Sli slots

[phippsy]

i just got 2 gtx460 i have 3 slots for graphics cards manual says pciex16_1 and pciex16_2 and pciex8 i had my sli setup in the pciex16_ and _2 but the gap between them was bad they was almost touching so i changed it to the other slot which is the pciex8 slot is there a difference manual recommends both pciex16 slots is there a difference in performance

 

[monsta]

There shouldnt be too much of a performance difference , in fact it would be minimal , you are better off having them separated otherwise the heat would drop your performance anyway and also cause instability

 

[purple stain]

What motherboard are you using?

Something I figured out the other day on my new mobo is that they label them according to speed not numerically.For example my mobo says the same thing,install in PCI-E lanes 1 and 2.The PCI-E 1 lane is the top but the PCI-E marked 2 is actually the 3rd lane from the top.Make sure you read the labels on the mobo.

 

[Mousemonkey]

You may also find that SLi will only be enabled if the cards are in the slots specified by the manual.