D davidst95 Distinguished Apr 4, 2008 170 0 18,680 Feb 24, 2014 #1 Hi, I have an Asus lower end motherboard. I'm running two GTX 670 on PCI 2.0 x8 slots. Will running them on a motherboard that has PCI 3.0 with x8 or x16 slots improve performance? Thanks. David
Hi, I have an Asus lower end motherboard. I'm running two GTX 670 on PCI 2.0 x8 slots. Will running them on a motherboard that has PCI 3.0 with x8 or x16 slots improve performance? Thanks. David
Solution brarboy Feb 25, 2014 there will hardly be any noticeable perform rise(say about 0-2%) Here is case with SLI of gtx 680 reviews regarding PCI Express 2.0 vs 3.0: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/3#.UwyBAKLDAdU Here is another case from anandtech in reviews of titan sli: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7089/geforce-gtx-titan-twoway-sli-scaling-pcie-2-vs-pcie-3
there will hardly be any noticeable perform rise(say about 0-2%) Here is case with SLI of gtx 680 reviews regarding PCI Express 2.0 vs 3.0: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/3#.UwyBAKLDAdU Here is another case from anandtech in reviews of titan sli: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7089/geforce-gtx-titan-twoway-sli-scaling-pcie-2-vs-pcie-3
brarboy Honorable Jan 13, 2014 2,122 0 12,460 Feb 25, 2014 Solution #2 there will hardly be any noticeable perform rise(say about 0-2%) Here is case with SLI of gtx 680 reviews regarding PCI Express 2.0 vs 3.0: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/3#.UwyBAKLDAdU Here is another case from anandtech in reviews of titan sli: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7089/geforce-gtx-titan-twoway-sli-scaling-pcie-2-vs-pcie-3 Upvote 0 Downvote Solution
there will hardly be any noticeable perform rise(say about 0-2%) Here is case with SLI of gtx 680 reviews regarding PCI Express 2.0 vs 3.0: http://www.hardocp.com/article/2012/07/18/pci_express_20_vs_30_gpu_gaming_performance_review/3#.UwyBAKLDAdU Here is another case from anandtech in reviews of titan sli: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7089/geforce-gtx-titan-twoway-sli-scaling-pcie-2-vs-pcie-3
RefinedComputing Reputable Feb 21, 2014 7 0 4,520 Feb 25, 2014 #3 Nope, well, not really, the performance will not be very noticeable if at all. GPU's don't really use enough bandwidth to max out a PCIE 2.0 slot. Just keep your current motherboard for the time being. Upvote 0 Downvote
Nope, well, not really, the performance will not be very noticeable if at all. GPU's don't really use enough bandwidth to max out a PCIE 2.0 slot. Just keep your current motherboard for the time being.