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HD 4350 showing 8x, why?

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JerryL

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I don't game so I'm not worried that anything I do graphics wise is going to hit a bottleneck but I have an MSI P45 platinum board which has 2 pci-e slots, individually they are 16x each and reorder to 8x + 8x when used in crossfire mode. When I check cpu-z and gpu-z they both show my 4350 as 8x with 16x max. it doesn't matter which slot I use . Any ideas would be appreciated.
 
Could be an issue with the software getting the right reading. My computer is doing the same. Using the 9.11 drivers, everything reported normally. Installed the 9.12, and now it's at 8x. Nothing changed hardware wise, so I have no concerns.
 
If it says 8x with 16x max, it's probably just running at a reduced speed in the 2-d environment to save power usage. I would open up something that taxes it a little bit, then open up the diagnostic programs while the other one is open and see what they say.
 
Hmm interesting..ATI control center uses different terms but still shows an 8x. I'm also using catalyst 9.12 I don't know what it reported under the previous version..hmm

why does it matter if you don't game?
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Why do people need 350 hp cars who don't race? :) I'm just curious to know that it's running correctly..who knows I may get a wild hair and play a game...albeit, not too great on this card.

I've tried to load a demo game but I've had bad luck twice and they wouldn't install on Win7 64, any suggestions on what to download?
 
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You could always just look through the demos on steam. Download what ever strikes your fancy. There's tons of demos on there.
 
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