are you noticing low frame rates in games or 3dmark?

 

Is there A Bios setting. I've never looked myself. try resetting the CMOS maybe

also if you put another card into the black slot it slows the first PCIe slot to 6x, but not 2x Though.

 

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Originally Posted by 10acjed are you noticing low frame rates in games or 3dmark?

Only with GTA IV

on all settings low @ 800x600 is playable
But I don't really play too demanding games. Most are 2-3 years old.

benchmarks from some time ago (no oc, 2 GB RAM)
3dmark06 ~ 4900
3dmark05 ~ 10000

I have only one VGA. The black PCI-E is empty...

In BIOS the only relevant settings I found are:
Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] or [PCI/PEG]
and
PEG Port Control - with [Auto] or [Disable]

 

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Originally Posted by adFed In BIOS the only relevant settings I found are: Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] or [PCI/PEG] and PEG Port Control - with [Auto] or [Disable]

Yeah i've seen those settings, I have know idea what they do though.

you should save your OC profile if you have one and reset you CMOS.

 

Have you tried swapping your PCI-E slot? I used to have that motherboard, boy it was a pain to crossfire with

. Good luck

 

Check the BIOS to see if there is an option of " force PCIE to 1x...".

 

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Originally Posted by linskingdom Check the BIOS to see if there is an option of " force PCIE to 1x...".

There is "PEG Port Force x1", but it's set to [Disabled]
From what I found out PEG = PCI Express Graphics

 

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Originally Posted by adFed There is "PEG Port Force x1", but it's set to [Disabled] From what I found out PEG = PCI Express Graphics

Looks like you need to reset BIOS. Shut down computer, take out battery, unplug the power and wait the green light on the board is off and put the battery back.

 

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Originally Posted by linskingdom Looks like you need to reset BIOS. Shut down computer, take out battery, unplug the power and wait the green light is off and put the battery back.

That did it! Thanks linskingdom, thanks Du-z!

 

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Originally Posted by adFed That did it! Thanks linskingdom, thanks Du-z!

To easy mate

 

i have the exact same problem excep i got a hd 2600xt gddr4 and mine runes at x8 i rest cmos so many times and nothing works maybe its the pcie frequency

 

X8 is just fine, don't complain.

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Originally Posted by adFed 3dmark06 ~ 4900 3dmark05 ~ 10000

Are you using a Quad Core CPU?

The scores are way too high for such a trash like 8600GT, they'r like 8600GTS'S

 

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Originally Posted by Artas1984 X8 is just fine, don't complain. Are you using a Quad Core CPU? The scores are way too high for such a trash like 8600GT, they'r like 8600GTS'S

Hi,

I'm not using Quad. You can view my system below.
The quoted scores were made on all stock, with 2 gigs of ram.
And I wouldn't say it's trash

Quite happy with it. Ofc, there are much better cards out there (thinking of a palit HD4870, myself

), but for the time being, I'm OK with the 8600.

 

I am having a related issue with PCI-E frequency. I'm trying to Crossfire 2 ATI 4870's and I noticed in GPU-Z the second card is running at 4x as the other is running at 16x. I can't run anything that takes high bandwidth that utilizes Dual GPU. Everything lags out and 50% of the time crashes my system. I was wonderiing if there is some kind of work around to get both PCI-E running at 16x or at least 8x.

Thanks in advance if anyone can help...

I'm Running:

Intel E6850
ASUS P5KC
Patriot DDR3 1333mhz 2x2GIG
2x ATI Sapphire 4870 Crossfire

 

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Originally Posted by jeffokada81 I am having a related issue with PCI-E frequency. I'm trying to Crossfire 2 ATI 4870's and I noticed in GPU-Z the second card is running at 4x as the other is running at 16x. I can't run anything that takes high bandwidth that utilizes Dual GPU. Everything lags out and 50% of the time crashes my system. I was wonderiing if there is some kind of work around to get both PCI-E running at 16x or at least 8x. Thanks in advance if anyone can help... I'm Running: Intel E6850 ASUS P5KC Patriot DDR3 1333mhz 2x2GIG 2x ATI Sapphire 4870 Crossfire

Hi, the maximum speed of the second PCI-E slot is x4...
Cannot go with dual cards both on x16 on this board.

Sorry...

 

any sugestions on a 2x 16pci-e board... i was looking at the P5E3, it seems like an awesome board but it seens old... manufacturing date.... either that or the Maximus Extreme

 

The true 2x16-pci-ex lane boards for the 775 socket are: either an x38 or x48 (on the intel/crossfire side), or an nforce 780 or 790 (on the nvidia/sli side). Or, if you go i7, then SOME x58 boards will do either SLI or xfire (but I believe all will at least do xfire), and all have 2x16 lanes.

 

I have been searching a lot and I would like to keep a socket 775 and ATI crossfire, but when I add ddr3 to the search of motherboards, it seems I am limited to motherboards that are worth getting. Do you have any suggestions? Thinking of P5E3 by ASUS for $200. And yes, I do like overclocking for fun. Asus seems to be great at those options.

fyi: alot of x38 and x48 in Crossfire will reduce Pci-E to x8

 

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Originally Posted by jeffokada81 I have been searching a lot and I would like to keep a socket 775 and ATI crossfire, but when I add ddr3 to the search of motherboards, it seems I am limited to motherboards that are worth getting. Do you have any suggestions? Thinking of P5E3 by ASUS for $200. And yes, I do like overclocking for fun. Asus seems to be great at those options. fyi: alot of x38 and x48 in Crossfire will reduce Pci-E to x8

Yep, P5E3 is probably your best option, 2xPCIe2.0 x16, DDR3 support, and doesn't break the bank.

Although, P5Q-E (P45) probably isn't a bad option either, to save a big wad of cash.. The black PCIe slot is x8, but it's also v2.0, so consider that it's as fast as a PCIe 1.1 x16 slot, and you eliminate a LOT of bottleneck (vs your current 1.1 x4 slot). You can use your existing DDR2 also, so you won't have the extra expense of DDR3 (which is quite spendy).

I've considered Crossfire of HD4870 also, but since I run a P35 chipset also, my 2nd slot is limited to x4, so after looking at some chipset comparison reviews, found that it's not really good for anything but sound cards or a RAID controller.

 

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Originally Posted by d0gZpAw Yep, P5E3 is probably your best option, 2xPCIe2.0 x16, DDR3 support, and doesn't break the bank. Although, P5Q-E (P45) probably isn't a bad option either, to save a big wad of cash.. The black PCIe slot is x8, but it's also v2.0, so consider that it's as fast as a PCIe 1.1 x16 slot, and you eliminate a LOT of bottleneck (vs your current 1.1 x4 slot). You can use your existing DDR2 also, so you won't have the extra expense of DDR3 (which is quite spendy). I've considered Crossfire of HD4870 also, but since I run a P35 chipset also, my 2nd slot is limited to x4, so after looking at some chipset comparison reviews, found that it's not really good for anything but sound cards or a RAID controller.

Yeah, i was checking out the p5q-e but have ddr3 existing and I might as well be up-to-date with PCI-E x16 2.0 ... so yup, looks like i'm going P5E3. I would have gone with Asus Maximus Extreme but they put the stupid sound adapter spack in the middle of the board so wouldn't be able to run dual 4870. It would be in the way.