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23-11-2009, 09:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vivek.28 Stuck Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chandigarh / The Doons Posts: 46	PCIe x16 (at x4 speed) ?! I have a Mercury PI945GZD motherboard. It has a PCIe x16 slot. But when I see the manual it says: PCIe x16 (at x4 speed) What does this 'at x4 speed' mean ? I was planning on buying a PCIe x16 based graphics card, but now I'm confused ! __________________ Nokia 3500c, LG Optimus One P500 DELL INSPIRON 15R, Core i5 (2.53-2.8), 4Gb DDR3, 500Gig HDD 5400, 512Mb HD5470

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23-11-2009, 09:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
asingh Super Moderator Join Date: May 2008 Location: New Delhi Posts: 5,545	Re: PCIe x16 (at x4 speed) ?! ^^ The PCI.Ex16 standard has 16 full duplex lanes (serial) which channel via the Northbridge to the GPU card. Your motherboard is setup in such a way, that only "4" of this lanes are available for data exchange. So theoretically this slot will run at 25% levels only. You can buy a GPU but it will be substantially held back due to this limited architecture. __________________ MSI P45 Platinum(BIOS v1.7B)\|Q9550[E0]@3.85Ghz@1.320V[453x8.5]MCH@1.184V\|ICH@1.55V\|DDR_V_Ref_A_B@1.05V\|NH-D14\|Corsair TWIN2X4096-8500C5(5-5-5-15)@1089Mhz@2.14V 2xHD4890[Xfire]@1000/900[MEM/GPU]\|Corsair 650TX\|Seagate180GB+80GB+WD1TB\|SONY-DVD-R\|CM690\|2x120mm Scythe Ultra Kaze\|DELL S2409W\|APC 1100VA\|Scythe Kaze Server Windows 7 Ultimate RTM - 64BIT\|Catalyst 10.5 (8.14.10.0753) forced with RadeonPRO\|PS3 160GB\|Sony 40EX520\|AC Ryan POHD Mini\|APC 800VA\|APC 800VA\|D425KT\|CM100 Elite\|2TB WD\|Acer D255 Test your spoiler tags before submitting

23-11-2009, 11:10 PM	#3 (permalink)
Vivek.28 Stuck Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Chandigarh / The Doons Posts: 46	Re: PCIe x16 (at x4 speed) ?! Ohh !! Thanks for the reply... __________________ Nokia 3500c, LG Optimus One P500 DELL INSPIRON 15R, Core i5 (2.53-2.8), 4Gb DDR3, 500Gig HDD 5400, 512Mb HD5470

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Ohh !! Thanks for the reply...

Just buy a new mother board

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