what does this mean.

[quan chi]

hi friends.

well my mobo has a pci-e x16 slot.

on manual it is written as pci-e x16 (x4 mode)

what does that x4 mode mean.

[pratik03]

your mobo has pci-ex 16 slot but your chipset (North Bridge) doesn't support pcix16 operation

[quan chi]

well will i be able to put pcl-e x16(like 7300gt) type gfx card in it.

i mean it is written that it also supports pcie x16 gfx cards like 6600gt.
my mobo is asus p5gl mx.

[Log_net2]

Originally Posted by quan chi

hi friends.

well my mobo has a pci-e x16 slot.

on manual it is written as pci-e x16 (x4 mode)

what does that x4 mode mean.

Your motherboard seem to support two graphics cards (nVidia SLI and ATI Crossfire;from what you mentioned the mobo chipset seem to be from Intel like P35 or P965 (NorthBridge) which are crossfire ready)

When using two graphics cards ATI crossfire will not run at full blown 16x mode but a lower 4x mode.

Originally Posted by quan chi

well will i be able to put pcl-e x16(like 7300gt) type gfx card in it.

i mean it is written that it also supports pcie x16 gfx cards like 6600gt.
my mobo is asus p5gl mx.

Yes why not.

[quan chi]

Originally Posted by Log_net2

Your motherboard seem to support two graphics cards (nVidia SLI and ATI Crossfire;from what you mentioned the mobo chipset seem to be from Intel like P35 or P965 (NorthBridge) which are crossfire ready)

When using two graphics cards ATI crossfire will not run at full blown 8x mode but a lower 4x mode.

no it has a single pcie-x16 slot.

well i am sorry as i dont know much about nothbridge kind of thing.but by cpuz i found that it is prescott type.

and i have intel p4 3.0ghz with ht.915gl/gv onboard gfx.

[Log_net2]

Originally Posted by quan chi

no it has a single pcie-x16 slot.

Read this for your mobo

PCI Express Architecture
PCI Express is the latest I/O interconenect technology that will replace the existing PCI. This motherboard provides a PCI Express x16 slot running at PCI Express x4 speed which outperforms PCI interface with its exceptional high bandwidth up to 2GB/s.

[Log_net2]

My innocence ;I thought 4x,8x,16x mode come to play only in SLI or CrossFire mode (still stuck with AGP)

[quan chi]

Originally Posted by Log_net2

Read this for your mobo

PCI Express Architecture
PCI Express is the latest I/O interconenect technology that will replace the existing PCI. This motherboard provides a PCI Express x16 slot running at PCI Express x4 speed which outperforms PCI interface with its exceptional high bandwidth up to 2GB/s.

thanks log_net2.