Hi all,
So i currently use an AsRock H61M-VG4 (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61M-VG4/).
CPU-Z says i have a PCIE 3.0 x8 link width running, which is normal because my graphics card has only a x8 interface (Sapphire Radeon RX460 Nitro 4gb).
However, in Max Supported tab, it also reads a PCIE 3.0 x8, instead of PCIE 3.0 x16, that is supposed to be according to the manufacturer.
GPU-Z also says that i am running in PCIE 3.0 x8, that normally drops at 1.1 when there is no stress for power saving. Running the featured benchmark will not show whether i have a x16 slot, since the card is a x8, right?
Radeon Settings also give the same reading.
Just out of curiosity, is it normal then that when plugging a x8 graphics card, that all programs give this reading? I know that PCIE 3.0 x8 can handle almost every card i just want to understand. Is it because the rest of the pins are not in contact, and thus the software cannot see them?
So i currently use an AsRock H61M-VG4 (http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/H61M-VG4/).
CPU-Z says i have a PCIE 3.0 x8 link width running, which is normal because my graphics card has only a x8 interface (Sapphire Radeon RX460 Nitro 4gb).
However, in Max Supported tab, it also reads a PCIE 3.0 x8, instead of PCIE 3.0 x16, that is supposed to be according to the manufacturer.
GPU-Z also says that i am running in PCIE 3.0 x8, that normally drops at 1.1 when there is no stress for power saving. Running the featured benchmark will not show whether i have a x16 slot, since the card is a x8, right?
Radeon Settings also give the same reading.
Just out of curiosity, is it normal then that when plugging a x8 graphics card, that all programs give this reading? I know that PCIE 3.0 x8 can handle almost every card i just want to understand. Is it because the rest of the pins are not in contact, and thus the software cannot see them?