Question [gigabyte Z370P-D3] PCIe Line available for the GC when adding a NVMe M2 SSD ?

[HapticGoupil]

Can i have a Graphic Card running at normal X16 if i add an M2 NVMe WD_BLACK SN770 (PCIe x4) with my gigabyte Z370P-D3 ?
Are those Two separate or the ssd card take pci lines from the GC ?
Will i have my GC running at X8 ?

 

[kanewolf]

Can i have a Graphic Card running at normal X16 if i add an M2 NVMe WD_BLACK SN770 (PCIe x4) with my gigabyte Z370P-D3 ?
Are those Two separate or the ssd card take pci lines from the GC ?
Will i have my GC running at X8 ?

The specs -- https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/Z370P-D3-rev-10/sp#sp show that slots PCIEX4_1/PCIEX4_2 are independent of slot PCIEX16
Those slots are tied to the chipset and the x16 slot is tied to the CPU.

 

[HapticGoupil]

thanks for the answer,
so the fact that with the prog HWINFO64 i see my GC working at :
Bus de carte graphique: PCIe v4.0 x8 (16.0 GT/s) @ x8 (2.5 GT/s),
is not normal Right ?
it should be fixable in the bios right ?

 

[kanewolf]

thanks for the answer,
so the fact that with the prog HWINFO64 i see my GC working at :
Bus de carte graphique: PCIe v4.0 x8 (16.0 GT/s) @ x8 (2.5 GT/s),
is not normal Right ?
it should be fixable in the bios right ?

Depends on the graphics card. Some AMD cards are x8 by design.

 

[HapticGoupil]

Depends on the graphics card. Some AMD cards are x8 by design.

it's the gigabyte RTX 4060 Ti eagle 8G. It says on the sticker :
"PCI-E 4.0 x8/8 GB GDDR6/128bit"
so i guess X8 is normal...must be a card for an SLI config i guess ? i Should have better...Didn't know a single card could be x8 by default ?...

 

[kanewolf]

it's the gigabyte RTX 4060 Ti eagle 8G. It says on the sticker :
"PCI-E 4.0 x8/8 GB GDDR6/128bit"
so i guess X8 is normal...must be a card for an SLI config i guess ? i Should have better...Didn't know a single card could be x8 by default ?...

PCIe bus width has very little performance impact at Gen 4 speed, so the manufacturer saves money.
Even with Gen 3 speed, it is a couple percent.

 

[HapticGoupil]

So it should still be better than my old rtx 2060, no need to send it back ?

 

[kanewolf]

So it should still be better than my old rtx 2060, no need to send it back ?

Depends on the resolution and specific games.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Depends on the resolution and specific games.

RTX 4060 ti will always be better than RTX 2060.
RTX 4060 ti performance level is ~165% of RTX 2060.