Motherboard is running Gen 2 instead of Gen 3 (SOLVED)

[lifeisasus]

Hello all,

I have a problem. I have a GTX 780 Lightning edition that is running in GEN 2. My motherboard is the asus rampage IV extreme. My processor is the i7 3930k. Any help or suggestions?

 

Thank you,

Brian

[miyabwah]

PCI-E Gens don't affect performance enough to care about. This may be due to something in the bios?

[defunkt]

3930k is sandy bridge, so you can only get gen 2.

[Mo5]

Screenshot from GPU-Z would be nice. Maybe you need a BIOS Update?

[coen113]

bios update?

[Cacao]

I also have a Rampage IV extreme, I needed to run a little tool to activate the PCI 3.0. It doesn't really affect performance but you might as well have it on, let me find it for you. 

[Levent]

3930k is sandy bridge, so you can only get gen 2.

actually SB-E seems have gen3 capabilities but it you need tweaks to to turn it on

[lifeisasus]

 http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/11/17/fq3.png

 

i hope it will work!

 

also my bios is up to date and in the bios gen 3 is checked for x4, x8, x16

 

now it is just a matter of something else that i cant figure out

[Cacao]

So here's the manual way of enabling it:

 

http://forums.evga.com/tm.aspx?&m=1607292&mpage=1

 

This is an Nvidia tool that does it automatically, but I'm not sure how well it works with the new cards.

 

http://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3135/session/L3RpbWUvMTM0MDIyMzU2OC9zaWQvaDEzbE45X2s=

[Cacao]

3930k is sandy bridge, so you can only get gen 2.

 

 

 http://gpuz.techpowerup.com/13/11/17/fq3.png

 

i hope it will work!

 

also my bios is up to date and in the bios gen 3 is checked for x4, x8, x16

 

now it is just a matter of something else that i cant figure out

The automatic tool from nvidia works for me with my titan and rampage IV extreme, so I don't see why it wouldn't work for you. Just run as admin and reboot.

 

[lifeisasus]

Thank you everyone!!!! I am now running gen 3 !!!! I know it won't change much but hey i paid for it so it better give what it is suppose to!

 

I've used the manual way but i am sure the auto way would work just fine.

 

 

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[Cacao]

Thank you everyone!!!! I am now running gen 3 !!!! I know it won't change much but hey i paid for it so it better give what it is suppose to!

 

I've used the manual way but i am sure the auto way would work just fine.

 

 

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I'm glad you got it working! Just some quick forum tips, use the quote feature so people actually get notified when you want to talk to them. Also mark the topic as solved so others will know!

[lifeisasus]

I'm glad you got it working! Just some quick forum tips, use the quote feature so people actually get notified when you want to talk to them. Also mark the topic as solved so others will know!

Thank you for your tips!!