X79 & PCI-E 3.0

[Devastater6194]

Can someone clears this up for me please?
Does X79 have PCI-E 3.0 or not.
I read that it doesn't, that it does but not native and some say only about half the 40 lanes are 3.0.

 

[ubercake]

A good answer:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5264/sandy-bridge-e-x79-pcie-30-it-works

 

[Guest]

Sandy Bridge E & X79 PCIe 3.0: It Works


:lol: ubercake beat me by 16 seconds . . . :lol:

EDIT:
if you are looking for more information on HOW MANY pci-E lanes use 3.0 read the best answer on this thread:
http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/310170-30-pcie

 

[Devastater6194]

Best answer selected by Devastater6194.

 

[Devastater6194]

Thanks exactly what I wanted to know.

 

[jaquith]

Yeah, well, it sort of works on the SB-E -- nVidia decided for now to disable PCIe 3.0 capabilities on the GTX 670 & GTX 680 but oddly enough, I get why, enable it on the GTX 690 -- the why is because no matter what it has x16 PCIe lanes.

This is due to a validation issue with EVGA -- there's a registry mod (hack) to turn-on PCIe 3.0.

 

[nikorr]

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