[SOLVED] PCIe 4.0 is AMD only?

[donagel]

If I was set on getting a radeon rx 5700 xt for the GPU. and want to take advantage of the PCIe4, I have to go with an AMD processor based motherboard? Is this correct?

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Yes, you need a Ryzen 3rd gen and X570/B550 motherboard to use PCIe4.

It should be noted that the RX5700xt doesn't really perform better on PCIe4 vs 3.

 

[Encryption+]

Pretty much the same answer as above. Yes you are correct AMD 3rd gen processors are currently the only ones that support PCIe 4. At the moment PCIe 4 doesn't have significantly better performance than PCIe 3 but that will undoubtedly change as the technology gets better.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

PCie 4.0 is mainly beneficial for fast storage right now