GTX680: Still confused by 2.0 vs 3.0 PCI

[Guest]

Hello Forum Members.

Im still confused about 2.0 vs 3.0 PCI express. I currently have a GTX680 on a P6X58D-E mother board with i7930. I am using a Dell U2711 monitor. (rest of my system specs are on my tag)

1) Is my motherboard and CPU potentially bottlenecking my GTX680?
2) Whats the difference between x8 or x16?
3) Will having it in x8 bottleneck or will having it x16 bottle it?
4) How can I tell if I installed it x8 or x 16?
5) If I SLI in the future will it bottleneck?
6) Or am I just going crazy and neither x8 or x 16 will be bottlenecked and I should just stop posting this topic and just enjoy my system?
7)And any benchmarks between single/dual GTX680 on 2.0 PCI vs 3.0 PCI mobos?

Please bare with me as I'm learning as much as I can.

Regards,

 

[Guest]

everything you need to know:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI_Express

 

[monsta]

Basically dont even worry about it , you wont see much difference, have a look at this , its been tested , sometimes its one frame difference. LOL

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/

 

[Guest]

Basically dont even worry about it , you wont see much difference, have a look at this , its been tested , sometimes its one frame difference. LOL

http://www.techpowerup.com/reviews/Intel/Ivy_Bridge_PCI-Express_Scaling/

thanks for that. the conclusion sums it up nicely.

 

[Guest]

Thank you both for the replies. If you had the same specs I do. Would you upgrade anything?

 

[Guest]

how are your speakers?
your chair?

 

[Guest]

Thanks...so basically just shutup, dont worry about my CPU/MOBO bottlenecking the GTX680 and enjoy it.....

 

[monsta]

You got it , great set up , you will fly with the 680

 

[Guest]

Thanks...so basically just shutup, dont worry about my CPU/MOBO bottlenecking the GTX680 and enjoy it.....

i didn't mean it like that. i am impressed with that overclock. some folks might suggest a SSD but if your not having problems why get anything.

 

[monsta]

An SSD isnt a bad upgrade , good suggestion.

 

[Guest]

I was acutally thinking about that. I'm currently using a X25-M 80gig SSD which I have been using since the build. I just built a system for my friend and got a Crucial 128gig. It feels so much faster and smoother. And I already did a clean install on my SSD.

You guys are just giving me more of a reason to upgrade =)

 

[Guest]

well if you do want an excuse for an upgrade:
Marvell-Based SSDs From Corsair, Crucial, OCZ, And Plextor: Tested
seems the marvell controlls are "the flavor of the week" as i say.

 

[Guest]

Best answer selected by MrHamm.