Stonerboy779 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 please stop..... That is not nice. well it give you hope if you think about it. quad gets you 160 fps on unigen with extreme settings, stands to reason dual gives you 80 which is still 40 fps if you play 3D Sound better that way? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Just stumbled across this.... ...turns out pci-e 3.0 can be useful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Tri-SLI on GTX 680's are bad, not to mention Quad. They only look good on Unigine, too. If Quad 7970's were even 60% efficient, they'd be giving 174 FPS using the same settings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_Capitan Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 How do you choose PCIE 2.0 over PCIE 3.0 on the same board and CPU? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) How do you choose PCIE 2.0 over PCIE 3.0 on the same board and CPU? 3960X @ 5.0 GHz (temp slow speed)Asus Rampage IV Extreme with PCI-E slots running 16x/8x/8x/8x (4) EVGA GTX 680's running 1191MHz core, 3402 MHz Memory nVidia Driver 301.10 with PCI-E 3.0 registry adjustment turned on and off for each applicable tes GPU-Z 0.6.0 And looky here Edit: I am definitely going ivy with my sli set up later this year because it certainly looks like the tri screen gaming is going to need the extra bandwidth to get the most out of the cards. Edited June 4, 2012 by Stonerboy779 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 (edited) Just stumbled across this.... ...turns out pci-e 3.0 can be useful. that is unsurprising, considering 8x pcie 2 is only 4x pcie 3, so its understandable for that drop with three out of four flagship cards on x4 bandwith Edited June 4, 2012 by Muchoman1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 that is unsurprising, considering 8x pcie 3 is only 4x pcie 2, so its understandable for that drop with three out of four flagship cards on x4 bandwith You do realize that the 8x is the no of lanes, so 8x 2.0 and 8x 3.0 still have the same lanes (not bandwidth tho, that is different). It's not like going from 8x 3.0 to 2.0 magically cuts lanes off the mobo. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muchoman1 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 You do realize that the 8x is the no of lanes, so 8x 2.0 and 8x 3.0 still have the same lanes (not bandwidth tho, that is different). It's not like going from 8x 3.0 to 2.0 magically cuts lanes off the mobo. Yes i know, im talking about the bandwith of a x4 and x8 slot, not number of lanes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonerboy779 Posted June 4, 2012 Posted June 4, 2012 Yes i know, im talking about the bandwith of a x4 and x8 slot, not number of lanes So when it is set to pci 2.0 it has the bandwidth of a pci-e 8x 2.0 slot.... Not the bandwidth of a 4x slot because it is an 8x slot still, that hasn't changed. You said it had a bandwidth of pci-e 4x 2.0 which isn't the case. Understand what I am saying? considering 8x pcie 3 is only 4x pcie 2 So where did 4 physical connections disappear to? Do correct me if i am wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boinker Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 Dude. Just did 50K points in FAH. Dang this thing is a folding Powerhouse. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurman292 Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 How long did it take you to get those 50k points? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
90sgamer Posted June 6, 2012 Posted June 6, 2012 How do you choose PCIE 2.0 over PCIE 3.0 on the same board and CPU? On my Ivy & Z77 board, there is a BIOS setting to switch between PCIE Gen 2 or Gen 3. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now