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Motherboard not running PCI 2.0?

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May 6, 2014 12:18:46 AM

Hello, I have owned my motherboard for almost 5 years now. It is a Foxconn Flamingblade. The board is advertised as PCIe 2.0, but after running GPU-Z, it says it's running PCIe x16 1.1.

http://www.foxconnchannel.com/ProductDetail.aspx?T=moth...

That is a link to the motherboard. Under the BIOS it has a "PCIe Compatibility Mode" and the options of 1.0 and 1.1. Now I admit, I'm not the most adept person out there with computers. Am I missing something? Was I wrong in thinking this was a PCIe 2.0 board?

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a b V Motherboard
May 6, 2014 1:17:18 AM

GPU-Z often shows the PCIe x16 as being 1.1 when the graphics card in the slot is idle (as the card reduces the link speed to save power). There's a little question mark next to where it says that the PCIe x16 is at 1.1; click it, and on the pop out is a button to start a render test. Do this, and hopefully GPU-Z will report the value accurately, and that 1.1 will turn into a 2.0.
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a c 367 V Motherboard
May 6, 2014 2:41:28 AM

agreed, it is actually running at 2.0 when it needs to be so don't worry
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May 6, 2014 11:17:34 AM

Thanks a lot. Had me worried for a second.
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a b V Motherboard
May 6, 2014 11:18:47 AM

No worries, glad to be of help :) 
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