ice91785 Posted November 8, 2006 Hey guys, quick question as I have been told two different things. Does the bottom PCI-e slot run at x8 or x16 (with the first being unoccupied). Like I said I have heard both ways and cannot find a lot of detail on it. Currently I have my x1800xt in the second slot as it was heating up my chipset pretty well....thanks in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Praz Posted November 8, 2006 Max for the bottom slot is 8x. But your card will run fine like that with virtually no loss in performance. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ice91785 Posted November 8, 2006 Thanks for the quick reply By the way, I did have a sig about 2 seconds after I posted my first post there :-s Sorry I wasn't more on the ball Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wild Thing Posted November 8, 2006 Bottom slot is 2x untill you move the sli jumpers, then 8x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ebdoradz Posted November 8, 2006 if you mobo is mod the SLI he got the ultra Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ice91785 Posted November 9, 2006 Jumpers are moved yes..... As far as the mod, I just am not really patient enough at the moment...it crossed my mind here and there Although the slots would then be both x16 and x8 (respectively) with one card.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
loggan26 Posted November 9, 2006 Is not your bottom slot running 2x cause you haven't done the mod yet......even though you moved the jumpers......Even though it wont matter as you wont see the difference from 2x to 8x. You should pull the chipset Fan and reseat it after cleaning it and recoating with AS5, this will pull your temps down, or even better get the Evercool VC-RE which will do a better job... Logan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
