Author: parsec
Subject: z170 oc formula GPU in any pcie slot?
Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 11:11am
It looks like the PCIE2 slot is an x8 slot electrically, while it is x16 physically.
The difference between PCIe 3.0 x16 and PCIe 3.0 x8 is said to be about 1% difference in performance.
Only the x16 slot closest to the CPU socket is x16 electrically.
Subject: z170 oc formula GPU in any pcie slot?
Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 11:11am
 Spacebar wrote:On the z170 oc formula, with a single GPU card, can any pcie slot be used or does it have to be the slot closest to the CPU? |
It looks like the PCIE2 slot is an x8 slot electrically, while it is x16 physically.
The difference between PCIe 3.0 x16 and PCIe 3.0 x8 is said to be about 1% difference in performance.
Only the x16 slot closest to the CPU socket is x16 electrically.