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I have the same card with an ASUS MB and it seems to show something similiar, like 3.0 x16, x8 in Bios No reduction in performance and I read in another thread that while you're not using it on a game, it will show a lower number and that it works as advertised when put to the test. My MB has...
Put together the following:
I5 3570K processer
ASUS-P8Z77-V-PLUS-LE motherboard
Gigabyte Radeon 7970 graphics card
Corsair HX750 PSU
16GB Ram
Arctic CPU cooler
1 SSD with Windows 7 installed with a few other program and (2) 1TB regular drives for backup and storage.
I started building...
Put together the following:
I5 3570K processer
ASUS-P8Z77-V-PLUS-LE motherboard
Gigabyte Radeon 7970 graphics card
Corsair HX750 PSU
16GB Ram
Arctic CPU cooler
1 SSD with Windows 7 installed with a few other program and (2) 1TB regular drives for backup and storage.
I started building...