Asus x99 a PCIe x16 & GTX 970 G1

[veljko golocorbin]

Hi everyone what is the use and benefit of putting a GPU in the PCIe x16 slot and also will I be able to do it with the Asus X99 -A and Noctua NH-D15? The GPU in question is GTX 970.

 

[Luminary]

The correct PCIe x16 slot is designed to allow full PCIe lanes to the graphics card. This means that it will run as efficiently as possible because it has more dedicated data lanes to pass information. If you try and run a GPU in a PCIe lane that is x4 you will see a significant drop in performance.

Any Asus X99 board can fully support the GTX 970. The Noctua D15 is a CPU heatsink and doesn't play a part in Motherboard/ GPU compatibility, but yes it should work with the motherboard.