card (8800GT). Asus recommends to install one single card in the PCIe slot 1. But installing it in slot2 would be much better for the cooling of the system because slot1 interferes a lot with the air flow. If I set the PCIe slot 2 in the bios for a 16 link...

a decent FSB stable. Consider pushing the E4400 on a good overclock in the short term to decrease the CPU bound effect on some of your games. A single 4870 on a PCIE 16 lane bus isn't a significant issue ... the cpu is more likely the current problem...

Technology •COOLING FAN : Xigmatek Dark Knight-S1283V Gaming CPU Cooling Fan (Double layer H.D.T. technology for maximum cooling)(Venom Boost Extreme OC Certified) •MOTHERBOARD: Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P AMD 790X CrossFire Chipset with PCIe slot DDR2 SATA...

4870X2/GTX280 on PCI-E 1.0 (16x) Slot. I remember reading the tom's article on bandwidth of the 8xxx nvidia cards on different number of lanes, and remember that only the 8800GTX actually lost a bit of performance using a 4x PCI-E 1.0 slot. Now with the...

vs 1gb? Thanks considering the resolution that you're playing at. 1gb will make a difference. and i have a 4870 on a pci-e 1.0 slot no problem whatsoever. Thanks I play a 4870 1g on PCIe 1, and I believe your processor will have a bigger effect on performance...

4870 X2 really need one PCI-E 2.0 slot?. Hi all, my motherboard is Asus Striker Extreme PCI-E 1.0 and i have 4870 X2 (not crossfire X). My scores is lots benchmarks is low for this card. The one new motherboard with PCI-E 2.0 it goes to improve performance...

call :) nuff said! Faster than SLI'd 280GTX's. [:mousemonkey:2] , which with two GPU's is what it should be compared to. Actually, the 4870X2 should be compared to SLI'd GTX 260s considering that the 4870 and 260 usually trade blows in both price and performance...

7 before I build a new computer. So a 4870 on a PCIe x16 will choke the performance of the card, but will work? The min req's listed on the web page say PCIe x16 slot... not PCIe 2.0 x16 slot. Well, getting a 1900 master card wouldn't really be worth the...

PCIe x16 slot in the Mobo really limit the performance of these new PCIe 2.0 cards? So I need to upgrade to a Mobo with a 2.0 slot? Is putting one of these cards in my PCIe x16 slot a waste? Mainly I am doing alot of high res Photo Editing, Light Multimedia...

Pci-e slots. Can my GF 9600 GSO VGA run good in a PCI-E x16(max x4 mode) slot? Or is it so neceserry to use a PCI-E 2.0 slot?. Can my GF 9600 GSO VGA run good in a PCI-E x16(max x4 mode) slot? Or is it so neceserry to use a PCI-E 2.0 slot? Yes, you can run...