Question pcie x4

[0noobishguy101]

Lol what would it be like to run a gtx 1070/1660ti/vega 56 in pcie x4 mode vs x16

(And ofc i mean gen 3.0 btw)

 

[cryoburner]

You would see a small hit to performance, probably around 5% or so on average. In certain games, the difference could be around 10% or more, but in many others it would be virtually nonexistent. PCIe bandwidth doesn't have that large of an effect on graphics card performance.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Some more slightly related info I wanted to share. PCI-E is backwards compatible, meaning even if your Motherboard supports gen 2.0, any gen 3.0 GPU will also work on that same board.

There won't be any performance drop whatsoever (you won't even notice it while gaming).

All PCI Express versions are backward and forward compatible, meaning no matter what version the PCIe card or your motherboard supports, they should work together, at least at a minimum level. One important thing to know, however, is that to get the increased bandwidth (which usually equates to the greatest performance), you'll want to choose the highest PCIe version that your motherboard supports and choose the largest PCIe size that will fit.

For example, a PCIe 3.0 x16 video card will give you the greatest performance, but only if your motherboard also supports PCIe 3.0 and has a free PCIe x16 slot. If your motherboard only supports PCIe 2.0, the card will only work up to that supported speed (e.g., 64 Gbit/s in the x16 slot).

The only slight disadvantage is that it will only have the maximum bandwidth provided by the slot; i.e., if you install an x16 video card in an x4 slot, it will have only x4 bandwidth available.

To reach the maximum performance possible, both the expansion card and the PCI Express controller (available inside the CPU or inside the motherboard chipset, depending on your system) have to be of the same revision. If you have a PCI Express 2.0 video card and install it on a system with a PCI Express 3.0 controller, you will be limited to the PCI Express 2.0 bandwidth. The same video card installed on an old system with a PCI Express 1.0 controller will be limited to the PCI Express 1.0 bandwidth.

 

[Deleted member 2731765]

Lol what would it be like to run a gtx 1070/1660ti/vega 56 in pcie x4 mode vs x16

(And ofc i mean gen 3.0 btw)

Forgot to ask this before, but which MOBO are you having ?