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ASRock Forums : Pcie problem https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sat, 30 May 2026 01:02:12 +0000 Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:38:55 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=3542 <![CDATA[ASRock Forums]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ <![CDATA[Pcie problem : Happy to helpIt's pretty...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17503&title=pcie-problem#17503 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 3542
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 at 10:38pm

Happy to help Wink

It's pretty amazing that a 10 year old chipset can still pass muster with today's AAA titles. Everyone always bashes on AMD for being behind the times but in the end, their tech has really stood the test of time. Amusingly the chipset is provided by Nvidia but for the AMD platform. I miss Nforce chipsets, had a lot of fun with them back in the day.

Edited by Xaltar - 05 Oct 2016 at 10:40pm]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:38:55 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17503&title=pcie-problem#17503 <![CDATA[Pcie problem : Just to verify the specs for the...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17502&title=pcie-problem#17502 Author: parsec
Subject: 3542
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 at 10:37pm

Just to verify the specs for the Nvidia 630a chipset:

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2016 22:37:57 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17502&title=pcie-problem#17502 <![CDATA[Pcie problem : thanks ]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17500&title=pcie-problem#17500 Author: XezbetH
Subject: 3542
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 at 8:16pm

thanks]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:16:41 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17500&title=pcie-problem#17500 <![CDATA[Pcie problem : The GPU supports PCIe 3.0 but...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17499&title=pcie-problem#17499 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 3542
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 at 8:12pm

The GPU supports PCIe 3.0 but the motherboard does not. A quick look at the board specs and it appears the board uses Nvidia's Nforce 630a chipset which was released along side the Geforce 8XXX series almost 10 years ago. I could't find any direct info on the PCIe specs for the 630a chipset but I would imagine it is PCIe 1.1 like the old board I used with my phenom II x4 955. It also used the NF 630a chipset and I upgraded to an AMD 790 chipset board to enable me to use DDR3 and PCIe 2.0.

If the above is all accurate, and I am fairly sure it is, then your system is performing exactly as it should. Even if the RX 470 were able to fully saturate your PCIe bandwidth the FX 4100 will bottleneck that GPU long before then. In all honesty I don't think you would see any marked difference in performance, maybe 1 - 5 FPS in very particular usage scenarios.

Bare in mind:

PCIe x16 1.1 = PCIe x8 2.0 = PCIe x4 3.0

When it comes to bandwidth and AMD still permits crossfire of it's highest tier cards at X16 + x4, this means that the top tier cards are likely unable to fully saturate PCIe 3.0 x4 bandwidth yet.

]]> Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:12:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17499&title=pcie-problem#17499 <![CDATA[Pcie problem : i have got a new AsRock N68c-GS4...]]> https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=3542&PID=17498&title=pcie-problem#17498 Author: XezbetH
Subject: 3542
Posted: 05 Oct 2016 at 7:51pm

i have got a new AsRock N68c-GS4 FX for my cube matx setup.

no matter what i do it only says Pcie 16x @ 1.1, even with the gpu-z render test it won't budge

and when you point your mouse pointer at the bus interface it says that it supports pcie 16x @ 3.0 but its only running at 16x @ 1.1

i have tried many thing and can't find the answer. does my motherboard supports atleast pcie 2.0?

specs:

Proc: FX 4100 Black ed. (also i have a 8350 Black ed. still shows as pcie 16x 1.1)

mobo: AsRock N68c-GS4 FX

Ram: 16gb ddr3 gskill 2x8gb

gpu: Sapphire RX 480 reference 8gb

PSU: Cougar SL 500w

any ideas whats wrong all the items are new i have even got them replaced, still same results

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