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| 06 Dec 2010 | #1 |
| | switch card What is a VGA switch card and what does it do? I was looking into getting a new mobo, Asus M4A89GTD Pro. In the specs it and parts list, there is this VGA switch card. |
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| 06 Dec 2010 | #2 |
| | It makes sure the other PCI-Express 2.0 slot runs @ full 16x. |
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| 06 Dec 2010 | #3 |
| | Well, I did not know either what it is for. But here someone posted the answer: Quote: Ok, having looked at the manual, I can see what its for. The "Switch card" is a slot terminator. You put it in the 2nd PCI-e 16x slot to disable it and make the 1st slot use all 16 lanes. Two PCI-Express2.0 x16@8 lane graphic slot offer 4Gbyte/sec data transfer rate at each relative direction and up to 8Gbyte/sec concurrent bandwidth at full speed. Looks to me like the default set up is to have the 2 PCI-e slots in a split 2 x 8 lane configuration, ie Crossfire mode. If youre only using 1 card, put in the Switch and youll get all 16 lanes for your 1 card. |
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| 06 Dec 2010 | #4 |
| | Thanks guys...really answered my questions.... |
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| 06 Dec 2010 | #5 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by bassfisher6522  Thanks guys...really answered my questions.... Thanks for the rep btw. |
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