PCIE Question here

[Nastidon]

Alright here is the problem, I have an ASrock Sock 775Dual-VSTA with one AGP 8x slot, and one PCIE slot, now I remember reading somewhere that it is an 16x slot. I also have a Geforce 8600 GTS PCIE graphics card, which doesn't say which speed it is running at for PCIE, my problem is, I know it should be running at 16x, but when I look at the system information through the Nvidia control panel, it says PCI Express x4, now how can I either 1. Change it to where it is supposed to be at, because I would imagine I would get a significant performance boost, or 2. Overclock?

Thanks for the help.

[honvetops]

    
Formfaktor:    ATX
Chipsatz:    VIA PT880 Pro/Ultra Chipset
Unterstützte Prozessoren:    Intel® Core 2 Duo/ Pentium® XE / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 / Celeron® D,
Steckplätze:    4 x PCI
Unterstützter Speicher:    2 x DDR PC266/333/400 oder 2 x DDR2 PC533/667
Onboard-Controller IDE/SATA/SCSI:    2x UDMA 133, 2x SATA150
Grafikschnittstelle:    1x AGP 4x/8x oder 1 x PCIe 16x
Onboard Grafik:    n/a
Sound/Typ:    Realtek ALC888 7.1

THE ABOVE SAYS  THE AGP  is  4x    not  the  PCI-E    If your  bios is able yes, you could overclock the gpu  but  I don't think  you'll need to......

[Nastidon]

That is my point, I'm not concerned about the AGP slot, I now have a PCIE card, and it should be running at PCIE 16x, but the Nvidia Control Panel reports only PCIE 4x, this should not be, and I can't figure out how to correct it.

[Jess607]

That is my point, I'm not concerned about the AGP slot, I now have a PCIE card, and it should be running at PCIE 16x, but the Nvidia Control Panel reports only PCIE 4x, this should not be, and I can't figure out how to correct it.

Your motherboard only supports PCIE x4. Next time, check the specs.