Asus M5a97 - PCIe X4 is faster then PCIe X16? huh?

ArkRoyal

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May 28, 2014
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I've been plagued with inexplicable crashes with my Asus gtx 780 directcu ii graphics card since day one. Out of desperation, I swapped it into the second PCIe slot on my M5A97:

Slot 1) PCIe 2.0 x16 (blue)
Slot 2) PCIe 2.0 x16 (x4 mode, black)

It not only work (not sure if it fixed the crashes yet)... but it actually benchmarked higher in the 4x slot then the 16x slot..... what could be going on here?


System Specs:
CPU: FX-8350
Mobo: Asus M5a97
Ram: 8GB
GPU: asus gtx 780 directcu ii
Power: Corsair CX750
Cooling(cpu): Corsair H100i
 

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