RPGWiZaRD Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 Reason I'm asking is the chipset and gfx card temperature. The gfx card pushes heat straight into the chipset fan while the chipset fan warms up the gfx card a lot. Chipset temp is 54C on idle and can go up to 62C load after a pass of FEAR demo for example. gfx card is o/c GT to Ultra speeds, perfectly stable and w/o artifacts but it's rather hot, 67/68C idle and on load it can go up to 85C. So is it possible to use the other PCI-E 16x slot (PCIE4, lower one) or will it run with 2x bandwitdh or can you configure the jumper in some way or is it possible to run it in 8x then, as you won't notice much (if not at all) difference between 8x and 16x? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Game Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 So is it possible to use the other PCI-E 16x slot (PCIE4, lower one) or will it run with 2x bandwitdh or can you configure the jumper in some way or is it possible to run it in 8x then, as you won't notice much (if not at all) difference between 8x and 16x? Yes 2x, until you set the jumpers for sli, then it will be 8x, and no there will be no noticable difference, except a cooler chipset! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPGWiZaRD Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 cool, was a bit unsure if it would work in SLI mode with one gfx card only. Well thx for the respond, I will give it a try Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fight Game Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 maybe try a search, as this isn't something I've had to do myself, but know it can be done. There may be a setting in the bios to also enable SLI mode, and possibly in the video properties, even with 1 card, not sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
seamonkey79 Posted August 11, 2005 Posted August 11, 2005 If you take your jumpers that determine SLI or non-SLI and put them in SLI mode (ie all on the bottom set of pins), you'll have 2 8x PCIe slots, but not SLI... I did that because I bought the Thermalright V-1, which wouldn't even come close to fitting with my Thermaltake Big Typhoon. Also, I noticed nothing in testing that said I lost any performance... the normal margin's for my tests... all within 1% of 16x *Note: This is on the UT nForce4 Ultra-D, obviously, if you have the SLI board, you'd be able to turn SLI on and actually have SLI, if you have the cards :-) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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