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NVidia GF8600GT 16x speed?


Naki

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My motherboard has a NVidia NForce 4 SLI chipset.

It can run PCI Express videocards in 8x + 8x configuration (SLI) and single 16x. I removed one card, but the 1 card left still runs at 8x. Is there a way to fix that so it runs in 16x?

Thanks!

The motherboard CPU socket is Socket 939 (AMD). CPU is dual-core Opteron. OS is WinXP Pro. Videocard is ASUS GF 8600 GT 256 MB (fan version).

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BIOS is latest. ripken204, yes, but I'm getting a new card, probably a ATI 4780. I do think that it will need the full 16x speed to run properly.

Yes you do. It might not make a big difference on the 8600GT because it uses less bandwidth, but on the HD4870 it does.

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It seems (says so on ECS's web site) this motherboard (ECS KN1 SLI Extreme) can only work with 8x speed when working with a single videocard.

So I guess I will have to settle with 8x then...

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Bought the Radeon HD4870 by Gigabyte with 1 GB of RAM + 500W power supply.

Card doesn't fit in my case. It fits without the power connectors, but when I plug them it, it won't fit... Will have to buy a new case tomorrow.

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