Intel CPUs support Pci e 3.0 while AMDs don't? What's the difference in performance if I used a Sapphire R9 290X
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CenturyTechnology
July 6, 2014 5:51:04 AM
First up I'm a complete noob in building PCs.
So I'm planning on building a PC which should run BF4 and similar games on ultra in a smooth 60fps, or should I say, a Gaming PC. I planned on going with AMD for the processor as it delivers similar performance for a lower price. I AM ON A BUDGET OF AROUND $1200!
The Graphics card I'm going for is the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC (this thing is a beast for the price they say) and I saw that motherboards that go with AMD's CPUs/APUs do NOT support Pci-e 3.0. The graphics card requirements says it's interface is Pci-e 3.0. However if I buy a motherboard for an AMD processor and use whatever Pci port (the best available) that comes with the motherboard, will I not get the maximum performance out of the graphics card? Or would the graphics card even work with anything else other than the Pci-e 3.0?
So I'm planning on building a PC which should run BF4 and similar games on ultra in a smooth 60fps, or should I say, a Gaming PC. I planned on going with AMD for the processor as it delivers similar performance for a lower price. I AM ON A BUDGET OF AROUND $1200!
The Graphics card I'm going for is the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC (this thing is a beast for the price they say) and I saw that motherboards that go with AMD's CPUs/APUs do NOT support Pci-e 3.0. The graphics card requirements says it's interface is Pci-e 3.0. However if I buy a motherboard for an AMD processor and use whatever Pci port (the best available) that comes with the motherboard, will I not get the maximum performance out of the graphics card? Or would the graphics card even work with anything else other than the Pci-e 3.0?
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cry0g3n
July 6, 2014 6:33:57 AM
It would work on a PCI-E 2.0
I am currently using an HIS R9 270x and it says on their website that it's interface is PCI-E 3.0 but the motherboard I'm using has PCI-E 2.0 so no worries. I also use AMD processor. ^_^
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI...
I am currently using an HIS R9 270x and it says on their website that it's interface is PCI-E 3.0 but the motherboard I'm using has PCI-E 2.0 so no worries. I also use AMD processor. ^_^
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI...
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CenturyTechnology
July 6, 2014 6:27:58 PM
cry0g3n said:
It would work on a PCI-E 2.0I am currently using an HIS R9 270x and it says on their website that it's interface is PCI-E 3.0 but the motherboard I'm using has PCI-E 2.0 so no worries. I also use AMD processor. ^_^
http://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/articles/Impact-of-PCI...
Wait so do the motherboards for AMD processors lack anything else that'll give bad performance(On a good mobo)?
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July 6, 2014 9:08:05 PM
Neil Dangat
July 7, 2014 2:33:04 AM
Ptparker88
July 15, 2014 4:16:08 AM
Neil Dangat said:
the diffrence between pci-e 2.0 and 3.0 is bandwith, 3.0 8x = 2.0 16x, 3.0 4x = 2.0 8x, but it doenst matter because it takes a dual gpu (+1500) card to hit the limits of a pci-e 2.0 x8 (3.0 x4)connection, so in practicality, there is no detectable diffrencenot yet!! i believe when direct x12 comes out pci 3.0 will be the way to go for sure. just my opinion
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CenturyTechnology said:
First up I'm a complete noob in building PCs.
So I'm planning on building a PC which should run BF4 and similar games on ultra in a smooth 60fps, or should I say, a Gaming PC. I planned on going with AMD for the processor as it delivers similar performance for a lower price. I AM ON A BUDGET OF AROUND $1200!
The Graphics card I'm going for is the Sapphire Radeon R9 290 Tri-X OC (this thing is a beast for the price they say) and I saw that motherboards that go with AMD's CPUs/APUs do NOT support Pci-e 3.0. The graphics card requirements says it's interface is Pci-e 3.0. However if I buy a motherboard for an AMD processor and use whatever Pci port (the best available) that comes with the motherboard, will I not get the maximum performance out of the graphics card? Or would the graphics card even work with anything else other than the Pci-e 3.0?
for graphics cards it doesn't matter we have jet to fully saturate pcie-2.0 with our current graphics cards, the only thing seeing improvement from pcie-3.0 would be storage devices at this point
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