NickR
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Hey guys, quick question. Question on upgrade. Current system is..
AMD Phenom II X4 965BE OC 3.75Ghz
8GB Corsair DDR3-1333
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3.0 Mobo
XFX Radeon 5770 (1GB)
Intel X-25V SSD
WD 640GB SATA HDD
Corsair H50 Water Cooling kit (Dual Antec Tri-cool push-pull exhaust config)
Antec ThreeHundred Case
Antec Neo Eco 400C.
Alright I had a little bit of cash, so I sprung tonight for an additional XFX 5770 and an XFX Pro650W Modular Power supply (This one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-002-_-Product)
My question is this. My motherboard uses the 880G Chipset, the primary PCIe slot runs at 16x (v2.0). When in crossfire, the 2nd slot runs only at 4x (v2.0). Is this going to be a big limitation? I mean I saw some graphs the other day that showed the performance loss of 16, 8, to 4x as minimal. But anyone have any firsthand experience?
Edit: Forgot, pushing a 22" LG LCD monitor at 1920x1080
AMD Phenom II X4 965BE OC 3.75Ghz
8GB Corsair DDR3-1333
ASUS M4A88TD-V EVO/USB3.0 Mobo
XFX Radeon 5770 (1GB)
Intel X-25V SSD
WD 640GB SATA HDD
Corsair H50 Water Cooling kit (Dual Antec Tri-cool push-pull exhaust config)
Antec ThreeHundred Case
Antec Neo Eco 400C.
Alright I had a little bit of cash, so I sprung tonight for an additional XFX 5770 and an XFX Pro650W Modular Power supply (This one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-002-_-Product)
My question is this. My motherboard uses the 880G Chipset, the primary PCIe slot runs at 16x (v2.0). When in crossfire, the 2nd slot runs only at 4x (v2.0). Is this going to be a big limitation? I mean I saw some graphs the other day that showed the performance loss of 16, 8, to 4x as minimal. But anyone have any firsthand experience?
Edit: Forgot, pushing a 22" LG LCD monitor at 1920x1080
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