[Resolved] Is my PCI-E running at 2x instead of 16x?

[Mithan]

I own a DFI Lanparty UT Ultra-D (S939) and I currently bought a new 8800GTS 512 and put it in the bottom PCI-E slot, since the card is too long and bumps into the SATA Cables in the top slot.

 

However, I am wondering if I made a mistake as I was looking at GPU-Z and it shows that the PCI-E bridge is running at 2x.

 

Is this ok or do I need to move it?

[radodrill]

there's a set of six jumper blocks between the 2 x16 slots; with them in the top position the top/bottom slots run at x16/x2, if you move the jumpers to the lower position the slots will operate at x8/x8

 

BTW, there's not much real world difference between running the graphics cards at x8 vs x16

[Mithan]

Is it possible to run the bottom slot in x16? Or is 8x the max?

 

Thanks for you quick response too Rado.

[Jachyra007]

I believe the max in the lower slot is 8x, but like Radodrill said, there's barely any real-world difference in performance between the two.

[MACarter02]

8x for this board. There is an nForce4 x16 chip that runs both slots at 16x, but it's a moot point. 8x v. 16x will have ZERO effect on performance

[Mithan]

Sigh.

Time to pull the box out.

 

Thanks guys!