Third PCIe Slot x8 If i run just 1 Card?

va4leo · Oct 28, 2010

i want to get the Arctic Xtreme Plus GPU Cooler. The problem is the sheer size. The only way i can fit the card with the cooler onto my Rampage II Extreme is if i have my 9600GT in Slot 1, Sound card in Slot 2 and the 480 in the third slot (after moving my PSU).

My question is this, will the PCIe slot be an x8 slot then and what are the consequences if this is the case?

newtekie1 · Oct 28, 2010

Will it run as x8? Yes.

What are the consequences? About 1-2% performance loss.

Why not just drop the 9600GT?

va4leo · Oct 28, 2010

Since it is cooler, I would be OCing....would that negate the loss in performance?

va4leo · Oct 28, 2010

newtekie1 said:
Why not just drop the 9600GT?

2 reasons...

1... it can help with PhysX which i do not use it much for... however

2.... It folds. Just udner 3000ppd, but it folds.

So unless i can get the 480 to give me 16000 ppd (would that be possible with OC and Cooling?), its not worth killing the 9600.

newtekie1 · Oct 28, 2010

With the GTX480 there will be no difference in PhysX if you remove the 9600GT. I ran a 9600GT with my GTX470, and got the exact same performance with or without the 9600GT. The GTX480/470 are powerful enough to run PhysX by themselves.

As for folding, I don't see why you couldn't get around 16000PPD with the GTX480. My GTX470 overclocked gets about 15000PPD.

[Ion] · Oct 28, 2010

I'd just run the GTS480 @ x8, I doubt you'd notice the performance hit in games, and it would do nothing to FAH performance

va4leo · Oct 28, 2010

Kool. Thanks for advise. Ill see what happens when the cooler actually makes it into stores WITH the brackets! xD

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System Name	Hector v1.0
Processor	Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz @ 4.209GHz
Motherboard	Rampage II Extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100
Memory	12GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 580 Vanilla under an Arctic Cooling Xtreme Plus
Storage	2x 1TB Samsung 7200 RPM RAID0 + 2x 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 RAID0
Display(s)	Acer GD245HQ
Case	HAF932
Audio Device(s)	Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Power Supply	Coolermaster 1000W Real Power M Active PSU
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark11 P6115 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/525931

System Name	Hector v1.0
Processor	Intel Core i7 920 2.67GHz @ 4.209GHz
Motherboard	Rampage II Extreme
Cooling	Corsair H100
Memory	12GB Corsair XMS3 1600MHz
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 580 Vanilla under an Arctic Cooling Xtreme Plus
Storage	2x 1TB Samsung 7200 RPM RAID0 + 2x 60GB OCZ Vertex 2 RAID0
Display(s)	Acer GD245HQ
Case	HAF932
Audio Device(s)	Creative Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Power Supply	Coolermaster 1000W Real Power M Active PSU
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Benchmark Scores	3DMark11 P6115 http://3dmark.com/3dm11/525931

Processor	Intel Core i7 10850K@5.2GHz
Motherboard	AsRock Z470 Taichi
Cooling	Corsair H115i Pro w/ Noctua NF-A14 Fans
Memory	32GB DDR4-3600
Video Card(s)	RTX 2070 Super
Storage	500GB SX8200 Pro + 8TB with 1TB SSD Cache
Display(s)	Acer Nitro VG280K 4K 28"
Case	Fractal Design Define S
Audio Device(s)	Onboard is good enough for me
Power Supply	eVGA SuperNOVA 1000w G3
Software	Windows 10 Pro x64

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