HD 7770 crossfire in x16 x4?

[Finglandia8]

Will I be bottle necking the 2nd card If I run it in an x16 slot at 4x speed. I've already got it so please don't tell me to get an HD 7870! Thanks!

 

[ksham]

Not really. You may lose like 5-10% performance. That said, I do not recommend it. CrossFire HD 7770 is already weak in general. If I were you, I'd try to sell the HD 7770 and upgrade to a better card. The CrossFire is weaker than a single GTX 660 or a single HD 7870,

 

[Finglandia8]

Here are some of the games that I play: Dirt 1,2,3 and showdown bf3 mw3 Crysis 2 and starcraft 2. And in these games the crossfire set up cripples most of the higher end cards and is only 5 FPS away from the 7970 in dirt 3 at ultra in 1080p. By the way I'm 14 so I'm not some enthusiast or anything.

 

[Finglandia8]

So yeah do you think I could run those at ultra 1080p?

 

[ksham]

At what resolution?

 

[JackNaylorPE]

Here's some pre-Z77 info

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/pci-express-scaling-p67-chipset-gaming-performance,2887-10.html
http://www.overclock.net/t/967533/crossfire-x16-x4-vs-x8-x8-comparison