler and this blocks all but the mini PCIe cards from use.
I assume i will have to move the HD5870 down to the PCIe x8 slot and install the X-Fi above it ?
I want the X-Fi card for gaming as it has EAX 5 and i much prefer the sound quality compared to on board sound chip.
With the HD5870 in the x8 slot, will this impact a lot on video performance ?
Have bench marked my rig in the x8 slot on 3D Mark 06 (1280 x 1024 res) and this scores 23,850 @ 3.8Ghz / 4GB RAM / XP 32 Pro
Is this score to be expected ? Was using the Turbo boost option, will use bios in future to reach 4Ghz.
I'm annoyed with myself that I didnt check the mobo restrictions 1st, before ordering the X-Fi soundcard.
I'm assuming that the X-Fi carnt be fitted in the blue PCIe slots?
Any advice would be helpfull.