290X running at pcie x2 1.1??

[byalexandr]

Most if not all GPUs nowadays have power saving settings built into the BIOS of the card. At idle the card uses less PCI-E lanes to conserve power and GPU-Z reports that in the software. There's nothing to worry about, I don't know why people keep suggesting to reseat the card and all.

[Godlygamer23]

1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Don't worry, should have quoted something solved

Please mark one of the posts as the best one to mark the thread as "Solved."

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1 minute ago, Mr.Meerkat said:

Don't worry, should have quoted something solved

 

alright.  Glad it's solved... never mind me then...

[Mr.Meerkat]

1 minute ago, Godlygamer23 said:

Please mark one of the posts as the best one to mark the thread as "Solved."

Well nothing is exactly correct so just marked the closest thing to a new motherboard as "solved"  

1 minute ago, Ryan_Vickers said:

alright.  Glad it's solved... never mind me then...

And a lovely RMA with Asus...

[Mr.Meerkat]

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Sorry for posting on this again but...after propping up the 290x with a phone case, the interface...it's back at 8x  although it's only pci-e 1.1, no stuttering in games at lease...

[Glenwing]

On 5/1/2016 at 1:25 PM, Mr.Meerkat said:

But...but...no cards idle at 2x 1.1...they idle at 1x 1.1  (just pointing out how it's 1x not 2x...)

There's nothing weird about 2x, it's a perfectly valid PCIe configuration. Here's mine card right now:

 

 

 

 

Oddly, that's my first GPU, which is the one under load right now. My second GPU, which is idle, is at x16 3.0. This is not really unusual. PCIe power management is weird, and sometimes pretty random. I doubt anything is due to the motherboard, or any changes in the configuration were due to anything you did, just random luck.