J jonbla Distinguished Jul 22, 2011 24 0 18,510 Nov 12, 2011 #1 Hi, My single Hd 6850 is running at x8 because I recently purchased a pcie soundcard and placed it on the 2nd pcie x16 slot of my motherboard. My motherboard does x8/x8 if two cards are inserted. So will the x8 bottleneck the single hd 6850?
Hi, My single Hd 6850 is running at x8 because I recently purchased a pcie soundcard and placed it on the 2nd pcie x16 slot of my motherboard. My motherboard does x8/x8 if two cards are inserted. So will the x8 bottleneck the single hd 6850?
gnomio Distinguished Jul 6, 2011 1,120 0 19,310 Nov 12, 2011 #2 No it won't. Is the soundcard PCI-e x8. I think most soundcards are PCI-e x1 or x4 so your board will still run x16 Upvote 0 Downvote
No it won't. Is the soundcard PCI-e x8. I think most soundcards are PCI-e x1 or x4 so your board will still run x16