Video card slot changed = Crappy frames.

[DocHoliday19]

OK so i woke up the other morning and turned on my computer, It tried booting up but failed, didnt even see the mobo logo screen. Just blackness. All the fans were on high and it was stuck in the self test phase. After a bunch of trouble shooting i moved my EVGA 8600gts from the first PCIE slot to the second slot on my abit IP35 pro. That seemed to work. So i moved the card back to the slot it wasnt working in just to test and the pc wont boot up at all. After all this i go to play COD4 and COD5 and i get terrible FPS from the 100's to about 25 and is pretty unplayable. So why would just moving the card from 1 slot to the 2nd give me terrible FPS? Should i contact abit for an RMA since my mobo is under warranty? (although their site has been down all weeked)..

Any ideas would be great. Thanks

 

[Fat.Clown]

Newegg.com - ABIT IP35 Pro LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

PCI Express x16 1 x PCI-E X16, 1 x PCI-E X16 (x4 bandwidth)

2nd slot has quarter of bandwidth of your 1st slot

 

[DocHoliday19]

Pic Newegg.com - Computer Parts, PC Components, Laptop Computers, Digital Cameras and more!

Hmmm the broken slot is the PCI-Ex16 slot (blue). The slot the card is in now is the PCI-Ex16x4(black) Shouldnt the x4 slot the card is in now be the faster slot?

 

[gurusan]

no. the 2nd slot is electrically limited to x4. Your card is starved for bandwidth.

RMA the mobo.