Motherboard Slot for Video Card Help

I am playing with the idea of getting a new Video Card just because the one I have is old. I was looking at my MB. I have two PCIE 16X slots. One of them is black and one is blue. My current card is in a blue one. 90% of the slots are blue so the black one leads me to believe it would be faster. There is nothing in my manual to give me any info and I saw nothing on the MB to indicate anything. Anyone have any idea why one is black and one is blue? Thanks

Use the top slot closest to the cpu

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bigmck said:

I am playing with the idea of getting a new Video Card just because the one I have is old. I was looking at my MB. I have two PCIE 16X slots. One of them is black and one is blue. My current card is in a blue one. 90% of the slots are blue so the black one leads me to believe it would be faster. There is nothing in my manual to give me any info and I saw nothing on the MB to indicate anything. Anyone have any idea why one is black and one is blue? Thanks

From page 9 in your Asus P8Z68-V LX manual - under expansion slots .

2 X PCI Express 2.0x16 slots (Blue@ X16 mode , black@ x4 mode ..

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bigmck said:

I am playing with the idea of getting a new Video Card just because the one I have is old. I was looking at my MB. I have two PCIE 16X slots. One of them is black and one is blue. My current card is in a blue one. 90% of the slots are blue so the black one leads me to believe it would be faster. There is nothing in my manual to give me any info and I saw nothing on the MB to indicate anything. Anyone have any idea why one is black and one is blue? Thanks

From page 9 in your Asus P8Z68-V LX manual - under expansion slots .

2 X PCI Express 2.0x16 slots (Blue@ X16 mode , black@ x4 mode ..

Thank you very much.

bigmck said:

Total said:

bigmck said:

I am playing with the idea of getting a new Video Card just because the one I have is old. I was looking at my MB. I have two PCIE 16X slots. One of them is black and one is blue. My current card is in a blue one. 90% of the slots are blue so the black one leads me to believe it would be faster. There is nothing in my manual to give me any info and I saw nothing on the MB to indicate anything. Anyone have any idea why one is black and one is blue? Thanks

From page 9 in your Asus P8Z68-V LX manual - under expansion slots .

2 X PCI Express 2.0x16 slots (Blue@ X16 mode , black@ x4 mode ..

Thank you very much.

Np , happy to help . I like the asus boards too , they are rock solid ..