I currently have an overclocked 760 and have a friend who is getting a new graphics card soon. He doesn't have room to keep his old card, so he agreed to give me his old 550ti. Now, because I have a low end motherboard, I have 1 PCI 3.0 x16 slot, 2 PCI 1.0 x16 slots, and 1 PCI 2.0 x4 slot. I have my 760 in the 3.0 slot. I also have read that the 550ti won't be bottlenecked by the PCI 1.0 x16 slot. (Cooling of the 760 is not a problem.)
My Mobo: Newegg
5 Questions:
1: If I put the 550ti in a 1.0 x16 slot, will it be bottlenecked?
2: If I use the 550ti for physX, will it help me (I play games with physX)?
3: Do I have to put my two monitors on the 760 or can I put my main one (1080p) on the 760 and the smaller one (1280 x 1024) on the 550ti?
4: As my 760 is on the edge of overclocking stability (10-20 mhz more and it's unstable) will having another card making it slightly hotter cause instability problems?
5: On my motherboard (MicroATX) there are 6 standoffs, but when I installed it, I missed the very bottom right standoff. I didn't think anything of it at the time because there was a standoff below my only gpu. However adding a 550ti on the 3rd slot (from the top) would put a lot of load on the one standoff on the right. Do I need that standoff? Is there a way to put a standoff in without taking the rest of the mobo out? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sirflankalot
My Mobo: Newegg
5 Questions:
1: If I put the 550ti in a 1.0 x16 slot, will it be bottlenecked?
2: If I use the 550ti for physX, will it help me (I play games with physX)?
3: Do I have to put my two monitors on the 760 or can I put my main one (1080p) on the 760 and the smaller one (1280 x 1024) on the 550ti?
4: As my 760 is on the edge of overclocking stability (10-20 mhz more and it's unstable) will having another card making it slightly hotter cause instability problems?
5: On my motherboard (MicroATX) there are 6 standoffs, but when I installed it, I missed the very bottom right standoff. I didn't think anything of it at the time because there was a standoff below my only gpu. However adding a 550ti on the 3rd slot (from the top) would put a lot of load on the one standoff on the right. Do I need that standoff? Is there a way to put a standoff in without taking the rest of the mobo out? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Sirflankalot