GeForce And Radeon On Intel's P67: PCIe Scaling Explored

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Intel’s Sandy Bridge-based processors dramatically advance gaming value by increasing performance at lower prices than LGA 1366-based configurations. But is the platform it sits on worthy of that CPU? We test three slot configurations to find out.

Benchmark Results: Just Cause 2

The GeForce GTX 570 loses 2% and 8% when placed in x8 and x4 slots, respectively, compared to its original PCIe x16 benchmark scores. The Radeon HD 6950 doubles those losses in the same transitions.

Even at 2560x1600, a x4 slot costs the Nvidia and AMD cards 6% and 12% of their original performance, respectively.

Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom
Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.