i've seen so many benchmarks etc. about dual x8 vs dual x16 and i've gotten so many different results.
i recently bought a 4850 and i'm using it on my pci-e 1.0 motherboard at the moment. (which is performing amazingly well. runs crysis very high and is totally playable.) gpu-z says i'm getting 67.2 GB/sec bandwidth. i don't have anything to compare that to though, is that good/bad?
i'm looking to get a 4850 crossfire setup and was looking at this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130172
which runs x8/x8. it's really cheap for a pci-e 2.0 board, but would it be worth it to get a board that runs x16/x16?
the x16/x16 ones i've seen are basically twice as much. is it worth it?
OR
if i don't go the crossfire route would it even be worth it to buy a new motherboard to upgrade to pci-e 2.0?
thanks
i recently bought a 4850 and i'm using it on my pci-e 1.0 motherboard at the moment. (which is performing amazingly well. runs crysis very high and is totally playable.) gpu-z says i'm getting 67.2 GB/sec bandwidth. i don't have anything to compare that to though, is that good/bad?
i'm looking to get a 4850 crossfire setup and was looking at this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813130172
which runs x8/x8. it's really cheap for a pci-e 2.0 board, but would it be worth it to get a board that runs x16/x16?
the x16/x16 ones i've seen are basically twice as much. is it worth it?
OR
if i don't go the crossfire route would it even be worth it to buy a new motherboard to upgrade to pci-e 2.0?
thanks