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    Soundcard or USB DAC for Sound Blaster H7 headset

    hello, I own a Sound Blaster Z (the cheapest from Creative's lineup) which sounds pretty nice with my Sennheiser (analoge) headphones. I also own a Sound Blaster H7 7.1 (virtual) headset. That headset has an 3,5mm analoge audio jack or can be connected to the PC by USB. it has its own build in...
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    It is fixed! What exactly was the cause is uncertain. Both cards perform identical eventhough one card runs at x8 and the other at x4 in sli. I did; - Qflash the bios to f6 which let me enable xmp so my ram could run at native 2666 MHz (not sure related to the issue) - install Nividia...
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    Hello Madmatt30, Interesting point and you may be on to something. Here's what i just found out: Benchmarking both cards individually on Unigine Valley results in almost exacly the same scores: test 1: GPU 1 (x16) = score: 2478, average FPS 59,2, max FPS 113 test 2: GPU 2 (x4) = score...
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    Hello Dragos Manea, I just went to the local drug store and bought medical alcohol and cleaned the connectors, with no result. i guess the card is bust so ill go and replace it. Thank you so much for helping me out.
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    Thanks again for yopur reply. I am not aware that you can updatee the bios of the videocar. Got any leads?
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    Thank you Dagos Manea, that is exacly right. But i have another thing: In benchmarks, i dont see a lot of performance drops (Valley score 2400 on 1440p and high settings for an average of 60 fps) on the bad card, running at x4 gen 3.0. Nivida states that an GTX 970 cannot run at x4 at al. So...
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    Hello Clutchc, thanks for your support. I understand that in SLi both lanes should be x8 x8x gen 3.0, but it performs on x8 x4 in sli. I have a soundblaster and an M2 sata SSD installed, but they are not the problem. Removing the Soundblaster did not work. Removing the SSD is something i didnt...
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    GTX 970 only works in x4

    I own a PC with 2 GTX 970 running in SLI. I got a performance issues with stuttering. One of my GTX 970 is running in PCIE x4 and not x8. The other GTX 970 runs x16 if i put it into PCIE 1 and x8 if i put it in PCIE 2. The defect one is running on ALL PCIE slots at x4. So its nog about the...