[SOLVED] Is it bad if my GPU only uses x8 PCIe?

[Deleted member 2720853]

My motherboard supports PCIe x16 and the GPU is also PCIe x16. However, when I look in GPU-Z, even under intensive load, my GPU is only using PCIe x8:

Is this a problem or just a power saving feature? How do I make it run on x16?

 

[tennis2]

PCIe 3.0 @ x8 won't affect anything at all.

• Do you have the GPU in the PCIe x16 slot nearest the CPU?
• What other expansion cards do you have installed?

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

PCIe 3.0 @ x8 won't affect anything at all.

• Do you have the GPU in the PCIe x16 slot nearest the CPU?
• What other expansion cards do you have installed?

I only have the GPU installed, no other cards. It is in the x16 slot.

 

[Wolfshadw]

HP Tampa2 Motherboard
Expansion Slots:

Two PCI Express x16 physical slots (Gen 3.0), each slot with x8 bus lanes

Still won't affect anything. Nothing to worry about.

-Wolf sends

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

HP Tampa2 Motherboard
Expansion Slots:


Still won't affect anything. Nothing to worry about.

-Wolf sends

So the performance of the GPU will be as advertised?

 

[Wolfshadw]

Almost certainly. If it is held back, which I doubt, then it would only be by a couple percentage points.

-Wolf sends

 

[Deleted member 2720853]

Almost certainly. If it is held back, which I doubt, then it would only be by a couple percentage points.

-Wolf sends

Alright, thanks