Gtx 560 Ti PCIE 2.0 or ...

[tooold]

Hello,

I recently bought Gtx560Ti, i am using as MB Asus Maximus Formula (which has X38 chipset), operating system Win7-64bit. The question is

1. GPUZ 0.5.1 reports as bus interface PCI-E x16@x16
2. Nvidia control panel / system information PCI Express x16 Gen2
3. AIDA64, successor of Everest, PCIE 2.0

Am I running at PCIE 2.0 or not?

Thank you in advance for your opinions

 

[rolli59]

Your slot is version 2.0 so you are running that with that card. http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=SUtOxkjNA4ODENtN

 

[tooold]

Thanks for your reply but i was wondering for two

reasons firstly why gpu-z is not reading 2.0 (states

that currently running at pcie v1.1),
and secondly my original pdf-manual says "2xPCIe x16

slots (@ full x16, x16 speed)". So may be it is the same

terminology that i do not get it or the asus-page refers

to a later revision of mb, just asking.

so is there some other way to check on what pcie-speed

is actually running?

secondly, would i be loosing anything if indeed the

gtx560 was running at pcie v1.1 vs 2.0?

thanks again,

 

[rolli59]

Well if they had an older revision of the board with PCIe x16 version 1.1 your loss would be max 2%. It is like running on x8 with version 2.0 http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/HD_5870_PCI-Express_Scaling/25.html

 

[tooold]

The article is very informative, no worries then a 2% loss is something I can live with...

cheers!