I am planning to build my first pc and i got a whole list of parts. Now i noticed that the mobo i was gonna get has pciex16 lanes that operate at x8. Im not sure the board even supports crossfire... this one... http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.a ... 6813186150 FOXCONN A7DA-S. So i looked around and the SAPPHIRE PURE CrossFireX 790GX caught my attention. Its got 2 pciex16 lanes that run at x8, but they got a switch card that u put into the bottom pciex16 lane and it makes the top one function as a x16 lane. So im guessing that if i put in that switch card and put in the vidcard thats a 4850x2 ill be runnin both cores at x16 right? Or am i just wrong and the 4850x2 runs at x16 on any board?
heres a review of that board.... http://www.overclockersclub.com/reviews/sapp_790gx/
SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 in pcie2.0 16x
Re: SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 in pcie2.0 16x
the 4850X2 should run at x16 if the one PCIe slot runs at that(95% the case) the only time it would be restricted is if you are running Crossfire in a multi-Card setup, as in dual 4850X2's in which most boards would force either 16/8 or 8/8 lane operation. and its not that the cores are at x16, its the bandwidth between the card and the rest of the system (CPU/chipset primarily)
so as long as you are only running a card in one physical PCIe slot you'll be running at PCIe x16 speed, it's when you add another physical card that it commonly gets limited to x8 operation
so as long as you are only running a card in one physical PCIe slot you'll be running at PCIe x16 speed, it's when you add another physical card that it commonly gets limited to x8 operation
-Austin
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Re: SAPPHIRE 100270SR Radeon HD 4850 X2 in pcie2.0 16x
Ok i get it now. Thanks for your advice man.