[noobclocker1277]

http://www.digitalpromo.co.uk/asrock...il-p-4888.html

as it says the white pci-e slot is x16 and the purple is x4. what sort of performance would this give me over x8 x8? thanks you

i also have th choice of

Asus P5KC
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...?code=MBA-P5KC

and

Asrock P45TurboTwins2000
http://www.eclipsecomputers.com/prod...ode=MBA-P45TUR

main difference is the asus is 16x4x and the asrock will be 8x8x

(found some more money)

 

[iSlayer]

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Originally Posted by noobclocker1277 http://www.digitalpromo.co.uk/asrock...il-p-4888.html as it says the white pci-e slot is x16 and the purple is x4. what sort of performance would this give me over x8 x8? thanks you

It'll depend on the GPU.

 

[Pringlecks]

Bench it both ways. I'd imagine X8 X8 but like iSlayer said, a lot depends on the GPU.

 

[iSlayer]

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Originally Posted by Pringlecks Bench it both ways. I'd imagine X8 X8 but like iSlayer said, a lot depends on the GPU.

IE: http://www.overclock.net/hardware-ne...-5870-pci.html

 

[noobclocker1277]

i would probly be running 2 x 4850's

 

[Bal3Wolf]

you wont notice any perf loss running 8x 8x its like 1-2% perf loss with a 5xxx series.

 

[iSlayer]

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Originally Posted by noobclocker1277 i would probly be running 2 x 4850's

I'm not sure that a 4850 would saturate a x4 lane because of the fact that a 5870 only begins to have a performance drop in between x2 and x8, and its quite a bit more power demanding. Although, testing it would be a good idea

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If what I think is correct, you should be looking at the same performance as 2x4850s in x16/x16.

 

[Pringlecks]

I can remember seeing many banchmarks where a noticeable drop in performance was only seen at the x4 level and beyond.

 

[noobclocker1277]

i am asking because i am looking at the mobo in the link at the top which is about £55. to get a mobo with 8x 8x i would need to spend over £100 so just seeing if i would see any great difference if i send the extra

 

[iSlayer]

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Originally Posted by noobclocker1277 i am asking because i am looking at the mobo in the link at the top which is about £55. to get a mobo with 8x 8x i would need to spend over £100 so just seeing if i would see any great difference if i send the extra

My personal thoughts are that you'd be just fine.

If you decide to follow what i'm saying and things turn out for the worse, then you can sell your 2 4850s here/elsewhere and then pick up a better GPU and just take full advantage of the x16 lane.

 

[DesertRat]

at least w/ a 5870 it's not too much of an issue: http://techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/H...caling/25.html

I really wouldn't recommend going w/ the board you have picked, but that's just me. ASrock isn't known for their product quality, and often the board w/ all the nifty unique extra feature have issues. Might be as little as VERY limited OCing, to compatibility issues or glitchy bioses. That's just my feelings on that anyway.

 

[iSlayer]

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Originally Posted by DesertRat at least w/ a 5870 it's not too much of an issue: http://techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/H...caling/25.html I really wouldn't reccomend going w/ the board you have picked, but that's just me. ASrock isn't known for their product quality, and often the board w/ all the nifty unique extra feature have issues. Might be as little as VERY limited OCing, to compatibility issues or glitchy bioses. That's just my feelings on that anyway.

lol I already posted that lol.

 

[noobclocker1277]

this upgrade will only last me till end of year so i don't want to spend more than i have too. thats why i am doing it this way. plus i guess i could sell them both if it don't work

 

[DesertRat]

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Originally Posted by iSlayer lol I already posted that lol.

Sorry about that. I hate it when people do that to me, so have a rep. plus, it's a very useful link.

There is one thing to note however. IIRC the P35 chipset uses PCIe 1.1, which is half the theoretical bandwidth of PCIe 2.0. so 1.1 x16=x8 pcie2.0, theoretically anyway.

So 4x pcie 1.1 may well have a noticeable performance impact.

 

[noobclocker1277]

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Originally Posted by DesertRat Sorry about that. I hate it when people do that to me, so have a rep. plus, it's a very useful link. There is one thing to note however. IIRC the P35 chipset uses PCIe 1.1, which is half the theoretical bandwidth of PCIe 2.0. so 1.1 x16=x8 pcie2.0, theoretically anyway. So 4x pcie 1.1 may well have a noticeable performance impact.

:'( you guys just don't want me to be happy do you? lol

 

[DesertRat]

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Originally Posted by noobclocker1277 :'( you guys just don't want me to be happy do you? lol

Quite the opposite. Would you rather have us feed you false info and find out later that you could be getting much better performance if you had gotten a different board?

I really don't know what mobo prices are like in the UK, but here at least for awhile newegg had a foxconn P45 mobo on for around $70 USD, was quite a high end mobo for the money. The only complaint I could find in reviews was that it was too expensive when it was originally released.

 

[noobclocker1277]

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Originally Posted by DesertRat Quite the opposite. Would you rather have us feed you false info and find out later that you could be getting much better performance if you had gotten a different board?

i put lol at the end. i was only joking, i post my questions here because i know i will get honest answers, and i thank you all for that

also could you post alink to that mobo for me?

 

[DesertRat]

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Originally Posted by noobclocker1277 i put lol at the end. i was only joking, i post my questions here because i know i will get honest answers, and i thank you all for that also could you post alink to that mobo for me?

Here's the newegg link: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...=foxconn%20ela

I did also find it on a different UK e-tailer

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showpr...odid=MB-018-FC

 

[noobclocker1277]

that is a good mobo but it dosen't support ddr3 which is kind of a must as i don't want to have to buy more ram just yet

 

[DesertRat]

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Originally Posted by noobclocker1277 that is a good mobo but it dosen't support ddr3 which is kind of a must as i don't want to have to buy more ram just yet

I didn't even pay attention to that. My apologies.

I assumed that since you had an LGA775 chip that you were still on DDR2. Figured you were looking @ the ASrock for "future proof-ness"

Yeah... my mind wasn't there at all. sorry 'bout that. lol.