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What is PCIe 3.0 x16 @ PCIe 1.0 x16?

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Hello! 

My graphics card is Palit GeForce GT 640 1GB, and it should normally run at PCIe 3.0 x16, but when I look into BIOS it says: PCIe 3.0 x16 @ PCIe 1.0 x16. 

 

In Windows 10, GPU-Z says: PCIe x16 3.0 @ PCIe x16 1.1. 

 

My PC:

1. Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master (Latest BIOS version: F11c)

2. CPU: Intel i7-9700K

3. 32GB DDR4-2666

 

Is there a way to make it run at PCIe 3.0 x16?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, NDRE said:

Hello! 

My graphics card is Palit GeForce GT 640 1GB, and it should normally run at PCIe 3.0 x16, but when I look into BIOS it says: PCIe 3.0 x16 @ PCIe 1.0 x16. 

 

In Windows 10, GPU-Z says: PCI x16 3.0 @ PCIe x16 1.1. 

 

My PC:

1. Motherboard: Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Master (Latest BIOS version: F11c)

2. CPU: Intel i7-9700K

3. 32GB DDR4-2666

 

Is there a way to make it run at PCIe 3.0 x16?

 

 

run the render test in GPU-Z. it's right by the info box. 

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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bandwidth is cut to reduce power, since the card is at idle. when gaming, it'll be @PCIe x16 3.0

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5 minutes ago, Fasauceome said:

bandwidth is cut to reduce power, since the card is at idle. when gaming, it'll be @PCIe x16 3.0

this is correct. GPU-Z should tell him this in the little tool tip, or in the render test.

We can't Benchmark like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to shove more GPUs in your computer. Like the time I needed to NV-Link, because I needed a higher HeavenBench score, so I did an SLI, which is what they called NV-Link back in the day. So, I decided to put two GPUs in my computer, which was the style at the time. Now, to add another GPU to your computer, costs a new PSU. Now in those days PSUs said OCZ on them, "Gimme 750W OCZs for an SLI" you'd say. Now where were we? Oh yeah, the important thing was that I had two GPUs in my rig, which was the style at the time! They didn't have RGB PSUs at the time, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big green ones. 

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1 hour ago, VioDuskar said:

run the render test in GPU-Z. it's right by the info box. 

Thank you! 

Yes, by running the render test, the bus interface changes to: 

PCIe x16 3.0 @ x16 3.0. 

 

 

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