I have a pny 8800gts 320mb and a ASUS M2N-E SLI AM2 NVIDIA nForce 500 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard. My graphics card is currently running at x8 and I want it to run at a full x16 speed. Any suggestions or solutions are appreciated, thanks. Here are some specs if needed... I highlited in red my video card part. ------------------------- CPU-Z version 1.44 ------------------------- Processors Map ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Number of processors 1 Number of threads 2 Processor 0 -- Core 0 -- Thread 0 -- Core 1 -- Thread 0 Processors Information ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Processor 1 (ID = 0) Number of cores 2 (max 2) Number of threads 2 (max 2) Name AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ Codename Windsor Specification AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ Package Socket AM2 (940) CPUID F.3.3 Extended CPUID F.43 Brand ID 4 Core Stepping JH-F3 Technology 90 nm Core Speed 3015.6 MHz (15.0 x 201.0 MHz) HT Link speed 1005.2 MHz Stock frequency 3000 MHz Instructions sets MMX (+), 3DNow! (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64 L1 Data cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L1 Instruction cache 2 x 64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64-byte line size L2 cache 2 x 1024 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64-byte line size FID/VID Control yes max FID 15.0x max VID 1.450 V Features XD, VT K8 Thermal sensor yes K8 Revision ID 5.3 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 0 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 1 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 2 Attached device PCI device at bus 0, device 24, function 3 Chipset ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Northbridge NVIDIA nForce4 rev. A3 Southbridge NVIDIA nForce4 MCP rev. F3 Graphic Interface PCI-Express PCI-E Link Width x8 PCI-E Max Link Width x16 Memory Type DDR2 Memory Size 2048 MBytes Channels Dual Memory Frequency 376.9 MHz (CPU/8) CAS# 5.0 RAS# to CAS# 5 RAS# Precharge 5 Cycle Time (tRAS) 15 Bank Cycle Time (tRC) 23 Command Rate 2T Memory SPD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DIMM #1 General Memory type DDR2 Module format Regular UDIMM Manufacturer (ID) OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000) Size 1024 MBytes Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz) Part number OCZ2VU8001G Serial number FFFFFFFF Manufacturing date Week 165/Year 165 Attributes Number of banks 2 Data width 64 bits Correction None Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts EPP no XMP no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 266 333 400 CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5 5 RAS# Precharge 4 5 5 TRAS 10 13 15 TRC 15 19 23 DIMM #2 General Memory type DDR2 Module format Regular UDIMM Manufacturer (ID) OCZ (7F7F7F7FB0000000) Size 1024 MBytes Max bandwidth PC2-6400 (400 MHz) Part number OCZ2VU8001G Serial number FFFFFFFF Manufacturing date Week 165/Year 165 Attributes Number of banks 2 Data width 64 bits Correction None Nominal Voltage 1.80 Volts EPP no XMP no Timings table Frequency (MHz) 266 333 400 CAS# 3.0 4.0 5.0 RAS# to CAS# delay 4 5 5 RAS# Precharge 4 5 5 TRAS 10 13 15 TRC 15 19 23
No, its in the top blue one. I dunno if this makes any difference, but I also have another video card in the x16 express slot under it, a 7950 512. They are not in sli so I dont think that has anything to do with it... would a bios update help?
Ummm why do you have another video card in that slot? I think that might be the issue. Anyway it's nothing to worry about, it won't impact your performance.
I have three monitors going, so I had to add another video card. And it wont affect the performace at all if its at x8?
