PCI-E 3.0 x16 @ x16 2.0

[Ralphie6]

Hi,

I have a msi r9 270 gaming graphics card in a pci-e 3.0 x16 slot but according to gpu-z it operates @x16 2.0 when i do the render test.

my motherboard is an AsRock fm2a75m pro4+ and cpu an amd a8-5600k

does anyone know how to get it running at 3.0?

Thanks

 

[stefsom]

AMD only supports pci-e 2.0 but don't worry it's still more than fast enough .

 

[swifty_morgan]

the motherboard has a 2.0 slot doesn't it? most of them do. I think 3.0 was in the new fm2+ boards.

 

[Eduello]

the motherboard has a 2.0 slot doesn't it? most of them do. I think 3.0 was in the new fm2+ boards.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/FM2A75M%20Pro4+/

"1 x PCIe 3.0 x16" It has PCIe 3.0

 

[Ralphie6]

The board does have a 3.0 slot.
So only intel processors support 3.0?

 

[Eduello]

The board does have a 3.0 slot.
So only intel processors support 3.0?

Why would the board have a slot it couldn't use? What CPU do you have?

 

[swifty_morgan]

does the cpu support the 3.0 slot?

 

[swifty_morgan]

Northbridge

We explained that the APU architecture has a lot more inside of it than just the CPU and GPU, there's core logic for the UVD engine but also high-level Northbridge functionality including a PCI-Express 2.0 controller and a dual-channel DDR3 memory controller.


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