[SOLVED] Performance Issues with Riser cable

[RagedBacon]

Hi all,

Due to some issues I was having with my PC I upgraded my cpu and mobo but after upgrading my graphic card is barely working with a riser cable. I upgraded to a MSI z690 pro A ddr4, and when using a riser cable on my 3080 I'm getting 30-40 fps in games when i get 160 when plugged into the slot.

I couldn't find a way to change the slots to PCIe 3 but I've also read that if you do that it will affect m.2 performance?

Any idea or tips? I'd like to use my vertical mount in my case.

 

[drivinfast247]

Buy a 4.0 riser cable?

 

[Eximo]

Get a better PCIe riser cable, one that supports gen 4 and is as short as you can get it.

 

[RagedBacon]

Get a better PCIe riser cable, one that supports gen 4 and is as short as you can get it.

Is there a way to make it work with PCIe 3?

 

[Eximo]

Yes, in the BIOS you can set the PCIe speed. But since you have a 4.0 card and 4.0 board and CPU you should get one.

As for changing the speed for your M.2 devices, that really depends on how fast they are. If you have a PCIe 4x4.0 drive, another reason not to. (Though I don't know if you can set the slot's speeds independently)