Does chipset affect GPU?

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Does a motherboard chipset have any correlation to the performance of a GPU? Say, will a z87 chipset give better FPS than a b85 chipset? no overclocking. I'm not interested in more expansion slots, or SATA ports, or overclocking. I just need to be able to run the latest graphics cards (like the gtx780ti) without the chipset causing a bottleneck. Will a B85 be enough for me, or will it cause a serious bottleneck?
 
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No, there won't be a difference in performance as long as both boards have the same PCIe revision (PCIe 3.0 with a x16 slot, for example).

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I forgot to mention that. Yes, the b85 board has a pcie x16 3.0