.Intel Expansion Options for pci express from cpu to gpu .

cobrastrike

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I was looking at my specs, I have mobos that have 16x pcie same with a video cards .


4770k Expansion Options

PCI Express Revision 3.0
PCI Express Configurations ‡ Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16


Intel® Xeon® Processor X5450
(12M Cache, 3.00 GHz, 1333 MHz FSB)
This processor has pci express 4x4

When I was looking at xeon processors and some other old ones it does not have specs for the Expansion Options how do I know the cpu can do the full 16x speeds and would the X5450 just run 4x speed even if it was on a 16x mobo and how can I see those specs if not listed for I can tell if the process can do 4x or 8x or 16x at 1.0 or 2.0 or 3.0 revision.
 

JimF_35

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First XEONs are not designed for desktops they are made for servers. Second that is a really old chip so I do not believe it supported PCIe 3.0. It does support 16 lane PCIe though no SLI. It uses the 5000 Chipset...

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CE8QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.intel.com%2Fcontent%2Fwww%2Fus%2Fen%2Fchipsets%2Fserver-chipsets%2Fserver-chipset-5000x.html%3Fwapkw%3Dintel%25C2%25AE%2B5000x%2Bchipset&ei=rj8wU-WPHeX8yQGb7ICIBQ&usg=AFQjCNEtoKN3R0veQq2nEYnInWCW9tMlWQ&bvm=bv.62922401,d.aWc
 
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cobrastrike

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I found out about It I called intel


Cpu to Gpu Expansion Options for full 16x support





http://ark.intel.com/products/75123/Intel-Core-i7-4770K-Processor-8M-Cache-up-to-3_90-GHz?q=4770k

Expansion Options 4770k

PCI Express Revision 3.0
PCI Express Configurations ‡ Up to 1x16, 2x8, 1x8/2x4

Max # of PCI Express Lanes 16 <----

So this only has 16 lanes for the gpu and if you run 2 cards they will only have x8 lanes from the cpu to the gpus



http://ark.intel.com/products/64595/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E5-2670-20M-Cache-2_60-GHz-8_00-GTs-Intel-QPI


Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2670


Expansion Options
(20M Cache, 2.60 GHz, 8.00 GT/s Intel® QPI)
PCI Express Revision 3.0
Max # of PCI Express Lanes 40 <----

This has 40 lanes so you could run two 16x lanes from the cpu to the gpu and another gpu at 8x