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Be careful with these older boards. Some might be PCIe 3.0 making your GPU and NVMe dog slow.
by alecco 10mo ago
Be careful with these older boards. Some might be PCIe 3.0 making your GPU and NVMe dog slow.
- ls612 10mo agoEven like 2016 vintage boards were PCIe 4.0 so I don’t think this is a huge issue?
- alecco 10mo agoThe article mentions AM4 boards and many of those are PCIe 3.0. https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/ilz8v6/which_am4_motherboards_have_pcie_40/?rdt=32938 https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/ilz8v6/which_am4_... Chipset PCIe Version Supported X570 PCIe 4.0 (both GPU/NVMe) B550 PCIe 4.0 (GPU/NVMe; other lanes are PCIe 3.0) A520 PCIe 3.0 X470 PCIe 3.0 B450 PCIe 3.0 X370 PCIe 3.0 B350 PCIe 3.0 A320 PCIe 3.0
- windowsrookie 10mo agoConsidering the final PCIe 4.0 spec was released in June 2017 that seems improbable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express AMD didn't even support PCIe 4.0 until 2019 with Zen 2, Intel in 2020 with tiger lake.
- Hikikomori 10mo agoDoesn't matter for gaming at least.
- alecco 10mo agoNVIDIA models 4060/5050/5060 have only 8 PCIe lanes. Combine that with PCIe 3.0 and it becomes a problem.
- polyterative 10mo agois PCIe 4 fine?
- AnotherGoodName 10mo agoX8 3.0 vs x8 4.0 and x8 5.0 benchmark comparisons. https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-ti-pci-express-x8-scaling https://www.techpowerup.com/review/nvidia-geforce-rtx-5060-t... I'll let others judge for themselves, personally I'd be tempted to get an x16 GPU since the 5800X3D is actually very near top of the line and the GPU should match the CPU imho but in general even the worst case of x8 GPU on a PCIE 3.0 motherboard doesn't seem to be the end of the world
- alecco 10mo agoI stand corrected, at least for gaming. I got burned in the past by 3.0 but it was for data processing.
- whatevaa 10mo agoDefinetly not dog slow as long as your gpu is x16.
- Asmod4n 10mo agoPCIe 3.0 x16 is enough for up to a ~5080, you only lose single digit percent fps.
- justsomehnguy 10mo agoNot a problem for MWLL - it's still the Crysis engine anyway. But seriously, claiming "dog slow" is certainly an overstatement. You lose some of the top performance, not below - and it's still ~4/16GB/s
- Caius-Cosades 10mo agoMechwarrior Living Legends my belowed.