CreepieDeCrapper
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Ahh, it's coming together in my mind now, thanks for the thorough explanation, Skott. Although, I am one of those users who will be gaming on a 24" LCD @ 1920x1200. So I have some decisions to make about my new build:Originally posted by: Skott
I saw that 16x speed in my manual and didnt look at the next section down where it says 8x each. My bad and i do apologize. if i'm not mistaken though they work individually as 8x but work out as 16x overall. If I understand the explanation of it correctly. But the thing is though tests have proven that the only time you are going to see 16x/32x performing better than 8x/16x is in resolutions over 1600x1200. Testing showed little to no gain at 1600x1200 or less resolutions. And since I personally dont plan to use a LCD higher than 1680x1050 I'm not going to worry about it nor should anyone else IMO. The 8x/16x architecture hasnt even been fully maxxed out yet. So 16x/32x isnt really all that much as of yet except for those with really really big monitors(24"+). To be honest I dont think the manufacturers are all that concerned about 16x/32x acchitecture yet anyway. If they were all new mobos with dual cards would have 16x/32x pcie slots. This current rig will only have one card in it anyway so its going to run 16x in single card mode.
1. I can purchase a single video card for now, and a decent (non-dual PCIe) mobo, and then add the additional video card and upgrade the mobo once they finally release a 16x/32x version. It just means over the next couple months I'll have less than top-notch performance, plus I'll be spending more money as I'll be buying 2 motherboards.
2. Or I can just go ahead and get the P5W DH Deluxe and the second video card now, and hope that the 8x/16x architecture is fast enough for my gaming needs/resolution.
I need to spend some more time reading up on gaming benchmarks, particularly for Oblivion since that will be my primary game for a long time.
Thanks again, Skott and cmdrdredd!