Difference between AMD and Intel?

[veg1992]

That's exactly what it means.

 

[Night Fox]

I don't understand what it means....could you perhaps....dumb it up a little bit

 

[Hefemeister]

It means if you have 1 card you get x16 speed and if you have 2 cards they each have x8 speeds.

Keep in mind that the board you have will only run 2 ati cards in crossfirex, 1 ati or 1 nvidia card. It will not run 2 nvidia cards in sli. Since ati is better bang for your buck right now that is not a problem. If you did want sli you would need to choose another board.

 

[Antec-User]

^^ What he said...

The PCIE 8's are the smaller sockets, the PCIE x16's are the larger ones.. 2.0 is just the series (IIRC)..

 

[Night Fox]

I think I might understand it...so I could have two of these graphics cards: Newegg.com - POWERCOLOR AX4850 1GBD3-PH Radeon HD 4850 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards and plug them into the PCIe 2.0 x 16 slots but they'd just be running at x8 each?

Would a normal SLI or crossfire run at x16 each?

Why can I only run crossfire and not SLI?

 

[Muffin Man]

The PCIE 8's are the smaller sockets, the PCIE x16's are the larger ones.. 2.0 is just the series (IIRC)..

arent the smaller slots supposed to be pci-e x1?

my understanding is that if you use just one of the x16 slots, the full bandwidth will be available to the card.
by using dual gfx cards and using both the x16 slots, the available bandwidth will go down to half (x8) for both slots.

but you should only notice a few fps in gameplay difference by running cards at x8/x8 vs mobos that support full x16/x16 for dual cards.

you can only run xfire on that asus mobo you linked because it has an amd chipset.

you need a mobo with an nvidia chipset,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131367
intel p55 chipset,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131405&cm_re=p55-_-13-131-405-_-Product
x58 (which supports both xfire and sli)
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...3188039&cm_re=evga_x58-_-13-188-039-_-Product
and some other intel chipsets that support sli but i dont know them.

 

[Yami]

arent the smaller slots supposed to be pci-e x1?

my understanding is that if you use just one of the x16 slots, the full bandwidth will be available to the card.
by using dual gfx cards and using both the x16 slots, the available bandwidth will go down to half (x8) for both slots.

Indeed, this is correct. x8 is the speed, not the size of the slot.

 

[aliasaid]

could you perhaps....dumb it up a little bit

Ok. So i know what dumbing down is, but what is dumbing up?

 

[Night Fox]

Lol. I have no idea...I meant down but apparently I was thinking up...

Thanks for the input everyone. I think I'm ready to put up all the parts to make sure they're compatible. Here they are:

Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811112218

Processor: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103656

Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128392&cm_re=am3_770-_-13-128-392-_-Product

Graphics Card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814131163

Power Supply: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341016

Memory: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231193

DVD Burner: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827118030

Hard Drive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136073


I just need to make sure they're compatible and I need to make sure the cooling is sufficient. I'm thinking this case may be too compact. I mean, if you look at the pictures, the case and everything is backwards...the case opens on the wrong side, the power supply is on the lower front (i believe...nowhere else for it to go...tell me if im wrong)...and I can't see where they think the 2nd fan is. Anyway, I'd appreciate any input or suggestions on this.

 

[Antec-User]

Ok. So i know what dumbing down is, but what is dumbing up?

I think that's when you are supposed to make something MORE complicated than it actually is.. "seeing as X3 = X.X.X that would mean that (x+3)3 would be X3+21." Uuuugh, and so fourth...