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.
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CPU-Z version 1.44
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Processors Information
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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
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
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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
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
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.
